1972-73 Southland Conference Season Summary

Record: 61-68, .473 W-L% (18th of 20)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Louisiana Tech

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Louisiana-Lafayette)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Louisiana-Lafayette)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Louisiana-Lafayette)

Standings

		Conference			Overall
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Notes
1	Louisiana Tech	8	4	.667	20	6	.769	*Conference W-L adjusted to 10-2
2	McNeese State	8	4	.667	21	5	.808	*Conference W-L adjusted to 10-2
3	Texas-Arlington	6	6	.500	13	13	.500	*Conference W-L adjusted to 8-4
4	Lamar	4	8	.333	11	13	.458	*Conference W-L adjusted to 6-6
5	Arkansas State	2	10	.167	7	17	.292	*Conference W-L adjusted to 4-8
5	Abilene Christian	2	10	.167	6	20	.231	*Conference W-L adjusted to 4-8
7	Louisiana-Lafayette*	12	0	1.000	24	5	.828	*Overall W-L adjusted to 23-3, conference W-L adjusted to 0-12

School	Pre	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
Louisiana-Lafayette	7	10	8	8	9	8	13	13	12	13	13	14	12	11	14	7

Regional Third Place
Louisiana-Lafayette lost (90-85) versus South Carolina (Midwest Regional)

First Round
Louisiana-Lafayette won (102-89) versus Houston (Midwest Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Louisiana-Lafayette lost (66-63) versus Kansas State (Midwest Regional)