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1971-72 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-7 (14-4, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Adolph Rupp

PS/G: 82.5 (56th of 221)

PA/G: 74.8 (82nd of 221)

SRS: 11.07 (16th of 210)

SOS: 3.29 (43rd of 210)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (85-69) versus Marquette
Lost Mideast Regional Final (73-54) versus Florida State

SEC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1971-72 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/6	Final
Kentucky	10	7	7	11	12	19	15	-	-	-	-	17	18	-	-	18

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-0.48	W	94	85		1	0	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
2	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	REG	@	Kansas (14)	Big 8	3.88	W	79	69		2	0	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
3	Mon, Dec 6, 1971	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 8	11.30	W	71	64		3	0	W 3	Ahearn Field House
4	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	REG	N	Indiana	Big Ten	10.28	L	89	90	2OT	3	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
5	Mon, Dec 13, 1971	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	0.09	L	85	91		3	2	L 2	Memorial Coliseum
6	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	REG		Missouri	Big 8	9.76	W	83	79		4	2	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
7	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	REG		Princeton (18)	Ivy	9.79	W	96	82		5	2	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
8	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	REG	N	Notre Dame	Ind	-7.83	W	83	67		6	2	W 3	Freedom Hall
9	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG		Mississippi	SEC	4.17	W	93	82		7	2	W 4	Memorial Coliseum
10	Mon, Jan 10, 1972	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	-2.51	W	104	76		8	2	W 5	Memorial Coliseum
11	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	REG	@	Florida	SEC	-0.68	L	70	72		8	3	L 1	Florida Gymnasium
12	Mon, Jan 17, 1972	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	1.53	L	73	85		8	4	L 2	Stegeman Coliseum
13	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG		Tennessee (19)	SEC	7.80	W	72	70		9	4	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
14	Mon, Jan 24, 1972	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	3.84	W	106	80		10	4	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	-3.90	W	89	71		11	4	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
16	Mon, Jan 31, 1972	REG		Alabama	SEC	6.24	W	77	74		12	4	W 4	Memorial Coliseum
17	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.84	W	85	80		13	4	W 5	Memorial Gymnasium
18	Mon, Feb 7, 1972	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	-0.84	W	78	72		14	4	W 6	Memorial Coliseum
19	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	4.17	W	90	82		15	4	W 7	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
20	Mon, Feb 14, 1972	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	-2.51	W	63	55		16	4	W 8	McCarthy Gymnasium
21	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG		Florida	SEC	-0.68	W	95	68		17	4	W 9	Memorial Coliseum
22	Mon, Feb 21, 1972	REG		Georgia	SEC	1.53	W	87	63		18	4	W 10	Memorial Coliseum
23	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	-3.90	L	71	88		18	5	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
24	Mon, Feb 28, 1972	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	6.24	L	70	73		18	6	L 2	Memorial Coliseum
25	Mon, Mar 6, 1972	REG		Auburn	SEC	-0.84	W	102	67		19	6	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
26	Thu, Mar 9, 1972	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	7.80	W	67	66		20	6	W 2	Stokely Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	NCAA	N	Marquette (7)	Ind	11.01	W	85	69		21	6	W 3	University of Dayton Arena
28	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	NCAA	N	Florida State (10)	Ind	12.95	L	54	73		21	7	L 1	University of Dayton Arena