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1971-72 Long Beach State Beach Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-4 Overall W-L adjusted to 23-3 (10-2, 1st in PCAA MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jerry Tarkanian

PS/G: 84.9 (37th of 221)

PA/G: 70.5 (40th of 221)

SRS: 13.77 (6th of 210)

SOS: 3.64 (36th of 210)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West First Round (95-90) versus Brigham Young
Won West Regional Semifinal (75-55) versus San Francisco
Lost West Regional Final (73-57) versus UCLA

PCAA 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
Long Beach State	8	6	13	9	10	8	7	4	5	5	8	9	6	6	5	5

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	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	WCAC	-1.09	W	83	72		1	0	W 1	The Gold Mine
2	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	REG	N	UTEP	WAC	10.72	W	74	64		2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	REG	@	Louisiana	Southland	12.70	L	83	90		2	1	L 1	Blackham Coliseum
4	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	REG		Loyola Marymount	WCAC	-1.83	W	73	67		3	1	W 1	The Gold Mine
5	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	REG		Santa Clara	WCAC	6.14	W	80	59		4	1	W 2	The Gold Mine
6	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	REG		Temple	Mid-Atl	8.18	W	95	82		5	1	W 3	The Gold Mine
7	Thu, Jan 6, 1972	REG	@	San Diego State	PCAA	0.92	W	89	75		6	1	W 4	San Diego Sports Arena
8	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG		Fresno State	PCAA	-8.23	W	98	78		7	1	W 5	The Gold Mine
9	Thu, Jan 13, 1972	REG		Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	1.50	W	103	83		8	1	W 6	The Gold Mine
10	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	REG		UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	3.36	W	75	57		9	1	W 7	The Gold Mine
11	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	Ind	-4.77	W	79	58		10	1	W 8	Alumni Gym
12	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	REG	@	San Jose State	PCAA	-4.37	W	73	72		11	1	W 9	Spartan Gym
13	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	REG	@	Pacific	PCAA	9.40	L	86	104		11	2	L 1	Pacific Pavilion
14	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	REG		Illinois State	Ind	-2.92	W	88	63		12	2	W 1	The Gold Mine
15	Thu, Feb 10, 1972	REG	@	Fresno State	PCAA	-8.23	L	69	76		12	3	L 1	Selland Arena
16	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG		San Diego State	PCAA	0.92	W	85	68		13	3	W 1	The Gold Mine
17	Thu, Feb 17, 1972	REG		San Jose State	PCAA	-4.37	W	88	51		14	3	W 2	The Gold Mine
18	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG		Pacific	PCAA	9.40	W	68	62		15	3	W 3	The Gold Mine
19	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	REG	@	UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	3.36	W	80	66		16	3	W 4	Rob Gym
20	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	REG	@	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	1.50	W	62	60		17	3	W 5	Eagle's Nest Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
21	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	NCAA	N	Brigham Young (8)	WAC	11.27	W	95	90	OT	18	3	W 6	Holt Arena
22	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	NCAA	N	San Francisco	WCAC	6.30	W	75	55		19	3	W 7	Marriott Center
23	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	NCAA	N	UCLA (1)	Pac-8	33.79	L	57	73		19	4	L 1	Marriott Center