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1972-73 Long Beach State Beach Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-3 Overall W-L adjusted to 24-2 (10-2, 1st in PCAA MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jerry Tarkanian

PS/G: 90.1 (7th of 230)

PA/G: 71.8 (72nd of 230)

SRS: 16.95 (5th of 215)

SOS: -0.53 (115th of 215)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West First Round (88-75) versus Weber State
Lost West Regional Semifinal (77-67) versus San Francisco
Won West Regional Third Place (84-80) versus Arizona State

PCAA Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1972-73 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Long Beach State	6	7	7	6	6	5	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	3

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	Fri, Dec 1, 1972	REG		North Texas	MVC	-3.29	W	90	63		1	0	W 1	Long Beach Arena
2	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	REG	N	Portland State	Ind	-15.89	W	102	66		2	0	W 2
3	Mon, Dec 11, 1972	REG	@	Colorado	Big 8	1.08	W	93	69		3	0	W 3	Balch Fieldhouse
4	Tue, Dec 19, 1972	REG	N	Hofstra	Mid-Atl	-12.70	W	93	44		4	0	W 4
5	Wed, Dec 20, 1972	REG	N	Jacksonville	Ind	10.87	W	97	70		5	0	W 5
6	Fri, Dec 22, 1972	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-8.71	W	104	62		6	0	W 6	Long Beach Arena
7	Sat, Dec 23, 1972	REG		Loyola Marymount	WCAC	-6.54	W	105	77		7	0	W 7	Long Beach Arena
8	Wed, Dec 27, 1972	REG	N	Mississippi	SEC	3.88	W	87	68		8	0	W 8
9	Thu, Dec 28, 1972	REG	@	Oklahoma City	Ind	1.87	W	80	78		9	0	W 9	Fredrickson Fieldhouse
10	Fri, Dec 29, 1972	REG	N	Brigham Young (14)	WAC	8.86	W	101	89		10	0	W 10
11	Fri, Jan 5, 1973	REG	@	San Jose State	PCAA	-3.51	L	61	68		10	1	L 1	Spartan Gym
12	Sun, Jan 7, 1973	REG	@	Pacific	PCAA	-1.38	W	91	85		11	1	W 1	Pacific Pavilion
13	Thu, Jan 11, 1973	REG	@	Fresno State	PCAA	-7.66	W	79	72		12	1	W 2	Selland Arena
14	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	REG	@	Fresno State	PCAA	-7.66	W	92	71		13	1	W 3	Selland Arena
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	REG		Creighton	Ind	3.90	W	68	51		14	1	W 4	Long Beach Arena
16	Sat, Jan 27, 1973	REG	N	Northern Illinois	Ind	0.30	W	101	86		15	1	W 5
17	Fri, Feb 2, 1973	REG		UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	2.12	W	77	69		16	1	W 6	Long Beach Arena
18	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	REG		Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	-4.58	W	103	82		17	1	W 7	Long Beach Arena
19	Wed, Feb 7, 1973	REG		San Diego State	PCAA	-0.56	W	97	76		18	1	W 8	Long Beach Arena
20	Sat, Feb 10, 1973	REG	@	San Diego State	PCAA	-0.56	W	84	66		19	1	W 9	San Diego Sports Arena
21	Thu, Feb 15, 1973	REG		San Jose State	PCAA	-3.51	W	117	75		20	1	W 10	Long Beach Arena
22	Sat, Feb 17, 1973	REG		Pacific	PCAA	-1.38	W	85	64		21	1	W 11	Long Beach Arena
23	Fri, Feb 23, 1973	REG	@	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	-4.58	L	104	107		21	2	L 1	Eagle's Nest Arena
24	Sat, Feb 24, 1973	REG	@	UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	2.12	W	92	65		22	2	W 1	Rob Gym
25	Thu, Mar 1, 1973	REG		Fresno State	PCAA	-7.66	W	72	62		23	2	W 2	Long Beach Arena
26	Sat, Mar 3, 1973	REG		Marquette (5)	Ind	13.46	W	76	66		24	2	W 3	Long Beach Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 10, 1973	NCAA	N	Weber State	Big Sky	3.13	W	88	75	OT	25	2	W 4	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
28	Thu, Mar 15, 1973	NCAA	N	San Francisco (20)	WCAC	12.36	L	67	77		25	3	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
29	Sat, Mar 17, 1973	NCAA	N	Arizona State (16)	WAC	10.79	W	84	80		26	3	W 1	Pauley Pavilion