1970-71 Season Summary

National Champion: UCLA
Final Four: Kansas, UCLA, Villanova and Western Kentucky

Consensus Player of the Year: Austin Carr

AP Preseason #1: UCLA ▪ AP Final #1: UCLA

Conference Summary

Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	136	86	.613	2	1	0	North Carolina	South Carolina
2	Big Eight Conference	8	118	95	.554	1	1	1	Kansas
3	Big Sky Conference	6	77	75	.507	0	1	0	Weber State
4	Big Ten Conference	10	131	113	.537	1	1	0	Ohio State
5	Independent	62	879	714	.552	7	8	1	Marquette
6	Ivy Group	8	102	103	.498	1	1	0	Pennsylvania
7	Mid-American Conference	6	84	62	.575	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
8	Middle Atlantic Conference	11	152	128	.543	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's (East) Lafayette (West)
9	Missouri Valley Conference	10	164	104	.612	1	2	0	Drake Louisville Saint Louis
10	Ohio Valley Conference	8	107	94	.532	1	1	1	Western Kentucky
11	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	6	88	71	.553	1	1	0	Long Beach State
12	Pacific-8 Conference	8	131	82	.615	2	1	1	UCLA
13	Southeastern Conference	10	134	128	.511	2	1	0	Kentucky
14	Southern Conference	7	75	109	.408	0	1	0	Davidson	Furman
15	Southland Conference	5	54	65	.454	0	0	0	Arkansas State
16	Southwest Conference	8	105	102	.507	0	1	0	Texas Christian
17	West Coast Conference	8	99	109	.476	0	1	0	Pacific
18	Western Athletic Conference	8	113	95	.543	1	1	0	Brigham Young
19	Yankee Conference	6	71	78	.477	0	0	0	Massachusetts

School	Conf	Pre	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	3/9	Final
UCLA	Pac-8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Marquette	Ind	6	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Pennsylvania	Ivy	11	8	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3
Kansas	Big 8	14	11	12	8	12	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4
Southern California	Pac-8	7	9	8	6	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	5
South Carolina	ACC	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	11	10	7	10	7	7	6	6	6
Western Kentucky	OVC	9	13	11	10	5	6	5	7	12	9	7	9	9	7	7	7
Kentucky	SEC	3	5	3	7	8	11	10	12	11	8	8	12	10	8	8	8
Fordham	Ind						18	14	17			20	18	11	10	10	9
Ohio State	Big Ten												20	18	13	12	10
Jacksonville	Ind	4	3	5	4	9	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	11
Notre Dame	Ind	5	6	7	14	15	9	9	9	7	12	9	14	19	16	14	12
North Carolina	ACC			20	17		20	15	20	20	16	11	8	13	12	13	13
Houston	Ind	17									18	15			15	18	14
Duquesne	Ind									17	14	12	10	8	11	11	15
Long Beach State	PCAA	18												20	17	17	16
Tennessee	SEC		17	14	12	10	17	18	8	8	11	14	13	17	14	15	17
Drake	MVC	10	7	9	9	7	16										18
Villanova	Ind	8	10	10	13	11	14	13	14	16	17	18					19
Brigham Young	WAC																20
School	Conf	Pre	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	3/9	Final
Army	Ind		14
Duke	ACC	13														19
Florida State	Ind			17
Illinois	Big Ten									18	15
Indiana	Big Ten	16	11	13	11	14	12	11	18						18
La Salle	Mid-Atl								15	14	10	13	11	14	19
Louisiana State	SEC					18
Louisville	MVC		20			17	13	16					19	15
Memphis	MVC							19
Miami (OH)	MAC															20
Michigan	Big Ten										20	16	16	12
Murray State	OVC									19	19	17	17
New Mexico State	MVC	15	15	17	20
North Carolina State	ACC	19
Oregon	Pac-8		18	16	17	16			16	13
Oregon State	Pac-8							20
Purdue	Big Ten				16	20	19
St. Bonaventure	Ind	20	19	19	15	13	10	12	10
St. John's (NY)	Ind				19
Utah State	Ind	12	16	15		19	15	17	12	9	13	19	15	16	20	16
Virginia	ACC								19	15

Naismith Award:	Austin Carr (Notre Dame)
AP Player of the Year:	Austin Carr (Notre Dame)
UPI Player of the Year:	Austin Carr (Notre Dame)
USBWA Player of the Year:	Sidney Wicks (UCLA)
Sporting News Player of the Year:	Sidney Wicks (UCLA)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Austin Carr (Notre Dame) Sidney Wicks (UCLA)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	Howard Porter (Villanova)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Bill Chamberlain (North Carolina)

2nd Team
Curtis Rowe (UCLA)
Howard Porter (Villanova)
John Roche (South Carolina)
Johnny Neumann (Mississippi)
Ken Durrett (La Salle)