1971-72 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Walton

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	7	122	73	.626	3	1	1	North Carolina	North Carolina
2	Big Eight Conference	8	102	109	.483	0	1	0	Kansas State
3	Big Sky Conference	8	102	105	.493	0	1	0	Weber State
4	Big Ten Conference	10	135	106	.560	3	1	0	Minnesota
5	Independent	67	959	768	.555	6	8	1	Oral Roberts
6	Ivy Group	8	100	105	.488	1	1	0	Pennsylvania
7	Mid-American Conference	6	66	81	.449	0	1	0	Ohio
8	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	1	15	11	.577	0	0	0	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T
9	Middle Atlantic Conference	11	155	126	.552	0	1	0	Temple (East) Rider (West)
10	Missouri Valley Conference	10	161	104	.608	2	1	1	Louisville Memphis
11	Ohio Valley Conference	8	111	94	.541	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky Morehead State Western Kentucky
12	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	7	111	76	.594	1	1	0	Long Beach State
13	Pacific-8 Conference	8	124	92	.574	1	1	1	UCLA
14	Southeastern Conference	10	144	115	.556	1	1	0	Kentucky Tennessee
15	Southern Conference	7	84	103	.449	0	1	0	Davidson	East Carolina
16	Southland Conference	6	87	69	.558	1	1	0	Louisiana Tech
17	Southwest Conference	8	108	101	.517	0	1	0	Southern Methodist Texas
18	West Coast Conference	8	100	109	.478	0	1	0	San Francisco
19	Western Athletic Conference	8	120	86	.583	1	1	0	Brigham Young
20	Yankee Conference	6	71	78	.477	0	0	0	Rhode Island

School	Conf	Pre	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
UCLA	Pac-8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
North Carolina	ACC	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	3	3	2
Pennsylvania	Ivy	15	10	5	13	14	6	6	10	9	6	5	5	4	4	2	3
Louisville	MVC	9	16	17	19	15	7	5	6	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	4
Long Beach State	PCAA	8	6	13	9	10	8	7	4	5	5	8	9	6	6	5	5
South Carolina	Ind	12	11	3	3	3	4	4	5	11	8	9	7	9	8	6	6
Marquette	Ind	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	7	7
Louisiana-Lafayette	Southland			16	12	13	15	13	12	12	13	13	12	10	11	9	8
Brigham Young	WAC	19	15	6	7	8	18	14	13	13	10	10	11	7	7	8	9
Florida State	Ind		18	9	14		20	12	11	10	12	14	14	11	10	14	10
Minnesota	Big Ten								17	16	19	19				16	11
Marshall	Ind				20	17	13	20	16	14	11	11	10	8	9	10	12
Memphis	MVC											15	18	19	20	11	13
Maryland	ACC	6	5	15	15	16	12			18			19	12	18	13	14
Villanova	Ind	18	18				14	11	15								15
Oral Roberts	Ind													20	17	17	16
Indiana	Big Ten			12	8	7	5	17								20	17
Kentucky	SEC	10	7	7	11	12	19	15					17	18			18
Ohio State	Big Ten	5	4	10	6	6	10	9	7	6	9	7	8	15	14		19
Virginia	ACC			19	18	11	9	8	9	8	7	6	6	13	12	15	20
School	Conf	Pre	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
Arizona State	WAC		17
Duquesne	Ind											20
Hawaii	Ind					18	16	19	18	15	14	18	16	17	15	12
Houston	Ind	7	12	20										16	13	19
Illinois	Big Ten							16
Jacksonville	Ind	11	8	14	16						17	16
Kansas	Big 8	14
Michigan	Big Ten	13	9								20				16
Missouri	Big 8							18		20	15	17	15	14	19	18
New Mexico	WAC	16
North Carolina State	ACC		20
Northern Illinois	Ind								20	19
Ohio	MAC				17
Oklahoma	Big 8	20
Princeton	Ivy			18					14	17
Providence	Ind										16	12	13
Southern California	Pac-8	3	13	10	5	5	11	10	8	7	18
St. John's (NY)	Ind	17	14	8	10	9	17
Tennessee	SEC					20			19				20
West Virginia	Ind					19

2nd Team
Barry Parkhill (Virginia)
Bud Stallworth (Kansas)
Henry Willmore (Michigan)
Jim Price (Louisville)
Rich Fuqua (Oral Roberts)

Naismith Award:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
AP Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
UPI Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
USBWA Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
Sporting News Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
Rupp Trophy:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Tom McMillen (Maryland)