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1971-72 Men's Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

Record: 161-104, .608 W-L% (2nd of 20) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 6.04 (3rd of 19)

SOS: 3.70 (4th of 19)

Regular Season Champion: Louisville and Memphis

Player of the Year: Larry Finch

Coach of the Year: Gene Bartow

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Louisville)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Louisville)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Louisville and Memphis)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Louisville	12	2	.857	26	5	.839	84.3	72.8	16.3	6.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF
2	Memphis	12	2	.857	21	7	.750	84.4	74.9	10.4	4.8	Reg. Season Champion
3	Saint Louis	9	5	.643	18	8	.692	75.1	68.5	8.6	3.1
4	Bradley	8	6	.571	17	9	.654	80.3	69.4	10.9	6.7
5	Tulsa	5	9	.357	15	11	.577	81.8	80.5	1.8	2.7
6	Wichita State	6	8	.429	16	10	.615	76.6	70.4	9.0	3.2
7	North Texas	2	12	.143	8	18	.308	72.7	75.7	-2.1	3.9
7	Drake	2	12	.143	7	19	.269	77.1	79.5	-1.0	4.9
	New Mexico State				19	6	.760	86.4	75.3	9.7	-0.7
	West Texas A&M				14	11	.560	80.7	81.6	-3.2	2.1

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
Saint Louis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Mexico State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	18	19	20	11	13
Louisville	9	16	17	19	15	7	5	6	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	4
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulsa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Louisville	31	26	5	.839	12	2	10	1	9	2				33.5	70.5	.475					17.3	24.8	.697		44.5	19.4			16.1	18.7	84.3	72.8	16.29	6.29
2	Memphis	28	21	7	.750	12	2	11	1	5	4				31.9	67.3	.474					20.6	29.4	.700		48.5					19.5	84.4	74.9	10.45	4.81
3	Saint Louis	26	18	8	.692	9	5	11	3	5	5				27.8	60.6	.459					19.5	25.7	.758		38.5	15.3				15.5	75.1	68.5	8.61	3.15
4	Bradley	26	17	9	.654	8	6	6	3	3	5				31.2	63.9	.488					17.9	25.2	.711		41.1	14.4				19.0	80.3	69.4	10.95	6.75
5	Wichita State	26	16	10	.615	6	8	10	2	5	8				29.5	60.5	.488					17.5	25.3	.693		43.4	15.8				18.1	76.6	70.4	8.99	3.15
6	Tulsa	26	15	11	.577	5	9	8	5	4	6				31.2	68.8	.453					19.5	27.6	.705		47.0					18.8	81.8	80.5	1.84	2.67
7	Drake	26	7	19	.269	2	12	4	8	1	11				31.6	70.0	.451					14.0	22.0	.636		45.6					19.5	77.1	79.5	-1.02	4.85
8	North Texas	26	8	18	.308	2	12	5	6	0	10				29.3	67.9	.431					14.0	21.0	.667		42.8					19.2	72.7	75.7	-2.13	3.92
9	New Mexico State	25	19	6	.760			11	1	6	4				34.8	78.1	.446					16.7	24.2	.692		52.6	15.4				18.8	86.4	75.3	9.66	-0.66
10	West Texas A&M	25	14	11	.560			7	1	1	9				32.1	80.3	.399					16.5	26.4	.625		57.8					20.9	80.7	81.6	-3.25	2.07

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.