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1971-72 Marquette Golden Eagles Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-4 (Independent)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Al McGuire

PS/G: 75.1 (143rd of 221)

PA/G: 63.3 (4th of 221)

SRS: 11.01 (17th of 210)

SOS: 0.15 (102nd of 210)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (73-49) versus Ohio
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (85-69) versus Kentucky
Lost Mideast Regional Third Place (77-72) versus Minnesota

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
Marquette	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	7	7

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		Bowling Green State	MAC	-9.76	W	84	64		1	0	W 1	Milwaukee Arena
2	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	REG	@	Memphis	MVC	10.45	W	74	73		2	0	W 2	Mid-South Coliseum
3	Mon, Dec 13, 1971	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	3.97	W	81	52		3	0	W 3	Milwaukee Arena
4	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	REG		Fordham	Ind	3.42	W	87	68		4	0	W 4	Milwaukee Arena
5	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	10.33	W	55	40		5	0	W 5	Milwaukee Arena
6	Mon, Dec 27, 1971	REG		Georgetown	Ind	-14.88	W	88	44		6	0	W 6	Milwaukee Arena
7	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	REG		Marshall (17)	Ind	11.99	W	74	72		7	0	W 7	Milwaukee Arena
8	Mon, Jan 3, 1972	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.29	W	72	60		8	0	W 8	Milwaukee Arena
9	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	REG	@	South Carolina (4)	Ind	14.32	W	72	71		9	0	W 9	Carolina Coliseum
10	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	REG	@	Nevada	WCAC	-26.90	W	82	55		10	0	W 10	Virginia Street Gym
11	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	REG		Detroit Mercy	Ind	4.91	W	68	66		11	0	W 11	Milwaukee Arena
12	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	-4.77	W	80	70		12	0	W 12	Milwaukee Arena
13	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG		DePaul	Ind	-3.50	W	70	61		13	0	W 13	Milwaukee Arena
14	Mon, Jan 24, 1972	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	-7.83	W	71	62		14	0	W 14	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
15	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	Ind	-4.77	W	69	67		15	0	W 15	Alumni Gym
16	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	-3.50	W	79	61		16	0	W 16	Alumni Hall
17	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	REG		Xavier	Ind	-0.99	W	89	59		17	0	W 17	Milwaukee Arena
18	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG		Air Force	Ind	-8.53	W	79	56		18	0	W 18	Milwaukee Arena
19	Mon, Feb 14, 1972	REG		Butler	Ind	-8.24	W	90	76		19	0	W 19	Milwaukee Arena
20	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	REG		Jacksonville	Ind	7.99	W	88	79		20	0	W 20	Milwaukee Arena
21	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG		Creighton	Ind	-0.28	W	70	61		21	0	W 21	Milwaukee Arena
22	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	Ind	4.91	L	49	70		21	1	L 1	Calihan Hall
23	Mon, Feb 28, 1972	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	-0.99	W	63	55		22	1	W 1	Schmidt Fieldhouse
24	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	REG	@	Tulane	Ind	-9.49	W	73	60		23	1	W 2	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
25	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	REG	@	New Mexico State	MVC	9.66	L	69	73		23	2	L 1	Pan American Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	NCAA	N	Ohio	MAC	0.94	W	73	49		24	2	W 1	Stokely Center
27	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	NCAA	N	Kentucky (18)	SEC	11.07	L	69	85		24	3	L 1	University of Dayton Arena
28	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	NCAA	N	Minnesota (11)	Big Ten	10.33	L	72	77		24	4	L 2	University of Dayton Arena