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1971-72 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 13-11 (6-8, 5th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Gus Ganakas

PS/G: 76.9 (125th of 221)

PA/G: 80.2 (153rd of 221)

SRS: 0.09 (93rd of 210)

SOS: 3.38 (40th of 210)

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
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	REG	@	Missouri	Big 8	9.76	L	67	77	0	1	L 1	Brewer Fieldhouse
2	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	REG		South Alabama	Ind	-14.67	W	87	72	1	1	W 1	Jenison Field House
3	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-4.21	W	66	65	2	1	W 2	Jenison Field House
4	Mon, Dec 13, 1971	REG	@	Kentucky (7)	SEC	11.07	W	91	85	3	1	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
5	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	REG	N	Colorado State	WAC	6.80	W	67	63	4	1	W 4
6	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	7.80	L	61	85	4	2	L 1	Stokely Center
7	Mon, Dec 20, 1971	REG	@	Butler	Ind	-8.24	W	77	71	5	2	W 1	Hinkle Fieldhouse
8	Mon, Dec 27, 1971	REG	N	Texas A&M	SWC	-3.97	W	67	65	6	2	W 2
9	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	REG	@	Houston	Ind	11.62	L	73	106	6	3	L 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
10	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	3.97	L	75	83	6	4	L 2	Crisler Arena
11	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.29	W	83	76	7	4	W 1	Jenison Field House
12	Tue, Jan 18, 1972	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	-0.48	L	69	76	7	5	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
13	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG		Minnesota (17)	Big Ten	10.33	L	57	67	7	6	L 2	Jenison Field House
14	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	10.28	W	83	73	8	6	W 1	Jenison Field House
15	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	REG		Notre Dame	Ind	-7.83	W	98	74	9	6	W 2	Jenison Field House
16	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	10.28	L	69	83	9	7	L 1	Assembly Hall
17	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	0.30	W	89	79	10	7	W 1	Jenison Field House
18	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	5.15	W	100	91	11	7	W 2	Iowa Field House
19	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	6.98	L	68	92	11	8	L 1	Mackey Arena
20	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	5.15	L	98	102	11	9	L 2	Jenison Field House
21	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.29	L	74	101	11	10	L 3	Wisconsin Field House
22	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	REG		Michigan (16)	Big Ten	3.97	W	96	92	12	10	W 1	Jenison Field House
23	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	9.06	L	73	92	12	11	L 1	St. John Arena
24	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-0.48	W	57	54	13	11	W 1	Jenison Field House