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1971-72 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-9 (Independent)

Coach: Frank Layden

PS/G: 83.8 (47th of 221)

PA/G: 75.7 (93rd of 221)

SRS: 5.85 (53rd of 210)

SOS: 1.31 (79th 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
Niagara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Thu, Dec 2, 1971	REG	N	Army	Ind	-2.15	L	73	79		0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	REG	@	La Salle	Mid-Atl	-5.21	W	71	70		1	1	W 1	The Spectrum
3	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	REG		DePaul	Ind	-3.50	W	108	87		2	1	W 2	Gallagher Center
4	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	REG		Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl	7.73	W	88	67		3	1	W 3	Gallagher Center
5	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	REG	N	Cornell	Ivy	-16.36	W	95	69		4	1	W 4
6	Sat, Jan 1, 1972	REG	N	Canisius	Ind	-0.88	W	91	82		5	1	W 5
7	Tue, Jan 4, 1972	REG	@	Bowling Green State	MAC	-9.76	W	88	74		6	1	W 6	Anderson Arena
8	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG	@	Saint Peter's	Ind	-8.46	W	112	92		7	1	W 7
9	Mon, Jan 10, 1972	REG	@	Long Island University	Ind	-6.93	W	76	70		8	1	W 8	Schwartz Athletic Center
10	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	-0.88	W	73	72		9	1	W 9	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
11	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	REG	@	South Carolina (5)	Ind	14.32	L	69	80		9	2	L 1	Carolina Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG	@	Providence	Ind	7.15	L	79	89		9	3	L 2	Mullaney Gymnasium
13	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	Ind	9.36	L	73	76		9	4	L 3	Reilly Center
14	Mon, Jan 31, 1972	REG		Dayton	Ind	-0.39	W	88	69		10	4	W 1	Gallagher Center
15	Mon, Feb 7, 1972	REG	@	Saint Francis (PA)	Ind	-3.95	W	82	72		11	4	W 2	Doyle Hall
16	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	REG	@	Villanova	Ind	10.08	W	89	83		12	4	W 3	Villanova Field House
17	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG		Iona	Ind	-16.06	W	98	83		13	4	W 4	Gallagher Center
18	Mon, Feb 14, 1972	REG	@	Fairfield	Ind	-6.99	L	67	68		13	5	L 1	Alumni Hall
19	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG		St. John's (NY)	Ind	8.68	L	90	93		13	6	L 2	Gallagher Center
20	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	REG		St. Bonaventure	Ind	9.36	W	80	74		14	6	W 1	Gallagher Center
21	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	REG		Syracuse	Ind	5.89	L	79	87		14	7	L 1	Gallagher Center
22	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	REG		Canisius	Ind	-0.88	L	77	87		14	8	L 2	Gallagher Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	NIT	N	UTEP	WAC	10.72	W	76	57		15	8	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
24	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	NIT	N	Princeton	Ivy	9.79	W	65	60		16	8	W 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
25	Thu, Mar 23, 1972	NIT	@	St. John's (NY)	Ind	8.68	W	69	67		17	8	W 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
26	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	NIT	N	Maryland (14)	ACC	14.65	L	69	100		17	9	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)