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1970-71 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-9 (Independent)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Johnny Dee

PS/G: 91.1 (9th of 207)

PA/G: 83.5 (172nd of 207)

SRS: 11.92 (14th of 203)

SOS: 4.96 (21st of 203)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (102-94) versus TCU
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (79-72) versus Drake
Lost Midwest Regional Third Place (119-106) versus Houston

AP Poll Summary

1970-71 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	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	3/1	3/8	Final
Notre Dame	5	6	7	14	15	9	9	9	7	12	9	14	19	16	14	12

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	Tue, Dec 1, 1970	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	11.25	W	94	81		1	0	W 1	Crisler Arena
2	Sat, Dec 5, 1970	REG		South Carolina (2)	ACC	15.05	L	82	85		1	1	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Thu, Dec 10, 1970	REG	N	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.21	W	94	88		2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Dec 12, 1970	REG	@	Saint Louis	MVC	7.07	W	68	67		3	1	W 2	St. Louis Arena
5	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	REG		Indiana (13)	Big Ten	7.96	L	103	106		3	2	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
6	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	REG	N	Kentucky (8)	SEC	13.35	W	99	92		4	2	W 1	Freedom Hall
7	Thu, Dec 31, 1970	REG		Santa Clara	WCAC	-2.45	W	85	83		5	2	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
8	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	2.91	W	97	73		6	2	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
9	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	REG	@	Air Force	Ind	-6.08	W	75	71		7	2	W 4	Clune Arena
10	Tue, Jan 12, 1971	REG	@	Marquette (2)	Ind	16.44	L	66	71		7	3	L 1	Milwaukee Arena
11	Thu, Jan 14, 1971	REG		Detroit Mercy	Ind	-0.93	W	93	79		8	3	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
12	Mon, Jan 18, 1971	REG	@	Duquesne	Ind	11.36	L	78	81		8	4	L 1	Civic Arena
13	Sat, Jan 23, 1971	REG		UCLA (1)	Pac-8	20.91	W	89	82		9	4	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	0.97	W	104	80		10	4	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
15	Sat, Jan 30, 1971	REG	N	Illinois (18)	Big Ten	6.92	L	66	69		10	5	L 1
16	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	REG		Creighton	Ind	5.73	W	102	91		11	5	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Mon, Feb 8, 1971	REG		Butler	Ind	-8.43	W	93	81		12	5	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
18	Thu, Feb 11, 1971	REG	@	Villanova (18)	Ind	16.62	L	81	99		12	6	L 1	Villanova Field House
19	Sat, Feb 13, 1971	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	-10.42	W	107	76		13	6	W 1	Alumni Hall
20	Thu, Feb 18, 1971	REG	@	Fordham (18)	Ind	12.25	L	88	94		13	7	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
21	Sat, Feb 20, 1971	REG	@	West Virginia	Ind	1.51	W	107	98		14	7	W 1	WVU Coliseum
22	Tue, Feb 23, 1971	REG		New York University	Ind	-15.38	W	106	68		15	7	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
23	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Ind	6.65	W	92	79		16	7	W 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
24	Mon, Mar 1, 1971	REG		Dayton	Ind	5.85	W	83	82		17	7	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
25	Thu, Mar 4, 1971	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-1.83	W	110	79		18	7	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Sat, Mar 13, 1971	NCAA	N	TCU	SWC	0.46	W	102	94		19	7	W 6	Hofheinz Pavilion
27	Thu, Mar 18, 1971	NCAA	N	Drake (18)	MVC	8.76	L	72	79	OT	19	8	L 1	Levitt Arena
28	Sat, Mar 20, 1971	NCAA	N	Houston (14)	Ind	11.02	L	106	119		19	9	L 2	Levitt Arena