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1971-72 Penn State Nittany Lions Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 17-8 (Independent)

Coach: John Bach

PS/G: 73.3 (163rd of 221)

PA/G: 68.1 (21st of 221)

SRS: 4.70 (59th of 210)

SOS: -0.58 (116th of 210)

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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
Penn 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	@	Bucknell	Mid-Atl	-13.13	W	84	70	1	0	W 1	Davis Gym
2	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	REG		Princeton	Ivy	9.79	W	72	70	2	0	W 2	Rec Hall
3	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-16.36	W	99	75	3	0	W 3	Rec Hall
4	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	REG	@	Columbia	Ivy	-14.23	W	73	50	4	0	W 4	University Gymnasium
5	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	5.89	L	70	73	4	1	L 1	Manley Field House
6	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	7.80	L	55	57	4	2	L 2	Stokely Center
7	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	REG	N	Colorado State	WAC	6.80	L	63	70	4	3	L 3
8	Mon, Dec 27, 1971	REG	N	Providence	Ind	7.15	L	65	81	4	4	L 4
9	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	REG	N	Utah	WAC	5.25	W	80	69	5	4	W 1
10	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	REG	N	Syracuse	Ind	5.89	L	77	92	5	5	L 1
11	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG		Seton Hall	Ind	-8.12	W	76	68	6	5	W 1	Rec Hall
12	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	REG		West Virginia	Ind	2.37	W	77	64	7	5	W 2	Rec Hall
13	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	REG		Gettysburg	Mid-Atl	-16.81	W	85	53	8	5	W 3	Rec Hall
14	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG	@	Army	Ind	-2.15	L	65	72	8	6	L 1	USMA Fieldhouse
15	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Ind	0.95	W	74	62	9	6	W 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
16	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	REG		Syracuse	Ind	5.89	W	81	76	10	6	W 2	Rec Hall
17	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	REG	@	Georgetown	Ind	-14.88	W	63	62	11	6	W 3	McDonough Gymnasium
18	Mon, Feb 7, 1972	REG		Temple	Mid-Atl	8.18	L	66	68	11	7	L 1	Rec Hall
19	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG	@	Navy	Ind	-4.78	W	68	59	12	7	W 1	Dahlgren Hall
20	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	REG		Virginia (6)	ACC	11.79	W	86	74	13	7	W 2	Rec Hall
21	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG	@	Boston College	Ind	-2.36	W	68	64	14	7	W 3	Roberts Center
22	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	REG	@	West Virginia	Ind	2.37	W	80	79	15	7	W 4	WVU Coliseum
23	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	REG		Pittsburgh	Ind	0.95	L	70	78	15	8	L 1	Rec Hall
24	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	REG		Kent State	MAC	-3.58	W	61	51	16	8	W 1	Rec Hall
25	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	REG		Rutgers	Ind	0.84	W	77	66	17	8	W 2	Rec Hall