1969-70 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: UCLA

Final Four: Jacksonville, New Mexico State, St. Bonaventure and UCLA

Consensus Player of the Year: Pete Maravich

AP Preseason #1: South Carolina

AP Final #1: Kentucky

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Pacific-8 Conference	8	125	86	.592	9.45	6.23	2	1	1	UCLA
2	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	127	88	.591	6.98	4.25	2	1	0	South Carolina	North Carolina State
3	Big Ten Conference	10	128	113	.531	6.31	5.29	1	1	0	Iowa
4	Big Eight Conference	8	127	84	.602	4.88	3.92	0	1	0	Kansas State
5	Missouri Valley Conference	9	131	108	.548	3.34	3.04	1	1	0	Drake
6	Western Athletic Conference	8	105	101	.510	2.88	3.23	0	1	0	Texas-El Paso
7	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	3	39	40	.494	1.31	2.11	1	1	0	Long Beach State
8	Mid-American Conference	6	77	67	.535	0.85	1.24	0	1	0	Ohio
9	Southeastern Conference	10	137	126	.521	0.68	1.12	1	1	0	Kentucky
10	Ivy Group	8	105	96	.522	-0.94	-0.77	1	1	0	Pennsylvania
11	Independent	61	879	672	.567	-1.40	-0.65	9	9	3
12	Southwest Conference	8	88	105	.456	-2.13	-0.83	0	1	0	Rice
13	Ohio Valley Conference	8	109	91	.545	-3.79	-3.42	1	1	0	Western Kentucky
14	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	111	96	.536	-5.35	-2.72	0	1	0	Santa Clara
15	Big Sky Conference	6	65	89	.422	-6.87	-3.54	0	1	0	Weber State
16	Southland Conference	2	23	25	.479	-8.81	-3.01	0	0	0	Lamar
17	Southern Conference	8	97	112	.464	-9.99	-6.24	1	1	0	Davidson	Davidson
18	Middle Atlantic Conference	11	137	144	.488	-10.97	-7.82	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's (Eastern), Lafayette (Western), Lehigh (Western), Rider (Western)
19	Yankee Conference	6	75	70	.517	-14.11	-10.55	0	0	0	Connecticut, Massachusetts

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
Kentucky	SEC	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	1
UCLA	Pac-8	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
St. Bonaventure	Ind	17	20	-	19	12	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3
Jacksonville	Ind	-	18	18	13	10	7	6	6	6	8	7	6	6	6	4
New Mexico State	Ind	6	3	3	7	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5
South Carolina	ACC	1	8	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	3	6
Iowa	Big Ten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	20	20	14	11	9	8	7
Marquette	Ind	8	12	17	-	18	13	10	8	7	9	12	10	8	9	8
Notre Dame	Ind	13	10	6	11	13	-	-	20	-	-	16	14	13	15	9
North Carolina State	ACC	-	-	-	-	15	10	11	10	8	5	5	12	14	19	10
Florida State	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	12	9	8	10	11	11
Houston	Ind	20	-	19	8	8	11	9	7	12	16	15	15	15	13	12
Pennsylvania	Ivy	-	-	-	17	14	18	15	14	14	10	8	7	7	7	13
Drake	MVC	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	11	17	16	14	14
Davidson	Southern	5	4	4	9	11	8	8	11	11	15	13	9	11	10	15
Utah State	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	16
Niagara	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Western Kentucky	OVC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	12	12	18
Long Beach State	PCAA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Southern California	Pac-8	16	6	13	12	19	-	20	15	15	11	18	-	-	-	20
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
Cincinnati	MVC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
Colorado	Big 8	10	17	16	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia	Ivy	-	-	-	-	15	17	13	-	17	17	19	-	18	-	-
Duke	ACC	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duquesne	Ind	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	SEC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
Illinois	Big Ten	-	-	-	15	-	-	17	12	10	14	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	Big 8	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	Big 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	19	18	-	18	17	16	-
Louisiana State	SEC	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	MVC	15	11	14	14	-	20	18	18	-	-	-	19	-	-	-
North Carolina	ACC	7	5	7	4	4	4	7	9	9	7	10	13	19	-	-
Ohio	MAC	-	19	10	5	5	9	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	17	-
Ohio State	Big Ten	18	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	Big 8	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	Big Ten	3	14	12	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Santa Clara	WCAC	12	15	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	Ind	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	SEC	-	9	8	6	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	Ind	9	12	9	20	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
Washington	Pac-8	-	-	20	10	9	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

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