1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters basketball Independent 16–12 Tim Tift 3rd Crawford Hall UCI Invitational Champions NCAA College Division Tournament, West Regional third-place game The 1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1971–72 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by third year head coach Tim Tift and played their home games at Crawford Hall. They were invited to the 1972 NCAA College Division basketball tournament where they lost to 1971 CSU–Pueblo ThunderWolves Southern Colorado in the regional semifinals and 1971 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside in the regional 3rd-place game. The anteaters finished the season with an overall record of 16–12. Previous season The 1970–71 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 16–12 under second year head coach Tim Tift and were not invited to a post season tournament. Roster 1971 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y Brad Baker G 6 2 Sr C. David Baker y C 6 8 Fr Garrick Barr F 6 4 Jr Ed Burlingham F 6 4 Sr Howard Hawkins F 6 2 So Phil Mathews basketball y G 6 0 Sr Riverside, California Bill Moore F 6 6 Sr Rick Mosier G 6 1 So Steve Parker C 6 6 Sr Eric Paulsen F 6 5 So Phil Rhyne F 6 5 Sr Troy Rolph G 6 0 Sr http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_College%20Division_1972_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Tim Tift (Pepperdine) Schedule yes 1971-72 NCAA Division II men's basketball rankings 1971 yes no |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters|Regular season December 1, 1971 yes yes 1971 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN 53–89 0–1 December 4, 1971 yes yes 1971 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV 66–70 0–2 December 7, 1971 yes yes 1971 Army Black Knights Army Gillis Field House West Point, NY 71–79 0–3 December 8, 1971 yes yes 1971 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 86–94 0–4 December 11, 1971 yes 1971 Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Wheaton Lyons Wheaton Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 120–101 1–4 December 21, 1971 yes 1971 Humboldt State Lumberjacks Humboldt State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA UCI Invitational 97–80 2–4 December 22, 1971 yes 1971 San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA UCI Invitational 83–77 3–4 December 23, 1971 yes 1971 Seattle Pacific Falcons Seattle Pacific Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 81–65 4–4 December 29, 1971 yes Seton Hall Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 98–76 5–4 December 30, 1971 yes 1971 Chicago State Cougars Chicago State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 103–61 6–4 January 4, 1972 yes Bethany (Oklahoma) Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 83–65 7–4 January 10, 1972 yes 1971 Olivet Comets Olivet Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 99–81 8–4 January 14, 1972 yes 1971 Chapman Panthers Chapman Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 105–91 9–4 January 15, 1972 yes LSU New Orleans Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 92–78 10–4 January 21, 1972 yes 1971 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis UC Riverside Gymnasium Riverside, CAWhew! Irvine Nips Scrappy UC Davis, 63-60 Los Angeles Times 22 January 1972 156913115 All-UC Tournament 63–60 11–4 January 22, 1972 yes 1971 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside UC Riverside Gymnasium Riverside, CA All-UC Tournament 91–93 11–5 January 25, 1972 yes 1971 Occidental Tigers Occidental Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 94–75 12–5 January 29, 1972 yes yes 1971 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona Kellogg Gym Pomona, CA 62–83 12–6 February 1, 1972 yes 1971 Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 62–83 12–7 February 3, 1972 yes 1971 Puget Sound Loggers Puget Sound Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 86–77 13–7 February 5, 1972 yes 1971 Hawaii Warriors Hawaii Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 79–88 13–8 February 11, 1972 yes yes Chapman Orange, CA 97–90 14–8 February 15, 1972 yes yes San Diego State Peterson Gym San Diego, CA 95–109 14–9 February 19, 1972 yes UC Riverside Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 87–91 14–10 February 23, 1972 yes yes 1971 Stanislaus State Warriors Stanislaus State Turlock, CA 89–85 15–10 February 26, 1972 yes 1971 Cal State Bakersfield Cal State Bakersfield Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 81–76 16–10 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#UC Irvine Anteaters 1;"| NCAA Tournament March 10, 1972 yes yes 1971 CSU–Pueblo ThunderWolves Southern Colorado Massari Arena Pueblo, CO Regional semifinal 58–77 16–11 March 11, 1972 yes yes UC Riverside Massari Arena Pueblo, CO Regional 3rd-place game 75–94 16–12 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=23 UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book UC Irvine Athletics NCAA October 10, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=23 dead References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1970s in Orange County, California UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters