1972–73 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1972–73 UC Irvine Anteaters basketball Independent 15–13 Tim Tift 4th Crawford Hall UCI Invitational champion The 1972–73 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1972–73 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fourth year head coach Tim Tift and played their home games at Crawford Hall. The Anteaters finished the season with an overall record of 15–13 and were not invited to a post season tournament. Previous season The 1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 16–12. 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. Roster 1972 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y C. David Baker y C 6 8 So Sam Bunch G 6 0 So Richard Clark F 6 6 Sr Gary Denton F 6 5 So Gary Eubanks F 6 3 So Scott Magnuson C 7 0 Jr Jerry Maras F 6 6 So Marc Martinez F 6 6 Fr Rich Mraule G 6 2 Jr Scott Palmer G 6 2 Fr Eric Paulsen F 6 5 Jr Harlan Peet G 6 4 Jr http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_College%20Division_1973_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Tim Tift (Pepperdine) Schedule yes 1972-73 NCAA Division II men's basketball rankings 1972 yes no |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters|Regular Season November 25, 1972 yes yes 1972 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 71–93 0–1 November 27, 1972 yes yes 1972 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State Bison Sports Arena Fargo, ND 62–56 1–1 December 1, 1972 yes yes 1972 Hawaii Warriors Hawaii Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI 75–99 1–2 December 2, 1972 yes yes Hawaii Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI 82–99 1–3 December 9, 1972 yes 1972 Montana State Bobcats Montana State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 82–76 2–3 December 16, 1972 yes 1974 John Brown Golden Eagles John Brown Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 83–70 3–3 December 19, 1972 yes 1972 Central College (Iowa) Central Dutch Central Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 74–61 4–3 December 22, 1972 yes yes 1972 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount Long Beach ArenaDistel Dave CSLB 104-62 Winner Over Long Island U. Los Angeles Times 23 December 1972 157089952 Long Beach, CA International City Classic 58–92 4–4 December 23, 1972 yes yes 1974 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA International City Classic 67–65 5–4 December 27, 1972 yes 1972 North Park Vikings North Park Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 74–64 6–4 December 29, 1972 yes 1972 Humboldt State Lumberjacks Humboldt State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA UCI Invitational 74–67 7–4 December 30, 1972 yes 1972 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge Crawford Hall Irvine, CA UCI Invitational 83–75 8–4 January 2, 1973 yes 1972 Taylor Trojans Taylor Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 80–79 9–4 January 3, 1973 yes 1972 Macalester Macalester Scots Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 72–63 10–4 January 9, 1973 yes yes Montana State MSU Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT 59–75 10–5 January 11, 1973 yes yes Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, ID 49–61 10–6 January 13, 1973 yes yes 1972 Puget Sound Loggers Puget Sound Tacoma, WA 49–55 10–7 January 19, 1973 yes 1972 UC San Diego Tritons UC San Diego Crawford HallUC Riverside, UCI Advance in Tournament Los Angeles Times 20 January 1973 157239199 Irvine, CA All-Cal Tournament 69–63 11–7 January 20, 1973 yes 1972 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside Crawford Hall Irvine, CA All-Cal Tournament 69–68 12–7 January 27, 1973 yes 1972 Stanislaus State Warriors Stanislaus State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 86–71 13–7 January 30, 1973 yes 1972 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 66–70 13–8 February 1, 1973 yes 1972 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 64–70 13–9 February 3, 1973 yes Cal State Northridge Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 59–65 13–10 February 6, 1973 yes yes 1972 Chapman Panthers Chapman Orange, CA 80–72 14–10 February 13, 1973 yes yes UC Riverside UC Riverside Gymnasium Riverside, CA 65–69 14–11 February 17, 1973 yes yes Cal State Northridge Matadome Northridge, CA 63–64 14–12 February 23, 1973 yes Chapman Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 73–61 15–12 February 27, 1973 yes yes Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 76–92 15–13 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