1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
UCI Invitational Champions
NCAA College Division Tournament, West Regional third-place game
Conference	Independent
Record	16–12
Head coach	Tim Tift (3rd season);
Home arena	Crawford Hall
	Seasons ← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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 Southern Colorado in the regional semifinals and 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

1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	Brad Baker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr
C	C. David Baker	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr
F	Garrick Barr	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
F	Ed Burlingham	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
F	Howard Hawkins	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So
G	Phil Mathews	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Sr	Riverside, California
F	Bill Moore	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr
G	Rick Mosier	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So
C	Steve Parker	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr
F	Eric Paulsen	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So
F	Phil Rhyne	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
G	Troy Rolph	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Tim Tift (Pepperdine)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1, 1971*	at Tennessee	L 53–89	0–1	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN
December 4, 1971*	at West Virginia	L 66–70	0–2	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 7, 1971*	at Army	L 71–79	0–3	Gillis Field House West Point, NY
December 8, 1971*	at Seton Hall	L 86–94	0–4	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
December 11, 1971*	Wheaton	W 120–101	1–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 21, 1971*	Humboldt State UCI Invitational	W 97–80	2–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 22, 1971*	San Diego State UCI Invitational	W 83–77	3–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 23, 1971*	Seattle Pacific	W 81–65	4–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 29, 1971*	Seton Hall	W 98–76	5–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 30, 1971*	Chicago State	W 103–61	6–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 4, 1972*	Bethany (Oklahoma)	W 83–65	7–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 10, 1972*	Olivet	W 99–81	8–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 14, 1972*	Chapman	W 105–91	9–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 15, 1972*	LSU New Orleans	W 92–78	10–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 21, 1972*	UC Davis All-UC Tournament	W 63–60	11–4	UC Riverside Gymnasium Riverside, CA^[1]
January 22, 1972*	UC Riverside All-UC Tournament	L 91–93	11–5	UC Riverside Gymnasium Riverside, CA
January 25, 1972*	Occidental	W 94–75	12–5	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 29, 1972*	at Cal Poly Pomona	L 62–83	12–6	Kellogg Gym Pomona, CA
February 1, 1972*	Long Beach State	L 62–83	12–7	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 3, 1972*	Puget Sound	W 86–77	13–7	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 5, 1972*	Hawaii	L 79–88	13–8	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 11, 1972*	at Chapman	W 97–90	14–8	Orange, CA
February 15, 1972*	at San Diego State	L 95–109	14–9	Peterson Gym San Diego, CA
February 19, 1972*	UC Riverside	L 87–91	14–10	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 23, 1972*	at Stanislaus State	W 89–85	15–10	Turlock, CA
February 26, 1972*	Cal State Bakersfield	W 81–76	16–10	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
NCAA Tournament
March 10, 1972*	at Southern Colorado Regional semifinal	L 58–77	16–11	Massari Arena Pueblo, CO
March 11, 1972*	vs. UC Riverside Regional 3rd-place game	L 75–94	16–12	Massari Arena Pueblo, CO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[2]

References

^ "Whew! Irvine Nips Scrappy UC Davis, 63-60". Los Angeles Times. No. 22 January 1972. ProQuest 156913115.
^ "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[1] "Whew! Irvine Nips Scrappy UC Davis, 63-60". Los Angeles Times. No. 22 January 1972. ProQuest 156913115.

[2] "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

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