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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Dec 04, 1971 | 94 | @ Iowa St. | W | 72-58 | 66% | 1 - 0 | +18.9 | ||
| Dec 06, 1971 | 16 | @ Bradley | L | 67-74 | 31% | 1 - 1 | +7.4 | ||
| Dec 09, 1971 | 181 | Butler | W | 77-56 | 97% | 2 - 1 | +8.2 | ||
| Dec 21, 1971 | 24 | @ Marquette | L | 40-55 | 33% | 2 - 2 | -1.3 | ||
| Dec 23, 1971 | 118 | Drake | W | 70-56 | 91% | 3 - 2 | +8.4 | ||
| Dec 28, 1971 | 25 | Temple | L | 57-60 | 50% | 3 - 3 | +6.2 | ||
| Dec 30, 1971 | 97 | TCU | W | 83-57 | 80% | 4 - 3 | +26.1 | ||
| Jan 04, 1972 | 148 | Loyola Chicago | W | 84-59 | 94% | 5 - 3 | +16.9 | ||
| Jan 08, 1972 | 27 | Indiana | W | 52-51 | 66% | 6 - 3 | 1 - 0 | +5.8 | |
| Jan 15, 1972 | 103 | Northwestern | W | 84-60 | 90% | 7 - 3 | 2 - 0 | +19.4 | |
| Jan 18, 1972 | 64 | @ Wisconsin | W | 65-59 | 52% | 8 - 3 | 3 - 0 | +14.8 | |
| Jan 22, 1972 | 91 | @ Michigan St. | W | 67-57 | 65% | 9 - 3 | 4 - 0 | +15.2 | |
| Jan 25, 1972 | 36 | Ohio St. | L | 44-50 | 69% | 9 - 4 | 4 - 1 | -2.0 | |
| Jan 29, 1972 | 54 | @ Iowa | W | 61-50 | 48% | 10 - 4 | 5 - 1 | +20.8 | |
| Feb 05, 1972 | 54 | Iowa | W | 53-52 | 78% | 11 - 4 | 6 - 1 | +2.0 | |
| Feb 08, 1972 | 27 | @ Indiana | L | 42-61 | 34% | 11 - 5 | 6 - 2 | -5.4 | |
| Feb 12, 1972 | 103 | @ Northwestern | W | 78-55 | 69% | 12 - 5 | 7 - 2 | +27.2 | |
| Feb 19, 1972 | 64 | Wisconsin | W | 76-73 | 81% | 13 - 5 | 8 - 2 | +3.0 | |
| Feb 26, 1972 | 63 | @ Michigan | L | 51-64 | 51% | 13 - 6 | 8 - 3 | -4.2 | |
| Feb 29, 1972 | 51 | Purdue | W | 48-43 | 77% | 14 - 6 | 9 - 3 | +6.5 | |
| Mar 04, 1972 | 95 | Illinois | W | 91-62 | 89% | 15 - 6 | 10 - 3 | +25.1 | |
| Mar 07, 1972 | 51 | @ Purdue | W | 49-48 | 46% | 16 - 6 | 11 - 3 | +11.3 | |
| Mar 16, 1972 | 10 | Florida St. | L | 56-70 | 39% | 16 - 7 | -2.1 | ||
| Mar 18, 1972 | 24 | Marquette | W | 77-72 | 49% | 17 - 7 | +14.4 | ||
| Projected Record | 17 - 7 | 11 - 3 | |||||||
