1970–71 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 1970–71 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by second year head coach Tim Tift and played their home games at Crawford Hall . The anteaters finished the season with a record 16–10.
Previous season
After previous head coach Dick Davis accepted the head coaching position at San Diego State , frosh coach Tim Tift was hired to be his replacement.[ 1] [ 2]
Roster
1970–71 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) —
Jr
F
Ed Burlingham 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) —
Jr
C
Richard Clark 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) —
Jr
F
John Farwell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) —
Sr
G
Gary Fox 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) —
Jr
C
Bill George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) —
Jr
G
Phil Mathews 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) —
Jr
Riverside, California
F
Bill Moore 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) —
Jr
F
Phil Rhyne 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) —
Jr
G
Troy Rolph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) —
Jr
Head coach Tim Tift (Pepperdine )
Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site
Regular Season
December 1, 1970 *
Sonoma State W 95–55 1–0
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 4, 1970 *
at Cal State LA
L 66–78 1–1
Los Angeles, CA
December 10, 1970 *
vs. Whittier Kris Kringle Klassic W 68–59 2–1
Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
December 11, 1970 *
at Cal State Fullerton Kris Kringle Klassic W 68–50 3–1
Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
December 19, 1970 *
Stanislaus State W 85–59 4–1
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 21, 1970 *
Humboldt State W 94–74 5–1
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 28, 1970 *
Chapman UCI Invitational W 97–76 6–1
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 29, 1970 *
Cal Poly Pomona UCI Invitational W 92–75 7–1
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 30, 1970 *
Cal State Fullerton UCI Invitational L 69–70 7–2
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 6, 1971 *
Colorado L 65–68 7–3
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 9, 1971 *
Cal State Fullerton L 82–84 7–4
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 12, 1971 *
at UC San Diego
W 80–77 8–4
San Diego, CA
January 16, 1971 *
at San Fernando Valley State
L 78–93 8–5
Matadome Northridge, CA
January 19, 1971 *
Chapman W 88–80 9–5
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 22, 1971 *
UC Riverside All-UC Invitational Tournament L 66–71 9–6
San Diego, CA [ 3]
January 23, 1971 *
UC Davis All-UC Invitational Tournament W 72–69 10–6
San Diego, CA
January 26, 1971 *
at Occidental
W 82–75 11–6
Los Angeles, CA
January 28, 1971 *
at LSU New Orleans
L 79–104 11–7
New Orleans, LA
January 30, 1971 *
at Florida State
L 69–83 11–8
Tully Gymnasium Tallahassee, FL
February 2, 1971 *
San Fernando Valley State L 68–69 11–9
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 6, 1971 *
San Diego State L 67–71 11–10
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 10, 1971 *
at Cal State Fullerton
W 77–71 12–10
Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
February 20, 1971 *
Cal Poly Pomona W 84–72 13–10
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 26, 1971 *
at Chapman
W 80–79 14–10
Orange, CA
February 27, 1971 *
Cal Poly W 75–71 15–10
Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
March 6, 1971 *
at UC Riverside
W 96–92 16–10
UC Riverside Gymnasium Riverside, CA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Pacific Time .
Source[ 4]
References
