1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won the National Collegiate Championship on March 25, 1972, in the Los Angeles Sports Arena with an 81–76 victory over Florida State. It was the sixth consecutive championship (and eighth in nine years) under John Wooden, in his 25th year as head coach at UCLA. This was the final year that the national championship game was played on Saturday.

1971–72 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions
Pac-8 champions
Bruin Classic champions
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record30–0 (14–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Assistant coachGary Cunningham
1971–72 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UCLA140 1.000300  1.000
Washington104 .714206  .769
Oregon State95 .6431810  .643
USC95 .6431610  .615
California68 .4291316  .448
Stanford59 .3571015  .400
Washington State311 .2141115  .423
Oregon014 .000620  .231
As of April 15, 1972
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971–72 Bruins had an undefeated record of 30–0, winning by an average margin of over thirty points. They won all 26 games in the regular season (fourteen in Pac-8 play), then four in the NCAA tournament. This was the 45th consecutive victory in a winning streak that reached 88 games, an NCAA record.

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