1973 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before Tourns	Head Coach	Final Record
1	UCLA	26–0	John Wooden	30–0
2	North Carolina St.	27–0	Norm Sloan	same
3	Long Beach St.	24–2	Jerry Tarkanian	26–3
4	Providence	24–2	Dave Gavitt	27–4
5	Marquette	23–3	Al McGuire	25–4
6	Indiana	19–5	Bobby Knight	22–6
7	SW Louisiana	23–2	Beryl Shipley	24–5
8	Maryland	22–6	Lefty Driesell	23–7
9	Kansas St.	22–4	Jack Hartman	23–5
10	Minnesota	20–4	Bill Musselman	21–5
11	North Carolina	22–7	Dean Smith	25–8
12	Memphis St.	21–5	Gene Bartow	24–6
13	Houston	23–3	Guy Lewis	23–4
14	Syracuse	22–4	Roy Danforth	24–5
15	Missouri	21–5	Norm Stewart	21–6
16	Arizona St.	18–7	Ned Wulk	19–9
17	Kentucky	19–7	Joe B. Hall	20–8
18	Penn	20–5	Chuck Daly	21–7
19	Austin Peay	21–5	Lake Kelly	22–7
20	San Francisco	22–4	Bob Gaillard	23–5

*North Carolina State was ineligible for NCAA tournament for improper methods used in recruiting David Thompson.

Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and unranked Virginia Tech (18–5, Don DeVoe, 22–5) won the NIT.

1973 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1973 College Basketball Recap 1973 College Basketball Major Conference Champions

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1970 College Basketball Final AP Top 20