1971-72 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall27-50.844
Conference8-40.667
StreakW4
Home14-0
Away7-4
Neutral6-1
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Home | Brown | College Park, Md. | W 100-83 | |
| Dec 4 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Away | George Washington | Washington, D.C. | W 117-96 | |
| Dec 8 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Away | Virginia | Charlottesville, Va. | L 57-78 | |
| Dec 13 (Mon) | 1:00 PM | Home | Georgetown | College Park, Md. | W 79-46 | |
| Dec 17 (Fri) | 1:00 PM | Home | Canisius | College Park, Md. | W 86-77 | |
| Dec 20 (Mon) | 1:00 PM | Away | Loyola (Md.) | Baltimore, Md. | W 73-60 | |
| Dec 22 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Away | Holy Cross | Worcester, Mass. | W 102-79 | |
| Dec 29 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Home | Western Kentucky | College Park, Md. | W 103-67 | |
| Dec 30 (Thu) | 1:00 PM | Home | #9 St. John's | College Park, Md. | W 90-69 | |
| Jan 5 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Home | North Carolina State | College Park, Md. | W 83-70 | |
| Jan 8 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Away | Clemson | Clemson, S.C. | L 61-63 | |
| Jan 10 (Mon) | 1:00 PM | Away | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, N.C. | W 49-46 | |
| Jan 22 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Away | Navy | Annapolis, Md. | W 85-60 | |
| Jan 25 (Tue) | 1:00 PM | Home | Buffalo | College Park, Md. | W 82-58 | |
| Jan 29 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Away | #3 North Carolina | Chapel Hill, N.C. | L 72-92 | |
| Jan 31 (Mon) | 1:00 PM | Away | North Carolina State | Raleigh, N.C. | W 66-65 | |
| Feb 5 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Home | Duke | College Park, Md. | W 77-58 | |
| Feb 9 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Home | #20 Duquesne | College Park, Md. | W 85-71 | |
| Feb 12 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Away | Long Island | Long Island, N.Y. | W 78-60 | |
| Feb 16 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Home | #3 North Carolina | College Park, Md. | W 79-77 | |
| Feb 19 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Home | Clemson | College Park, Md. | W 67-57 | |
| Feb 22 (Tue) | 1:00 PM | Home | Richmond | College Park, Md. | W 76-61 | |
| Feb 26 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Away | Duke | Durham, N.C. | L 59-68 | |
| Mar 1 (Wed) | 1:00 PM | Home | Wake Forest | College Park, Md. | W 64-56 | |
| Mar 4 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Home | #12 Virginia | College Park, Md. | W 45-42 | |
| Mar 9 (Thu) | 1:00 PM | Neutral | Clemson | Greensboro, N.C. | W 54-52 | |
| Mar 10 (Fri) | 1:00 PM | Neutral | #15 Virginia | Greensboro, N.C. | W 62-57 | |
| Mar 11 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Neutral | #3 North Carolina | Greensboro, N.C. | L 64-73 | |
| Mar 18 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Neutral | Saint Joseph's | New York, N.Y. | W 67-55 | |
| Mar 20 (Mon) | 1:00 PM | Neutral | Syracuse | New York, N.Y. | W 71-65 | |
| Mar 23 (Thu) | 1:00 PM | Neutral | Jacksonville | New York, N.Y. | W 91-77 | |
| Mar 25 (Sat) | 1:00 PM | Neutral | Niagara | New York, N.Y. | W 100-69 |