Record: 22-6 (16-2, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 8th in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp
NCAA Tournament:
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (107-83) versus Western Kentucky
Lost Mideast Regional Third Place (91-74) versus Marquette
Team – Per Game
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 28 | 40.2 | 38.5 | 76 | 0.506 | 18.4 | 24.6 | 0.75 | 47.9 | 15.2 | 19.9 | 95.4 | |||
| Opponent | 28 | 40.2 | 32.7 | 74.3 | 0.44 | 19.4 | 26.4 | 0.735 | 44.5 | 8.9 | 19.2 | 84.8 |
Team – Totals
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 28 | 5625 | 1077 | 2129 | 0.506 | 516 | 688 | 0.75 | 1340 | 425 | 556 | 2670 | |||
| Opponent | 28 | 5625 | 915 | 2080 | 0.44 | 543 | 739 | 0.735 | 1245 | 250 | 537 | 2373 |
Individual – Per Game
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Tom Parker | 28 | 36.4 | 7.5 | 14.8 | 0.506 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.813 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 17.6 | |||||
| 2 | Mike Casey | 27 | 31.9 | 7 | 13.8 | 0.504 | 3.1 | 4 | 0.778 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 17 | |||||
| 3 | Tom Payne | 28 | 29.1 | 7 | 13.4 | 0.523 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 0.659 | 10.1 | 3.1 | 16.9 | |||||
| 4 | Kent Hollenbeck | 22 | 27 | 5.1 | 9.6 | 0.533 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 0.882 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 14 | |||||
| 5 | Larry Steele | 24 | 32.5 | 5.1 | 10 | 0.51 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 0.756 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 13.1 | |||||
| 6 | Mark Soderberg | 8 | 16.1 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 7.1 | |||||
| 7 | Jim Andrews | 24 | 12.8 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 0.525 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.622 | 5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | |||||
| 8 | Terry Mills | 22 | 12.7 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.761 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 6.3 | |||||
| 9 | Jim Dinwiddie | 24 | 18.3 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.525 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.781 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 5.4 | |||||
| 10 | Larry Stamper | 20 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.477 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.563 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | |||||
| 11 | Stan Key | 20 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.407 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.769 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 3.4 | |||||
| 12 | Clint Wheeler | 10 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.333 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||||
| 13 | Steve Penhorwood | 8 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
Individual – Totals
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Tom Parker | 28 | 1020 | 209 | 413 | 0.506 | 74 | 91 | 0.813 | 230 | 65 | 492 | |||||
| 2 | Tom Payne | 28 | 816 | 196 | 375 | 0.523 | 81 | 123 | 0.659 | 283 | 87 | 473 | |||||
| 3 | Mike Casey | 27 | 860 | 188 | 373 | 0.504 | 84 | 108 | 0.778 | 145 | 63 | 460 | |||||
| 4 | Larry Steele | 24 | 779 | 123 | 241 | 0.51 | 68 | 90 | 0.756 | 161 | 85 | 314 | |||||
| 5 | Kent Hollenbeck | 22 | 593 | 113 | 212 | 0.533 | 82 | 93 | 0.882 | 68 | 71 | 308 | |||||
| 6 | Jim Andrews | 24 | 306 | 64 | 122 | 0.525 | 28 | 45 | 0.622 | 120 | 36 | 156 | |||||
| 7 | Terry Mills | 22 | 279 | 52 | 104 | 0.5 | 35 | 46 | 0.761 | 30 | 35 | 139 | |||||
| 8 | Jim Dinwiddie | 24 | 440 | 52 | 99 | 0.525 | 25 | 32 | 0.781 | 53 | 45 | 129 | |||||
| 9 | Larry Stamper | 20 | 212 | 31 | 65 | 0.477 | 9 | 16 | 0.563 | 55 | 22 | 71 | |||||
| 10 | Stan Key | 20 | 154 | 24 | 59 | 0.407 | 20 | 26 | 0.769 | 27 | 23 | 68 | |||||
| 11 | Mark Soderberg | 8 | 129 | 24 | 56 | 0.429 | 9 | 15 | 0.6 | 47 | 19 | 57 | |||||
| 12 | Clint Wheeler | 10 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 13 | Steve Penhorwood | 8 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| School Totals | 28 | 5625 | 1077 | 2129 | 0.506 | 516 | 688 | 0.75 | 1340 | 425 | 556 | 2670 |
Schedule and Results
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
| 1 | Tue, Dec 1, 1970 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 115 | 100 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Welsh-Ryan Arena | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 5, 1970 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 104 | 93 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 3 | Mon, Dec 7, 1970 | REG | @ | West Virginia | Ind | W | 106 | 100 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | WVU Coliseum | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 12, 1970 | REG | @ | Indiana (11) | Big Ten | W | 95 | 93 | OT | 4 | 0 | W 4 | New Field House |
| 5 | Fri, Dec 18, 1970 | REG | DePaul | Ind | W | 106 | 85 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 19, 1970 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 83 | 89 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 7 | Tue, Dec 22, 1970 | REG | Oregon State | Pac-8 | W | 84 | 78 | 6 | 1 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 29, 1970 | REG | N | Notre Dame (15) | Ind | L | 92 | 99 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | Freedom Hall | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 2, 1971 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | W | 103 | 95 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum | |
| 10 | Mon, Jan 4, 1971 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 79 | 71 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | McCarthy Gymnasium | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 9, 1971 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 101 | 75 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 11, 1971 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 79 | 66 | 10 | 2 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 16, 1971 | REG | @ | Tennessee (18) | SEC | L | 71 | 75 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | Stokely Center | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 23, 1971 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 82 | 79 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | John Parker Memorial Coliseum | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 25, 1971 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 86 | 73 | 12 | 3 | W 2 | Coleman Coliseum | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 30, 1971 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 102 | 92 | 13 | 3 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 17 | Mon, Feb 1, 1971 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 114 | 76 | 14 | 3 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 6, 1971 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 121 | 86 | 15 | 3 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 19 | Mon, Feb 8, 1971 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 102 | 83 | 16 | 3 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 13, 1971 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | L | 65 | 74 | 16 | 4 | L 1 | Florida Gymnasium | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 15, 1971 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | W | 107 | 95 | 17 | 4 | W 1 | Stegeman Coliseum | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 20, 1971 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 110 | 73 | 18 | 4 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 22, 1971 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 101 | 74 | 19 | 4 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 27, 1971 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 119 | 90 | 20 | 4 | W 4 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
| 25 | Mon, Mar 1, 1971 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 102 | 83 | 21 | 4 | W 5 | Beard-Eaves-Memorial | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 6, 1971 | REG | Tennessee (14) | SEC | W | 84 | 78 | 22 | 4 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 18, 1971 | NCAA | N | Western Kentucky (7) | OVC | L | 83 | 107 | 22 | 5 | L 1 | Stegeman Coliseum | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 20, 1971 | NCAA | N | Marquette (2) | Ind | L | 74 | 91 | 22 | 6 | L 2 | Stegeman Coliseum |