Basketball The 1970·71 Indian haskctball team
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fir st in hi slory 10 linish the season rankf'd in Ih e lOp 20 nationally. fm ishillg 11th in the (illal pre tournament NAJA rankings. 15th in the Ca rr ROll
ings arld 16th in the Associated Pn;ss poll. Vi c lOri es o.. e r three of the fOllr major· college learn s o n
th e schedule and
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two of the NCAA r:o llege-di.
v isio n qUlrLerfwaiisls wc(e among the season hig h. lights and the major reasons [or the high national
ranking. In the Gulf Slates ConJerencf. the Tribe \Oo'a ~ thi rd at 8-4 and failed Lo su('('essfull y defend ils NAIA District 30 championship on an (}vt'r linle loss \ 0 L ouj~jan a College in the playofi opener. He nry S teele collected Ihe bigges t 5hare of indi "'idual honors. makinl the lAIA all· America sec· ond lea rn and tne all·eSC Ci rstleam fo r th e secood \'ear. He- was the f:oofere nce'!> No.2 ..core r wi th a 22.5 a~·erngf' and ...·as r.fth in rebouoding with 10.9. Bill Snellings was second in rebound ing with a 13.0 average a nd m ade tllf' all·eonferem·e 5f'C Olld ll"<'I m. closing oul hi s career as the o nl ~ Inrli an e ~·er 10 hil Ihe 1,000 mark.;n both po ints and rebound s. Roger Stot'kton al so wound up his caree r as a member of Ill c 1,ooQ· poinl club.
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1970-71 RESULTS NLU
97 55 57 77 76 92 90 78 88 117 87 103 73
89 79 97 76 100 72 89 104 83
220
OPP Ole Miss De ha Sla le
La. Coll ege
11 2 67 49
McNeese
60
La. Tec h
81 79 76
Ne'\\> Ha ve n Hartwick Lehigh
71
No rlhw estern
100
Nichols SLal e
85
Lamar Tech
76
La. College
77
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Nichols Slale La. Tech
Nonhwes lern So utheastern Southwestern Sou th eastern Nonh Texas SLale SO LJlhl,l,l est,ern La. Coll ege
66 78 89 69 66 98 61 88 107 84
Assistant Coach Benny Hollis