1970–71 USC Trojans men's basketball team

1970–71 USC Trojans men's basketball
1970–71 USC Trojans men's basketball
Conference	Pacific–8 Conference
Record	24–2 (12–2 Pac 8)
Head coach	Bob Boyd (4th season);
Home arena	Los Angeles Sports Arena

1970–71 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UCLA	14	–	0	1.000	29	–	1	.967
No. 5 USC	12	–	2	.857	24	–	2	.923
Oregon	8	–	6	.571	17	–	9	.654
California	8	–	6	.571	16	–	9	.640
Washington	6	–	8	.429	15	–	13	.536
Oregon State	4	–	10	.286	12	–	14	.462
Washington State	2	–	12	.143	12	–	14	.462
Stanford	2	–	12	.143	6	–	20	.231

As of 1971^[1]^[2] Rankings from AP Poll^[3]

The 1970–71 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 1970–71 college basketball season. The Trojans led by 4th year coach Bob Boyd.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	25	Paul Westphal	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Redondo Beach, California

Head coach

Bob Boyd

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 3*	at Utah	W 90–81	1–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
December 5*	at San Francisco	W 83–80	2–0	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
December 11*	BYU	W 101–65	3–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 12*	Arizona State	W 88–68	4–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 18*	vs. Florida State	W 94–85	5–0
December 19*	at UTEP	W 65–63	6–0	Memorial Gym El Paso, Texas
December 21*	Alabama	W 122–75	7–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 29*	Michigan State	W 88–63	8–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 30*	Houston	W 77–64	9–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
January 2*	No. 18 LSU	W 80–76	10–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
January 8	Washington State	W 78–68	11–0 (1–0)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
January 9	Washington	W 79–72	12–0 (2–0)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
January 15	at California	W 90–66	13–0 (3–0)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
January 16	at Stanford	W 71–51	14–0 (4–0)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
January 29*	vs. Illinois	W 81–68	15–0 (4–0)	Chicago Stadium Chicago, Illinois
January 30*	vs. Loyola (IL)	W 97–73	16–0 (4–0)	Chicago Stadium Chicago, Illinois
February 6	UCLA	L 60–64	16–1 (4–1)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 12	at Oregon State	W 82–63	17–1 (5–1)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
February 13	at Oregon	W 93–78	18–1 (6–1)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
February 19	Oregon	W 63–55	19–1 (7–1)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 20	Oregon State	W 110–75	20–1 (8–1)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 27	at Washington	W 81–80	21–1 (9–1)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
March 1	at Washington State	W 75–64	22–1 (10–1)	Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, Washington
March 5	Stanford	W 83–74	23–1 (11–1)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
March 6	California	W 96–81	24–1 (12–1)	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
March 12	at UCLA	L 62–73	24–2 (12–2)	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ "Pacific-8 Conference: final standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 14, 1971. p. 1D.
↑ 1972 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide, College Athletics Publishing Service, 1971
↑ "Both wire service polls agree-- UCLA is best club in country". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 16, 1971. p. 2B.
↑ "1970–71 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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[1] "Pacific-8 Conference: final standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 14, 1971. p. 1D.

[2] 1972 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide, College Athletics Publishing Service, 1971

[botagr-3] "Both wire service polls agree-- UCLA is best club in country". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 16, 1971. p. 2B.

[4] "1970–71 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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USC Trojans men's basketball
Venues	Shrine Auditorium (1926–1949) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (1949–1959) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–2006) Galen Center (2006–present)
Rivalries	UCLA (Crosstown Cup)
Culture & lore	George Tirebiter "Fight On" Traveler Athletics scandal 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics