1970–71 Utah Redskins men's basketball team

The 1970–71 Utah Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference during the 1970–71 men's basketball season. The team finished with an overall record of 15–11 (9–5 WAC).

1970–71 Utah Redskins men's basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	15–11 (9–5 WAC)
Head coach	Jack Gardner (18th season)
Home arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center

1970-71 WAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
BYU	10	–	4		.714			18	–	11		.621
UTEP	9	–	5		.643			15	–	10		.600
Utah	9	–	5		.643			15	–	11		.577
Arizona State	8	–	6		.571			16	–	10		.615
Colorado State	7	–	7		.500			15	–	10		.600
Wyoming	6	–	8		.429			10	–	15		.400
New Mexico	4	–	10		.286			14	–	12		.538
Arizona	3	–	11		.214			10	–	16		.385
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 3*		USC	L 81–90	0–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 5*		at Utah State	L 77–94	0–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum  Logan, Utah
December 7*		at Oregon State	L 75–91	0–3	Gill Coliseum
December 12*		Northern Michigan	W 102–94	1–3	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 18*		New York	W 102–67	2–3	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 19*		Washington	W 89–78	3–3	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 22*		No. 17 North Carolina	W 105–86	4–3	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 26*		at Army	W 65–56	5–3	USMA Fieldhouse
December 28*		at Penn	L 78–86	5–4	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 29*		at St. Joseph	L 72–74	5–5	Hagan Arena
January 8		at UTEP	L 56–80	5–6 (0–1)	Memorial Gym  El Paso, Texas
January 9		at New Mexico	L 77–78	5–7 (0–2)	The Pit  Albuquerque, NM
January 15		Wyoming	W 93–74	6–7 (1–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
January 16		Colorado State	W 80–78	7–7 (2–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
January 21*		No. 12 Utah State	L 92–102	7–8 (2–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
January 23*		at Stanford	W 99–91	8–8 (2–2)	Maples Pavilion
January 28		at Arizona	W 99–86	9–8 (3–2)	Bear Down Gym  Tucson, Arizona
January 30		at Arizona State	W 95–90	10–8 (4–2)	Sun Devil Gymnasium
February 6		at BYU	L 89–103	10–9 (4–3)	George Albert Smith Field House
February 11		New Mexico	W 69–62	11–9 (5–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
February 13		UTEP	W 69–64	12–9 (6–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
February 19		at Colorado State	L 86–101	12–10 (6–4)	Moby Arena  Fort Collins, Colorado
February 20		at Wyoming	W 83–79	13–10 (7–4)	War Memorial Fieldhouse  Laramie, Wyoming
February 26		Arizona State	W 106–97	14–10 (8–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
February 27		Arizona	W 102–91	15–10 (9–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
March 6		BYU	L 87–98	15–11 (9–5)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.