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{{short description|American college basketball season}}
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{{Infobox NCAAcollege sports team season
| sport = basketball
| year = 1970–71
| prev_year = 1969–70
| next_year = 1971–72
| team = Notre Dame Fighting Irish
| sport = basketball
| logo = Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
| logo_size = 150
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| division =
| short_conf =
| CoachRank = 14
| APRank = 12
| record = 20–9
| conf_record =
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| conf_wins_forfeited =
| head_coach = [[John Dee (basketball)|John Dee]]
| hc_year = 7th
| asst_coach1 =
| ac1_year =
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| arena = [[Joyce Center]]
| champion =
| tourney=[[1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketballmen's basketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Men's Division I Tournament]]
| tourney_result=3rd place
}}
{{1970–71 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings}}
 
The '''1970–71 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team''' represented the [[University of Notre Dame]] during the 1970–71 season.
 
Guard [[Austin Carr]] was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 38.0 points per game. After the season, Carr was selected as a first-team player on the [[1971 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1971 All-America team]]. Center [[Collis Jones]] was the leading rebounder with an average of 13.2 rebounds per game.
 
The team's sole loss was by a 79-7279–72 score against Drake in the NCAA Tournament.
 
Following the season, [[Austin Carr]] was drafted by [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] with the first pick [[1971 NBA Draftdraft]].<ref name="basketball-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/carrau01.html|title=Austin Carr Stats|work=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
 
==Roster==
{{CBB roster/Header|year=1970|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|teamcolors=y}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Austin|last=Carr|num=34|pos=G|class=Sr|ft=6|in=4|lbs=200|home=[[Washington, D.C.]]|link=y}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Collis|last=Jones|num=42|pos=F|class=Sr|ft=6|in=7|lbs=200|home=[[Washington, D.C.]]|link=y}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Sid|last=Catlett|num=43|pos=F|class=Sr|ft=6|in=8|lbs=230|home=[[Washington, D.C.]]|link=y|dab=basketball}}
 
{{CBB roster/Footer
|head_coach=
* [[John Dee (basketball)|John Dee]]
|asst_coach=
}}
 
==Schedule==
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| opponent = [[1970–71 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 94–81
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team|South Carolina]]
| gamename =
| w/l = l
| score = 82–85
| overtime =
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| opponent = Northwestern
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 94–88
| overtime =
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| opponent = Saint Louis
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 68–67
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]
| gamename =
| w/l = l
| score = 103–106
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]]
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 99–92
| overtime =
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| opponent = Santa Clara
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 85–83
| overtime =
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| opponent = Minnesota
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 97–73
| overtime =
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| opponent = Air Force
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 75–71
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team|Marquette]]
| gamename =
| w/l = l
| score = 66–71
| overtime =
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| opponent = Detroit
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 93–79
| overtime =
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| opponent = Duquesne
| gamename =
| w/l = l
| score = 78–81
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 89–82
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]]
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 104–80
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|Illinois]]
| gamename =
| w/l = l
| score = 66–69
| overtime =
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| opponent = Creighton
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 102–91
| overtime =
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| opponent = Bulter
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 93–81
| overtime =
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| opponent = Villanova
| gamename =
| w/l = l
| score = 81–99
| overtime =
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| opponent = DePaul
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 107–76
| overtime =
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| opponent = Valparaiso
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 100–75
| overtime =
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| opponent = Fordham
| gamename =
| w/l = l
| score = 88–94
| overtime =
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| opponent = West Virginia
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 107–98
| overtime =
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| opponent = New York
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 106–68
| overtime =
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| opponent = [[1970–71 St. John's Redmen basketball team|St. John's]]
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 92–79
| overtime =
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| opponent = Daytona
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 83–82
| overtime =
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| opponent = Western Michigan
| gamename =
| w/l = w
| score = 110–79
| overtime =
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| opprank =
| opponent = TCU
| gamename = [[1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketballmen's basketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Tournamenttournament]] • First Round
| w/l = w
| score = 102–94
| overtime =
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| opprank =
| opponent = Drake
| gamename = [[1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketballmen's basketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Tournamenttournament]] • Semifinal
| w/l = l
| score = 72–79
| overtime = OT
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| opprank =
| opponent = Houston
| gamename = [[1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketballmen's basketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Tournamenttournament]] • Third Place
| w/l = l
| score = 106–119
| overtime =
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==Team players drafted into the NBA==
{|class="wikitable" width="00%"
|- align="center" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyleCollegePrimaryHeader|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|color=white Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club }}"
| '''Round''' || '''Pick''' || '''Player''' || '''NBA Club'''
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 1 || 1||[[Austin Carr]] ||[[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
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| 4 || 55 ||[[Sid Catlett (basketball)|Sid Catlett]] ||[[Cincinnati Royals]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1971.html |title=1971 NBA Draft |work=Basketball-Reference.com |accessdate=September 6, 2019 |df= }}</ref>
 
== References ==
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