March Madness Record Book

1971 Boys Summary

Boys - Girls | 1970 — 1972Class A — 1972Class AA

Dolton (Thornridge)
State Champions

Box Scores of All Games

Summary of State Finalists

   School                      Coach                     W-L Enroll
1  Dolton (Thornridge)         Ron Ferguson             31-1   5200
2  Oak Lawn (Community)        Len Scaduto              30-3   2827
3  Danville (H.S.)             Norm Held                27-7   2400
4  Springfield (Lanphier)      Arlyn Lober              24-8   2042
   Benton                      Rich Herrin              30-2    710
   Kewanee (H.S.)              Em Lindbeck              22-6    890
   Paris                       Bret Brown               30-1   1056
   Rockford (Boylan)           Dolph Stanley            23-9   1468
   Chicago (Harlan)            Lee Umbles               22-6       
   Elgin (Larkin)              Stan Martin              19-9       
   Granite City                Don Detering             22-9       
   Nashville                   Gene Gourley             24-4       
   Normal (University)         Bob Metcalf              27-3       
   Peoria (Woodruff)           Jim Ingold              10-17       
   Quincy (Catholic Boys)      Bob Bender               25-4       
   Winnetka (New Trier East)   John Schneiter           18-8       

Top Scorers

Scoring Totals of All Teams

Player and School                               G  FG  3P  FT Pts
Jim Kopatz, Springfield (Lanphier)              4  49      13 111
C.J. Kupec, Oak Lawn (Community)                4  30      27  87
Charles Evans, Danville (H.S.)                  4  20      39  79
Quinn Buckner, Dolton (Thornridge)              4  29      13  71
Jim Bocinsky, Oak Lawn (Community)              4  26      18  70
Rufus Greer, Springfield (Lanphier)             4  25      11  61
Otho Tucker, Paris                              2  19      12  50
Greg Rose, Dolton (Thornridge)                  4  21       7  49
Henry Cunningham, Danville (H.S.)               4  16      15  47
Tommy Smith, Kewanee (H.S.)                     2  19       8  46

All-Tournament Team

Player & School                              Ht.    Yr.  
Quinn Buckner, Dolton (Thornridge)           6-3    So.    
Charles Evans, Danville (H.S.)               6-4    Jr.    
Jim Kopatz, Springfield (Lanphier)           6-1    So.    
C.J. Kupec, Oak Lawn (Community)             6-7    Jr.    
Tommy Smith, Kewanee (H.S.)                  6-4    Jr.    
Otho Tucker, Paris                           6-6    Jr.    

AP Final Regular-Season Poll

No  School                                   W-L
 1  Dolton (Thornridge)                     22-1
 2  Maywood (Proviso East)                  20-2
 3  Joliet (Central)                        22-3
 4  Benton                                  24-1
 5  LaGrange (Lyons)                        19-3
 6  Paris                                   24-0
 7  Mendota                                 23-1
 8  Normal (University)                     22-1
 9  Ottawa (Marquette)                      24-3
10  Belleville (West)                       20-5
11  Moline (H.S.)                           16-5
12  Alton (Sr.)                             19-6
13  Galesburg (H.S.)                        16-5
14  Quincy (Sr.)                            19-6
15  Springfield (Southeast)                 24-2
16  Danville (H.S.)                         19-6