1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
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Season | 1968–69 | ||||
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Teams | 25 | ||||
Finals site | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||
Champions | UCLA Bruins (5th title, 5th title game, 6th Final Four) | ||||
Runner-up | Purdue Boilermakers (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | John Wooden (5th title) | ||||
MOP | Lew Alcindor (UCLA) | ||||
Attendance | 165,712 | ||||
Top scorer | Rick Mount Purdue (122 points) | ||||
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The 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1969, and ended with the championship game on March 22 in Louisville, Kentucky. Including consolation games in each of the regions and an overall consolation game, a total of 29 games were played.
UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 92–72 victory in the final game over Purdue, coached by George King. Lew Alcindor of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
In the game, John Vallely, the "Money Man", scored 22 points and Alcindor had 37 points, to give UCLA a win over Purdue, which is Wooden's alma mater. Purdue was hampered due to injuries to starting point guard Billy Keller and forward Herm Gilliam; Purdue had also lost 7'0" center to a broken collarbone during the Mideast Regionals against Miami, (OH). In earlier matchups, Bavis had provided an ample challenge to Alcindor. Wooden was an All-American guard for the Boilermakers from 1928 to 1932.
Schedule and venues[]
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1969 tournament, and their host(s):
First Round
- March 8
- East Region
- Keaney Gymnasium, Kingston, Rhode Island (URI)
- Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (North Carolina State)
- Mideast Region
- SIU Arena, Carbondale, Illinois (Southern Illinois)
- Midwest Region
- Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas (TCU)
- West Region
- Pan American Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico (New Mexico State)
- East Region
Regional Semifinals, 3rd Place Games, and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
- March 13 and 15
- East Regional, Cole Field House, College Park, Maryland (Maryland)
- Mideast Regional, Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wisconsin (Wisconsin)
- Midwest Regional, Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas (Kansas State)
- West Regional, Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (UCLA)
National Semifinals, 3rd Place Game, and Championship (Final Four and Championship)
- March 20 and 22
- Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky (Louisville)
For the sixth and final time, Freedom Hall and the city of Louisville would host the Final Four. The Final Four would not return to the state of Kentucky again until 1985, when Rupp Arena hosted. For the 1969 tournament, the Midwest & West first round games got their own sites, with the East continuing to have two sites of its own. There were three new venues used, all in the first round. The tournament came to Southern Illinois University for the first time, at SIU Arena, the home of the Salukis. The tournament returned to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and for the first time games were held in Fort Worth, at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the campus of Texas Christian University. In the West, the tournament returned to Las Cruces, with games held at the Pan American Center for the first time. This would be the only time the tournament would come to Carbondale, and would be the last tournament for three other arenas - Ahearn Field House, Keaney Gym and Wisconsin Field House. The tournament has yet to return to Manhattan; future games in the state of Rhode Island have been held at the Providence Civic Center; and while the tournament would come to Wisconsin again in 1984 at Milwaukee, it would not return to Madison until 2002, when the Kohl Center, the replacement for the Field House, would host.
Teams[]
Region | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score | |
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East | ||||||
East | Davidson | Lefty Driesell | Southern | Regional Runner-up | North Carolina | L 87–85 |
East | Duquesne | Independent | Regional Third Place | St. John's | W 75–72 | |
East | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Atlantic Coast | Fourth Place | Drake | L 104–84 |
East | Princeton | Pete Carril | Ivy League | First round | St. John's | L 72–63 |
East | St. John's | Lou Carnesecca | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Duquesne | L 75–72 |
East | Saint Joseph's | Jack McKinney | Middle Atlantic | First round | Duquesne | L 74–52 |
East | Villanova | Jack Kraft | Independent | First round | Davidson | L 75–61 |
Mideast | ||||||
Mideast | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Southeastern | Regional Third Place | Miami (OH) | W 72–71 |
Mideast | Marquette | Al McGuire | Independent | Regional Runner-up | Purdue | L 75–73 |
Mideast | Miami (OH) | Tates Locke | Mid-American | Regional Fourth Place | Kentucky | L 72–71 |
Mideast | Murray State | Cal Luther | Ohio Valley | First round | Marquette | L 82–62 |
Mideast | Notre Dame | John Dee | Independent | First round | Miami (OH) | L 63–60 |
Mideast | Purdue | George King | Big Ten | Runner Up | UCLA | L 92–72 |
Midwest | ||||||
Midwest | Colorado | Sox Walseth | Big Eight | Regional Third Place | Texas A&M | W 97–82 |
Midwest | Colorado State | Jim Williams | Independent | Regional Runner-up | Drake | L 84–77 |
Midwest | Dayton | Don Donoher | Independent | First round | Colorado State | L 52–50 |
Midwest | Drake | Maury John | Missouri Valley | Third Place | North Carolina | W 104–84 |
Midwest | Texas A&M | Shelby Metcalf | Southwest | Regional Fourth Place | Colorado | L 97–82 |
Midwest | Trinity (TX) | Bob Polk | Independent | First round | Texas A&M | L 81–66 |
West | ||||||
West | BYU | Stan Watts | Western Athletic | First round | New Mexico State | L 74–62 |
West | New Mexico State | Lou Henson | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Weber State | L 58–56 |
West | Santa Clara | West Coast | Regional Runner-up | UCLA | L 90–52 | |
West | Seattle | Morris Buckwalter | Independent | First round | Weber State | L 75–73 |
West | UCLA | John Wooden | Pac-8 | Champion | Purdue | W 92–72 |
West | Weber State | Phil Johnson | Big Sky | Regional Third Place | New Mexico State | W 58–56 |
Bracket[]
* – Denotes overtime period
East region[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 79 | |||||||||||||
Duquesne | 78 | |||||||||||||
Duquesne | 74 | |||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 52 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina | 87 | |||||||||||||
Davidson | 85 | |||||||||||||
Davidson | 75 | |||||||||||||
Villanova | 61 | |||||||||||||
Davidson | 79 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 69 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 72 | |||||||||||||
Princeton | 63 |
Mideast region[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Purdue | 91 | |||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 71 | |||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 63 | |||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 60 | |||||||||||||
Purdue | 75 | |||||||||||||
Marquette | 73 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 74 | |||||||||||||
Marquette | 81 | |||||||||||||
Marquette | 82 | |||||||||||||
Murray State | 62 |
Midwest region[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Drake | 81 | |||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 63 | |||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 81 | |||||||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 66 | |||||||||||||
Drake | 84 | |||||||||||||
Colorado State | 77 | |||||||||||||
Colorado | 56 | |||||||||||||
Colorado State | 64 | |||||||||||||
Colorado State | 52 | |||||||||||||
Dayton | 50 |
West region[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
UCLA | 53 | |||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 38 | |||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 74 | |||||||||||||
BYU | 62 | |||||||||||||
UCLA | 90 | |||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 52 | |||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 63 | |||||||||||||
Weber State | 59* | |||||||||||||
Weber State | 75 | |||||||||||||
Seattle | 73 |
Final Four[]
National Semifinals | National Final | ||||||||
E | North Carolina | 65 | |||||||
ME | Purdue | 92 | |||||||
ME | Purdue | 72 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 92 | |||||||
MW | Drake | 82 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 85 |
National Third Place Game[]
National Third Place Game [1] | ||||
E | North Carolina | 84 | ||
MW | Drake | 104 |
Regional Third Place Games[]
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See also[]
- 1969 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
- 1969 National Invitation Tournament
- 1969 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1969 National Women's Invitation Tournament
References[]
- ^ "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
- Sports competitions in Louisville, Kentucky
- Basketball in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
- 1969 in sports in Kentucky