1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1972, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Los Angeles, California. A total of 29 games were played.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 81-76 victory in the final game over Florida State, coached by Hugh Durham. Bill Walton of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Mideast region 3.3 Midwest region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Morgantown, West Virginia	Jamaica, New York, Princeton, New Jersey, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania
Mideast	Dayton, Ohio	Knoxville, Tennessee
Midwest	Ames, Iowa	Las Cruces, New Mexico
West	Provo, Utah	Pocatello, Idaho
Finals	Los Angeles, California

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	East Carolina	Tom Quinn	Round of 32	Villanova	L 85-70
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Third Place	Louisville	W 105-91
East	n/a	Penn	Chuck Daly	Elite Eight	North Carolina	L 73-59
East	n/a	Providence	Dave Gavitt	Round of 32	Penn	L 76-60
East	n/a	South Carolina	Frank McGuire	Regional Third Place	Villanova	W 90-78
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	Round of 32	South Carolina	L 53-51
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Regional Fourth Place	South Carolina	L 90-78
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Eastern Kentucky	Guy Strong	Round of 32	Florida State	L 83-81
Mideast	n/a	Florida State	Hugh Durham	Runner Up	UCLA	L 81-76
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Elite Eight	Florida State	L 73-54
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Fourth Place	Minnesota	L 77-72
Mideast	n/a	Minnesota	Bill Musselman	Regional Third Place	Marquette	W 77-72
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	Round of 32	Marquette	L 73-49
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Round of 32	Texas	L 85-74
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Jack Hartman	Elite Eight	Louisville	L 72-65
Midwest	n/a	Southwestern Louisiana	Beryl Shipley	Regional Third Place	Texas	W 100-70
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	Denny Crum	Fourth Place	North Carolina	L 105-91
Midwest	n/a	Marshall	Carl Tacy	Round of 32	Southwestern Louisiana	L 112-101
Midwest	n/a	Texas	Leon Black	Regional Fourth Place	Southwestern Louisiana	L 100-70
West
West	n/a	BYU	Stan Watts	Round of 32	Long Beach State	L 95-90
West	n/a	Hawaiʻi	Red Rocha	Round of 32	Weber State	L 91-64
West	n/a	Long Beach State	Jerry Tarkanian	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 73-57
West	n/a	San Francisco	Bob Gaillard	Regional Third Place	Weber State	W 74-64
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Florida State	W 81-76
West	n/a	Weber State	Gene Visscher	Regional Fourth Place	San Francisco	L 74-64

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							North Carolina	92
							South Carolina	69
		South Carolina	53
		Temple	51
												North Carolina	73
												Pennsylvania	59
		Pennsylvania	76
		Providence	60
							Pennsylvania	78
							Villanova	67
		Villanova	85
		East Carolina	70

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Minnesota	56
							Florida State	70
		Florida State	83
		E Kentucky	81
												Florida State	73
												Kentucky	54
							Kentucky	85
							Marquette	69
		Marquette	73
		Ohio U	49

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Louisville	88
							Southwest Louisiana	84
		Southwest Louisiana	112
		Marshall	101
												Louisville	72
												Kansas State	65
							Kansas State	66
							Texas	55
		Texas	85
		Houston	74

[edit] West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

UCLA

90

Weber State

58

Weber State

91

Hawaii

64

UCLA

73

Long Beach State

57

San Francisco

55

Long Beach State

75

Long Beach State

95

BYU

90*

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		North Carolina	75
		Florida State	79
							Florida State	76
							UCLA	81
		Louisville	77
		UCLA	96

[edit] External links

• 1972 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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