1970 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1970 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 25
Finals site Cole Field House
College Park, Maryland
Champions UCLA (6th title, 6th title game,
7th Final Four)
Runner-up Jacksonville (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Wooden (6th title)
MOP Sidney Wicks UCLA
Attendance 146,794
Top scorer Austin Carr Notre Dame
(158 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1969 1971»

The 1970 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 7, 1970, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in College Park, Maryland. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with an 80-69 victory in the final game over Jacksonville, coached by Joe Williams. Sidney Wicks of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East Columbia, South Carolina Jamaica, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Princeton, New Jersey
Mideast Columbus, Ohio Dayton, Ohio
Midwest Lawrence, Kansas Fort Worth, Texas
West Seattle, Washington Provo, Utah
Finals College Park, Maryland

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a Davidson Terry Holland First roundSt. BonaventureL 85-72
East n/a Niagara Frank Layden Regional Fourth PlaceNorth Carolina StateL 108-88
East n/a North Carolina State Norm Sloan Regional Third PlaceNiagaraW 108-88
East n/a Penn Dick Harter First roundNiagaraL 79-69
East n/a St. Bonaventure Larry Weise Fourth PlaceNew Mexico StateL 79-73
East n/a Temple Harry Litwack First roundVillanovaL 77-69
East n/a Villanova Jack Kraft Regional Runner-upSt. BonaventureL 97-74
Mideast
Mideast n/a Iowa Ralph Miller Regional Third PlaceNotre DameW 121-106
Mideast n/a Jacksonville Joe Williams Runner UpUCLAL 80-69
Mideast n/a Kentucky Adolph Rupp Regional Runner-upJacksonvilleL 106-100
Mideast n/a Notre Dame Johnny Dee Regional Fourth PlaceIowaL 121-106
Mideast n/a Ohio James Snyder First roundNotre DameL 112-82
Mideast n/a Western Kentucky Johnny Oldham First roundJacksonvilleL 109-96
Midwest
Midwest n/a Dayton Don Donoher First roundHoustonL 71-64
Midwest n/a Drake Maury John Regional Runner-upNew Mexico StateL 87-78
Midwest n/a Houston Guy Lewis Regional Fourth PlaceKansas StateL 107-98
Midwest n/a Kansas State Cotton Fitzsimmons Regional Third PlaceHoustonW 107-98
Midwest n/a New Mexico State Lou Henson Third PlaceSt. BonaventureW 79-73
Midwest n/a Rice Don Knodel First roundNew Mexico StateL 101-77
West
West n/a Long Beach State Jerry Tarkanian Regional Fourth PlaceSanta ClaraL 89-86
West n/a Santa Clara Dick Garibaldi Regional Third PlaceLong Beach StateW 89-86
West n/a UTEP Don Haskins First roundUtah StateL 91-81
West n/a UCLA John Wooden ChampionJacksonvilleW 80-69
West n/a Utah State LaDell Andersen Regional Runner-upUCLAL 101-79
West n/a Weber State Phil Johnson First roundLong Beach StateL 92-73

Bracket

East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     N.C. State 68  
       St. Bonaventure 80  
   St. Bonaventure 85
     Davidson 72  
       St. Bonaventure 97
     Villanova 74
     Villanova 77  
   Temple 69  
   Villanova 98
       Niagara 73  
   Niagara 79
     Pennsylvania 69  

Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Iowa 103  
       Jacksonville 104  
   Jacksonville 109
     Western Kentucky 96  
       Jacksonville 106
     Kentucky 100
          
        
   Kentucky 109
       Notre Dame 99  
   Notre Dame 112
     Ohio U 82  

Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Kansas State 66  
       New Mexico State 70  
   New Mexico State 101
     Rice 77  
       New Mexico State 87
     Drake 78
          
        
   Drake 92
       Houston 87  
   Houston 71
     Dayton 64  

West region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     UCLA 88  
       Long Beach State 65  
   Long Beach State 92
     Weber State 73  
       UCLA 101
     Utah State 79
          
        
   Santa Clara 68
       Utah State 69  
   Utah State 91
     UTEP 81  

Final Four

  National Semifinals     National Championship Game
                 
  E  St. Bonaventure 83  
  ME  Jacksonville 91    
      ME  Jacksonville 69
      W  UCLA 80
  MW  New Mexico State 77    
  W  UCLA 93   National Third Place Game
 
MW  New Mexico State 79
  E  St. Bonaventure 73

References

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