1973 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1973 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1973
Teams 8
Champions California (1st title)
Runners-up UC Irvine (1st title game)
Third place USC
Fourth place UCLA
Matches played 12
Goals scored 151 (12.58 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Bruce Kocsis, USC (8)
← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1973.[1]

California defeated UC Irvine in the final, 8–4, to win their first national title.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Bruce Kocsis from USC (8 goals). The award for Most Outstanding Player was not given out this year, but an All-Tournament Team was named.

Qualification

Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.

Team Appearance Previous
California 2nd 1969
Long Beach State 4th 1971
New Mexico 3rd 1972
San José State 4th 1972
UC Irvine 5th 1972
UC Santa Barbara 4th 1972
USC 4th 1972
UCLA 5th 1972

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    California 8  
    New Mexico 7  
  New Mexico 7       UCLA 2  
  UC Santa Barbara 12       California 4  
  UCLA 14
    UC Santa Barbara 2  
  UC Santa Barbara 5       California 8
  San José State 6       UC Irvine 4
    UC Irvine 7  
      Long Beach State 5  
Long Beach State 3       UC Irvine 9
  Seventh place     San José State 7       USC 5     Third place
  New Mexico 5   USC 7   UCLA 5
  Long Beach State 7     San José State 5     USC 7

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
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