1972 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

1972 NCAA University Division
Basketball Tournament
Teams 25
Finals site Memorial Sports Arena
Los Angeles, California
Champions UCLA (8th title, 8th title game,
9th Final Four)
Runner-up Florida State (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Wooden (8th title)
MOP Bill Walton UCLA
Attendance 147,304
Top scorer Jim Price Louisville
(103 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1971 1973»

The 1972 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA University Division (the predecessor to today's 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, 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 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.

In a historically significant note, the University of Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns made the tournament in their first season of eligibility for postseason play. No school would repeat this feat in the men's tournament until North Dakota State in 2009.[1] Southwestern Louisiana also made the tournament in 1973, but due to major infractions that resulted in the basketball program receiving the NCAA death penalty (and very nearly expelled from the NCAA altogether), both appearances have since been vacated and the records expunged.

Locations

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

Teams

Region Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East East Carolina Tom Quinn First roundVillanovaL 85–70
East North Carolina Dean Smith Third PlaceLouisvilleW 105–91
East Penn Chuck Daly Regional Runner-upNorth CarolinaL 73–59
East Providence Dave Gavitt First roundPennL 76–60
East South Carolina Frank McGuire Regional Third PlaceVillanovaW 90–78
East Temple Harry Litwack First roundSouth CarolinaL 53–51
East Villanova Jack Kraft Regional Fourth PlaceSouth CarolinaL 90–78
Mideast
Mideast Eastern Kentucky Guy Strong First roundFlorida StateL 83–81
Mideast Florida State Hugh Durham Runner UpUCLAL 81–76
Mideast Kentucky Adolph Rupp Regional Runner-upFlorida StateL 73–54
Mideast Marquette Al McGuire Regional Fourth PlaceMinnesotaL 77–72
Mideast Minnesota Bill Musselman Regional Third PlaceMarquetteW 77–72
Mideast Ohio James Snyder First roundMarquetteL 73–49
Midwest
Midwest Houston Guy Lewis First roundTexasL 85–74
Midwest Kansas State Jack Hartman Regional Runner-upLouisvilleL 72–65
Midwest Southwestern Louisiana (Vacated) Beryl Shipley Regional Third PlaceTexasW 100–70
Midwest Louisville Denny Crum Fourth PlaceNorth CarolinaL 105–91
Midwest Marshall Carl Tacy First roundSouthwestern LouisianaL 112–101
Midwest Texas Leon Black Regional Fourth PlaceSouthwestern LouisianaL 100–70
West
West BYU Stan Watts First roundLong Beach StateL 95–90
West Hawaii Red Rocha First roundWeber StateL 91–64
West Long Beach State Jerry Tarkanian Regional Runner-upUCLAL 73–57
West San Francisco Bob Gaillard Regional Third PlaceWeber StateW 74–64
West UCLA John Wooden ChampionFlorida StateW 81–76
West Weber State Gene Visscher Regional Fourth PlaceSan FranciscoL 74–64

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
       
    North Carolina 92  
      South Carolina 69  
  South Carolina 53
    Temple 51  
      North Carolina 73
    Penn 59
    Penn 76  
  Providence 60  
  Penn 78
      Villanova 67  
  Villanova 85
    East Carolina 70  
East Regional Third Place
   
South Carolina 90
Villanova 78

Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
       
    Minnesota 56  
      Florida State 70  
  Florida State 83
    Eastern Kentucky 81  
      Florida State 73
    Kentucky 54
         
       
  Kentucky 85
      Marquette 69  
  Marquette 73
    Ohio 49  
Mideast Regional Third Place
   
Minnesota 77
Marquette 72

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  
Midwest Regional Third Place
   
Southwestern Louisiana 100
Texas 70

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*  
West Regional Third Place
   
Weber State 64
San Francisco 74

Final Four

  National Semifinals     National Championship Game
                 
  E North Carolina 75  
  ME Florida State 79    
      ME Florida State 76
      W UCLA 81
  MW Louisville 77    
  W UCLA 96   National Third Place Game
 
E North Carolina 105
  MW Louisville 91

See also

References

  1. ↑ Associated Press (2009-03-10). "Woodside hits jumper with 3 seconds left to push N. Dakota St. to Summit title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
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