1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

1968 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National Championship Game
North Carolina Tar Heels UCLA Bruins (28-3) (28-1) 55 78 Head coach:  Dean Smith Head coach:  John Wooden AP 4 AP Coaches 2 2 1 2 Total North Carolina 22 33 55 UCLA 32 46 78
Date	March 23, 1968
Arena	Sports Arena
Location	Los Angeles, California
Referee	Charles Fouty & Steve Honzo[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	Sports Network Incorporated

The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game took place on March 23, 1968 between the North Carolina Tar Heels and UCLA Bruins at Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The match-up was the final one of the thirtieth consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship single-elimination tournament — commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament — organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is used to crown a national champion for men's basketball at the Division I level.^[2]

Box score

Source:^[3][4]

March 23, 1968

UCLA Bruins 78, North Carolina Tar Heels 55
Scoring by half: 32-22, 46-33
Pts: Lew Alcindor 34 Rebs: Lew Alcindor 16 Asts: Lucius Allen 5		Pts: Larry Miller 14 Rebs: Rusty Clark 6 Asts: Larry Miller 3

Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California Referees: Charles Fouty & Steve Honzo

References

Citations

1. "The Final Four" (pdf). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
2. Hager 2012, p. 21.
3. Jeff Borzello. "1968 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament". CBSSports.com. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
4. "UCLA vs. North Carolina Box Score, March 23, 1968". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

Bibliography

• Hager, Tom (2012). The Ultimate Book of March Madness: The Players, Games, and Cinderellas that Captivated a Nation. Minneapolis, Minnesota: MVP Books. ISBN 978-0-7603-4323-4.