1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1969 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 25
Finals site Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky
Champions UCLA (5th title, 5th title game,
6th Final Four)
Runner-up Purdue (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Wooden (5th title)
MOP Lew Alcindor UCLA
Attendance 165,712
Top scorer Rick Mount Purdue
(122 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1968 1970»

The 1969 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 8, 1969, and ended with the championship game on March 22 in Louisville, Kentucky. Including consolation games in each of the regions and an overall consolation game, a total of 29 games were played.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 92-72 victory in the final game over Purdue, coached by George King. Lew Alcindor of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

In the game, John Vallely, the "Money Man", scored 22 points and Alcindor had 37 points, to give UCLA a win over Purdue, which is Wooden's alma mater. Purdue was hampered due to injuries to starting point guard Billy Keller and forward Herm Gilliam; Purdue had also lost 7'0" center Chuck Bavis to a broken collarbone during the Mideast Regionals against Miami, (OH). In earlier matchups, Bavis had provided an ample challenge to Alcindor. Wooden was an All-American guard for the Boilermakers from 1928-1932.

Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East College Park, Maryland Kingston, Rhode Island, Raleigh, North Carolina
Mideast Madison, Wisconsin Carbondale, Illinois
Midwest Manhattan, Kansas Fort Worth, Texas
West Los Angeles, California Las Cruces, New Mexico
Finals Louisville, Kentucky

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a Davidson Lefty Driesell Regional Runner-upNorth CarolinaL 87-85
East n/a Duquesne John Manning Regional Third PlaceSt. John'sW 75-72
East n/a North Carolina Dean Smith Fourth PlaceDrakeL 104-84
East n/a Princeton Pete Carril First roundSt. John'sL 72-63
East n/a St. John's Lou Carnesecca Regional Fourth PlaceDuquesneL 75-72
East n/a Saint Joseph's Jack McKinney First roundDuquesneL 74-52
East n/a Villanova Jack Kraft First roundDavidsonL 75-61
Mideast
Mideast n/a Kentucky Adolph Rupp Regional Third PlaceMiami, OhioW 72-71
Mideast n/a Marquette Al McGuire Regional Runner-upPurdueL 75-73
Mideast n/a Miami, Ohio Tates Locke Regional Fourth PlaceKentuckyL 72-71
Mideast n/a Murray State Cal Luther First roundMarquetteL 82-62
Mideast n/a Notre Dame Johnny Dee First roundMiami, OhioL 63-60
Mideast n/a Purdue George King Runner UpUCLAL 92-72
Midwest
Midwest n/a Colorado Sox Walseth Regional Third PlaceTexas A&MW 97-82
Midwest n/a Colorado State Jim Williams Regional Runner-upDrakeL 84-77
Midwest n/a Dayton Don Donoher First roundColorado StateL 52-50
Midwest n/a Drake Maury John Third PlaceNorth CarolinaW 104-84
Midwest n/a Texas A&M Shelby Metcalf Regional Fourth PlaceColoradoL 97-82
Midwest n/a Trinity, Texas Bob Polk First roundTexas A&ML 81-66
West
West n/a BYU Stan Watts First roundNew Mexico StateL 74-62
West n/a New Mexico State Lou Henson Regional Fourth PlaceWeber StateL 58-56
West n/a Santa Clara Dick Garibaldi Regional Runner-upUCLAL 90-52
West n/a Seattle Morris Buckwalter First roundWeber StateL 75-73
West n/a UCLA John Wooden ChampionPurdueW 92-72
West n/a Weber State Phil Johnson Regional Third PlaceNew Mexico StateW 58-56

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     North Carolina 79  
       Duquesne 78  
   Duquesne 74
     St. Joseph's 52  
       North Carolina 87
     Davidson 85
     Davidson 75  
   Villanova 61  
   Davidson 79
       St. John's 69  
   St. John's 72
     Princeton 63  

Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Purdue 91  
       Miami-OH 71  
   Miami-OH 63
     Notre Dame 60  
       Purdue 75
     Marquette 73
          
        
   Kentucky 74
       Marquette 81  
   Marquette 82
     Murray State 62  

Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Drake 81  
       Texas A&M 63  
   Texas A&M 81
     Trinity-TX 66  
       Drake 84
     Colorado State 77
          
        
   Colorado 56
       Colorado State 64  
   Colorado State 52
     Dayton 50  

West region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     UCLA 53  
       New Mexico State 38  
   New Mexico State 74
     BYU 62  
       UCLA 90
     Santa Clara 52
          
        
   Santa Clara 63
       Weber State 59*  
   Weber State 75
     Seattle 73  

Final Four

National Semifinals National Final
      
E North Carolina 65
ME Purdue 92
ME Purdue 72
W UCLA 92
MW Drake 82
W UCLA 85

See also

References

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