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	New Mexico State (1st Final Four) St. Bonaventure (1st Final Four)
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 round	St. Bonaventure	L 85-72
East	n/a	Niagara	Frank Layden	Regional Fourth Place	North Carolina State	L 108-88
East	n/a	North Carolina State	Norm Sloan	Regional Third Place	Niagara	W 108-88
East	n/a	Penn	Dick Harter	First round	Niagara	L 79-69
East	n/a	St. Bonaventure	Larry Weise	Fourth Place	New Mexico State	L 79-73
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	First round	Villanova	L 77-69
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Regional Runner-up	St. Bonaventure	L 97-74
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Iowa	Ralph Miller	Regional Third Place	Notre Dame	W 121-106
Mideast	n/a	Jacksonville	Joe Williams	Runner Up	UCLA	L 80-69
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Runner-up	Jacksonville	L 106-100
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	Johnny Dee	Regional Fourth Place	Iowa	L 121-106
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	First round	Notre Dame	L 112-82
Mideast	n/a	Western Kentucky	Johnny Oldham	First round	Jacksonville	L 109-96
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Dayton	Don Donoher	First round	Houston	L 71-64
Midwest	n/a	Drake	Maury John	Regional Runner-up	New Mexico State	L 87-78
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Regional Fourth Place	Kansas State	L 107-98
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Cotton Fitzsimmons	Regional Third Place	Houston	W 107-98
Midwest	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Third Place	St. Bonaventure	W 79-73
Midwest	n/a	Rice	Don Knodel	First round	New Mexico State	L 101-77
West
West	n/a	Long Beach State	Jerry Tarkanian	Regional Fourth Place	Santa Clara	L 89-86
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Regional Third Place	Long Beach State	W 89-86
West	n/a	UTEP	Don Haskins	First round	Utah State	L 91-81
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Jacksonville	W 80-69
West	n/a	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 101-79
West	n/a	Weber State	Phil Johnson	First round	Long Beach State	L 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