1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1972 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

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

Louisville (2nd Final Four)
North Carolina (6th Final Four)

Winning coach

John Wooden (8th title)

MOP

Bill Walton UCLA

Attendance

147,304

Top scorer

Jim Price Louisville
(103 points)

NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1971	1973»

The 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's 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	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	East Carolina	Tom Quinn	First round	Villanova	L 85-70
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Third Place	Louisville	W 105-91
East	n/a	Penn	Chuck Daly	Regional Runner-up	North Carolina	L 73-59
East	n/a	Providence	Dave Gavitt	First round	Penn	L 76-60
East	n/a	South Carolina	Frank McGuire	Regional Third Place	Villanova	W 90-78
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	First round	South Carolina	L 53-51
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Regional Fourth Place	South Carolina	L 90-78
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Eastern Kentucky	Guy Strong	First round	Florida State	L 83-81
Mideast	n/a	Florida State	Hugh Durham	Runner Up	UCLA	L 81-76
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Runner-up	Florida State	L 73-54
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Fourth Place	Minnesota	L 77-72
Mideast	n/a	Minnesota	Bill Musselman	Regional Third Place	Marquette	W 77-72
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	First round	Marquette	L 73-49
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	First round	Texas	L 85-74
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Jack Hartman	Regional Runner-up	Louisville	L 72-65
Midwest	n/a	Southwestern Louisiana (Vacated)	Beryl Shipley	Regional Third Place	Texas	W 100-70
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	Denny Crum	Fourth Place	North Carolina	L 105-91
Midwest	n/a	Marshall	Carl Tacy	First round	Southwestern Louisiana	L 112-101
Midwest	n/a	Texas	Leon Black	Regional Fourth Place	Southwestern Louisiana	L 100-70
West
West	n/a	BYU	Stan Watts	First round	Long Beach State	L 95-90
West	n/a	Hawaii	Red Rocha	First round	Weber State	L 91-64
West	n/a	Long Beach State	Jerry Tarkanian	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 73-57
West	n/a	San Francisco	Bob Gaillard	Regional Third Place	Weber State	W 74-64
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Florida State	W 81-76
West	n/a	Weber State	Gene Visscher	Regional Fourth Place	San Francisco	L 74-64

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				North Carolina	92

				South Carolina	69
	South Carolina	53

	Temple	51
							North Carolina	73
							Pennsylvania	59
	Pennsylvania	76
	Providence	60
				Pennsylvania	78

				Villanova	67
	Villanova	85

	East Carolina	70

Mideast region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Minnesota	56

				Florida State	70
	Florida State	83

	E. Kentucky	81
							Florida State	73
							Kentucky	54


				Kentucky	85

				Marquette	69
	Marquette	73

	Ohio U	49

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

West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

UCLA

Weber State

Weber State

Hawaii

UCLA

Long Beach State

San Francisco

Long Beach State

BYU

90*

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

References

↑ 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.

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

Tournaments	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Structure	Selection process Opening Round Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game

Venues	Venues

Champions & awards	Champions Most Outstanding Player

Media & culture	Bracketology Broadcasting Tournament Final Four March Madness pools "One Shining Moment"

Records & statistics	All-time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Upsets

UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1971–72 NCAA Champions

22 Tommy Curtis 25 Andy Hill 31 Swen Nater 32 Bill Walton (MOP) 43 Greg Lee 45 Henry Bibby 52 Keith Wilkes 53 Larry Hollyfield 54 Larry Farmer Head Coach John Wooden Assistant Coaches Gary Cunningham Frank Arnold

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