1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

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

The 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing 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 to 1932.

Locations

Round	Region	Site	Venue
First Round	East	Kingston, Rhode Island	Keaney Gymnasium
	East	Raleigh, North Carolina	Reynolds Coliseum
	Mideast	Carbondale, Illinois	SIU Arena
	Midwest	Fort Worth, Texas	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
	West	Las Cruces, New Mexico	Pan American Center
Regionals	East	College Park, Maryland	Cole Field House
	Mideast	Madison, Wisconsin	Wisconsin Field House
	Midwest	Manhattan, Kansas	Ahearn Field House
	West	Los Angeles, California	Pauley Pavilion
Final Four		Louisville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall

For the sixth and final time, Freedom Hall and the city of Louisville would host the Final Four. The Final Four would not return to the state of Kentucky again until 1985, when Rupp Arena hosted. For the 1969 tournament, the Midwest & West first round games got their own sites, with the East continuing to have two sites of its own. There were three new venues used, all in the first round. The tournament came to Southern Illinois University for the first time, at SIU Arena, the home of the Salukis. The tournament returned to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and for the first time games were held in Fort Worth, at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the campus of Texas Christian University. In the West, the tournament returned to Las Cruces, with games held at the Pan American Center for the first time. This would be the only time the tournament would come to Carbondale, and would be the last tournament for three other arenas - Ahearn Field House, Keaney Gym and Wisconsin Field House. The tournament has yet to return to Manhattan; future games in the state of Rhode Island have been held at the Providence Civic Center; and while the tournament would come to Wisconsin again in 1984 at Milwaukee, it would not return to Madison until 2002, when the Kohl Center, the replacement for the Field House, would host.

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Davidson	Lefty Driesell	Regional Runner-up	North Carolina	L 87–85
East	Duquesne	John Manning	Regional Third Place	St. John's	W 75–72
East	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Fourth Place	Drake	L 104–84
East	Princeton	Pete Carril	First round	St. John's	L 72–63
East	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Regional Fourth Place	Duquesne	L 75–72
East	Saint Joseph's	Jack McKinney	First round	Duquesne	L 74–52
East	Villanova	Jack Kraft	First round	Davidson	L 75–61
Mideast
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Third Place	Miami (OH)	W 72–71
Mideast	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Runner-up	Purdue	L 75–73
Mideast	Miami (OH)	Tates Locke	Regional Fourth Place	Kentucky	L 72–71
Mideast	Murray State	Cal Luther	First round	Marquette	L 82–62
Mideast	Notre Dame	John Dee	First round	Miami (OH)	L 63–60
Mideast	Purdue	George King	Runner Up	UCLA	L 92–72
Midwest
Midwest	Colorado	Sox Walseth	Regional Third Place	Texas A&M	W 97–82
Midwest	Colorado State	Jim Williams	Regional Runner-up	Drake	L 84–77
Midwest	Dayton	Don Donoher	First round	Colorado State	L 52–50
Midwest	Drake	Maury John	Third Place	North Carolina	W 104–84
Midwest	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	Regional Fourth Place	Colorado	L 97–82
Midwest	Trinity (TX)	Bob Polk	First round	Texas A&M	L 81–66
West
West	BYU	Stan Watts	First round	New Mexico State	L 74–62
West	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Regional Fourth Place	Weber State	L 58–56
West	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 90–52
West	Seattle	Morris Buckwalter	First round	Weber State	L 75–73
West	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Purdue	W 92–72
West	Weber State	Phil Johnson	Regional Third Place	New Mexico State	W 58–56

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				North Carolina	79

				Duquesne	78
	Duquesne	74

	Saint 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

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game [1]


E	North Carolina	84

MW	Drake	104

Regional Third Place Games

	East Regional Third Place


	Duquesne		75

	St. John's		72

	Mideast Regional Third Place


	Kentucky		72

	Miami (OH)		71

	Midwest Regional Third Place


	Colorado		97

	Texas A&M		82

	West Regional Third Place


	Weber State		58

	New Mexico State		56

References

"1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.

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[1] "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.

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