1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California. A total of 27 games were played.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 78-55 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Lew Alcindor of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Mideast region 3.3 Midwest region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Raleigh, North Carolina	College Park, Maryland, Kingston, Rhode Island
Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Kent, Ohio
Midwest	Wichita, Kansas	Salt Lake City, Utah
West	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Salt Lake City, Utah
Finals	Los Angeles, California

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Boston College	Bob Cousy	Round of 32	St. Bonaventure	L 102-93
East	n/a	Columbia	John Rohan	Regional Third Place	St. Bonaventure	W 95-75
East	n/a	Davidson	Lefty Driesell	Elite Eight	North Carolina	L 70-66
East	n/a	La Salle	Jim Harding	Round of 32	Columbia	L 83-69
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Runner Up	UCLA	L 78-55
East	n/a	St. Bonaventure	Larry Weise	Regional Fourth Place	Columbia	L 95-75
East	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Round of 32	Davidson	L 79-70
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Bowling Green	Bill Fitch	Round of 32	Marquette	L 72-71
Mideast	n/a	East Tennessee State	J. Madison Brooks	Regional Fourth Place	Marquette	L 69-57
Mideast	n/a	Florida State	Hugh Durham	Round of 32	East Tennessee State	L 79-69
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Elite Eight	Ohio State	L 82-81
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Third Place	East Tennessee State	W 69-57
Mideast	n/a	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Third Place	Houston	W 89-85
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Fourth Place	Ohio State	L 89-85
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Regional Fourth Place	Louisville	L 93-63
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	John Dromo	Regional Third Place	Kansas State	W 93-63
Midwest	n/a	Loyola, Illinois	George Ireland	Round of 32	Houston	L 94-76
Midwest	n/a	TCU	Johnny Swaim	Elite Eight	Houston	L 103-68
West
West	n/a	New Mexico	Bob King	Regional Fourth Place	New Mexico State	L 62-58
West	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Regional Third Place	New Mexico	W 62-58
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 87-66
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	North Carolina	W 78-55
West	n/a	Weber State	Dick Motta	Round of 32	New Mexico State	L 68-57

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							North Carolina	91
							St Bonaventure	72
		St Bonaventure	102
		Boston College	93
												North Carolina	70
												Davidson	66
		Davidson	79
		St Johns	70
							Davidson	61
							Columbia	59*
		Columbia	83
		La Salle	69

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Ohio State	79
							Eastern Tennessee State	72
		Eastern Tennessee State	79
		Florida State	69
												Ohio State	82
												Kentucky	81
							Kentucky	107
							Marquette	89
		Marquette	72
		Bowling Green	71

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							TCU	77
							Kansas State	72
												TCU	68
												Houston	103
							Louisville	75
							Houston	91
		Houston	94
		Loyola-IL	76

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Santa Clara	86
							New Mexico	73
												Santa Clara	66
												UCLA	87
							UCLA	58
							New Mexico State	49
		New Mexico State	68
		Weber State	57

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		North Carolina	80
		Ohio State	66
							North Carolina	55
							UCLA	78
		Houston	69
		UCLA	101

[edit] External links

• 1968 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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