1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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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.

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Davidson	Lefty Driesell	Elite Eight	North Carolina	L 87-85
East	n/a	Duquesne	John Manning	Regional Third Place	St. John's	W 75-72
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Fourth Place	Drake	L 104-84
East	n/a	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 32	St. John's	L 72-63
East	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Regional Fourth Place	Duquesne	L 75-72
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack McKinney	Round of 32	Duquesne	L 74-52
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Round of 32	Davidson	L 75-61
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Third Place	Miami, Ohio	W 72-71
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Elite Eight	Purdue	L 75-73
Mideast	n/a	Miami, Ohio	Tates Locke	Regional Fourth Place	Kentucky	L 72-71
Mideast	n/a	Murray State	Cal Luther	Round of 32	Marquette	L 82-62
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	Johnny Dee	Round of 32	Miami, Ohio	L 63-60
Mideast	n/a	Purdue	George King	Runner Up	UCLA	L 92-72
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Colorado	Sox Walseth	Regional Third Place	Texas A&M	W 97-82
Midwest	n/a	Colorado State	Jim Williams	Elite Eight	Drake	L 84-77
Midwest	n/a	Dayton	Don Donoher	Round of 32	Colorado State	L 52-50
Midwest	n/a	Drake	Maurice John	Third Place	North Carolina	W 104-84
Midwest	n/a	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	Regional Fourth Place	Colorado	L 97-82
Midwest	n/a	Trinity, Texas	Bob Polk	Round of 32	Texas A&M	L 81-66
West
West	n/a	BYU	Stan Watts	Round of 32	New Mexico State	L 74-62
West	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Regional Fourth Place	Weber State	L 58-56
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 90-52
West	n/a	Seattle	Morris Buckwalter	Round of 32	Weber State	L 75-73
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Purdue	W 92-72
West	n/a	Weber State	Phil Johnson	Regional Third Place	New Mexico State	W 58-56

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							North Carolina	79
							Duquesne	78
		Duquesne	74
		St Josephs	52
												North Carolina	87
												Davidson	85
		Davidson	75
		Villanova	61
							Davidson	79
							St Johns	69
		St Johns	72
		Princeton	63

[edit] West 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

[edit] Mideast 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

[edit] Midwest 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

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		North Carolina	65
		Purdue	92
							Purdue	72
							UCLA	92
		Drake	82
		UCLA	85

[edit] External links

• 1969 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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