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.

1 Locations
2 Teams
3 Bracket
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

Miami-OH

Miami-OH

Notre Dame

Purdue

Marquette

73*

Kentucky

Marquette

Murray State

[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

New Mexico State

New Mexico State

BYU

UCLA

Santa Clara

Santa Clara

Weber State

59*

Weber State

Seattle

[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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