1970 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1970 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 7, 1970, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in College Park, Maryland. A total of 29 games were played.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 80-69 victory in the final game over Jacksonville, coached by Joe Williams. Sidney Wicks 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	Columbia, South Carolina	Jamaica, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Princeton, New Jersey
Mideast	Columbus, Ohio	Dayton, Ohio
Midwest	Lawrence, Kansas	Fort Worth, Texas
West	Seattle, Washington	Provo, Utah
Finals	College Park, Maryland

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Davidson	Terry Holland	Round of 32	St. Bonaventure	L 85-72
East	n/a	Niagara	Frank Layden	Regional Fourth Place	North Carolina State	L 108-88
East	n/a	North Carolina State	Norm Sloan	Regional Third Place	Niagara	W 108-88
East	n/a	Penn	Dick Harter	Round of 32	Niagara	L 79-69
East	n/a	St. Bonaventure	Larry Weise	Fourth Place	New Mexico State	L 79-73
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	Round of 32	Villanova	L 77-69
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Elite Eight	St. Bonaventure	L 97-74
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Iowa	Ralph Miller	Regional Third Place	Notre Dame	W 121-106
Mideast	n/a	Jacksonville	Joe Williams	Runner Up	UCLA	L 80-69
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Elite Eight	Jacksonville	L 106-100
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	Johnny Dee	Regional Fourth Place	Iowa	L 121-106
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 112-82
Mideast	n/a	Western Kentucky	Johnny Oldham	Round of 32	Jacksonville	L 109-96
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Dayton	Don Donoher	Round of 32	Houston	L 71-64
Midwest	n/a	Drake	Maurice John	Elite Eight	New Mexico State	L 87-78
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Regional Fourth Place	Kansas State	L 107-98
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Cotton Fitzsimmons	Regional Third Place	Houston	W 107-98
Midwest	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Third Place	St. Bonaventure	W 79-73
Midwest	n/a	Rice	Don Knodel	Round of 32	New Mexico State	L 101-77
West
West	n/a	Long Beach State	Jerry Tarkanian	Regional Fourth Place	Santa Clara	L 89-86
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Regional Third Place	Long Beach State	W 89-86
West	n/a	UTEP	Don Haskins	Round of 32	Utah State	L 91-81
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Jacksonville	W 80-69
West	n/a	Utah State	Ladell Andersen	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 101-79
West	n/a	Weber State	Phil Johnson	Round of 32	Long Beach State	L 92-73

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							N.C. State	68
							St Bonaventure	80
		St Bonaventure	85
		Davidson	72
												St Bonaventure	97
												Villanova	74
		Villanova	77
		Temple	69
							Villanova	98
							Niagara	73
		Niagara	79
		Pennsylvania	69

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Iowa	103
							Jacksonville	104
		Jacksonville	109
		Western Kentucky	96
												Jacksonville	106
												Kentucky	100
							Kentucky	109
							Notre Dame	99
		Notre Dame	112
		Ohio U	82

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Kansas State	66
							New Mexico State	70
		New Mexico State	101
		Rice	77
												New Mexico State	87
												Drake	78
							Drake	92
							Houston	87
		Houston	71
		Dayton	64

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							UCLA	88
							Long Beach State	65
		Long Beach State	92
		Weber State	73
												UCLA	101
												Utah State	79
							Santa Clara	68
							Utah State	69
		Utah State	91
		Texas Western	81

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		St Bonaventure	83
		Jacksonville	91
							Jacksonville	69
							UCLA	80
		New Mexico State	77
		UCLA	93

[edit] External links

• 1970 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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