1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1973 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 10, 1973, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in St. Louis, Missouri. A total of 29 games were played.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 87-66 victory in the final game over Memphis State, coached by Gene Bartow. Bill Walton 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	Charlotte, North Carolina	Jamaica, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Williamsburg, Virginia
Mideast	Nashville, Tennessee	Dayton, Ohio
Midwest	Houston, Texas	Wichita, Kansas
West	Los Angeles, California	Logan, Utah
Finals	St. Louis, Missouri

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Furman	Joe Williams	Round of 32	Syracuse	L 83-82
East	n/a	Maryland	Lefty Driesell	Elite Eight	Providence	L 103-89
East	n/a	Penn	Chuck Daly	Regional Fourth Place	Syracuse	L 69-68
East	n/a	Providence	Dave Gavitt	Fourth Place	Indiana	L 97-79
East	n/a	St. John's	Frank Mulzoff	Round of 32	Penn	L 62-61
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack McKinney	Round of 32	Providence	L 89-76
East	n/a	Syracuse	Roy Danforth	Regional Third Place	Penn	W 69-68
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Austin Peay	Lake Kelly	Regional Fourth Place	Marquette	L 88-73
Mideast	n/a	Indiana	Bob Knight	Third Place	Providence	W 97-79
Mideast	n/a	Jacksonville	Tom Wasdin	Round of 32	Austin Peay	L 77-75
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Elite Eight	Indiana	L 72-65
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Third Place	Austin Peay	W 88-73
Mideast	n/a	Miami, Ohio	Darrell Hedric	Round of 32	Marquette	L 77-62
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Round of 32	Southwestern Louisiana	L 102-89
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Jack Hartman	Elite Eight	Memphis State	L 92-72
Midwest	n/a	Southwestern Louisiana	Beryl Shipley	Regional Fourth Place	South Carolina	L 90-85
Midwest	n/a	Memphis State	Gene Bartow	Runner Up	UCLA	L 87-66
Midwest	n/a	South Carolina	Frank McGuire	Regional Third Place	Southwestern Louisiana	W 90-85
Midwest	n/a	Texas Tech	Gerald Myers	Round of 32	South Carolina	L 78-70
West
West	n/a	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Regional Fourth Place	Long Beach State	L 84-80
West	n/a	Long Beach State	Jerry Tarkanian	Regional Third Place	Arizona State	W 84-80
West	n/a	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Round of 32	Arizona State	L 103-78
West	n/a	San Francisco	Bob Gaillard	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 54-39
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Memphis State	W 87-66
West	n/a	Weber State	Gene Visscher	Round of 32	Long Beach State	L 88-75

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Maryland	91

				Syracuse	75
	Syracuse	83

	Furman	82
							Maryland	89
							Providence	103
	Pennsylvania	62
	St Johns	61
				Pennsylvania	65

				Providence	87
	Providence	89

	St Josephs	76

[edit] Midwest region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Memphis State	90

				South Carolina	76
	South Carolina	78

	Texas Tech	70
							Memphis State	92
							Kansas State	72


				Kansas State	66

				Southwest Louisiana	63
	Southwest Louisiana	102

	Houston	89

[edit] Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Indiana

Marquette

Marquette

Miami-OH

Indiana

Kentucky

Kentucky

106

Austin Peay

100*

Austin Peay

Jacksonville

[edit] West region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				UCLA	98

				Arizona State	81
	Arizona State	103

	Oklahoma City	78
							UCLA	54
							San Francisco	39


				San Francisco	77

				Long Beach State	67
	Long Beach State	88

	Weber State	75

[edit] Final Four

National Semifinals			National Finals

	Providence	85
	Memphis State	98
				Memphis State	66
				UCLA	87
	Indiana	59
	UCLA	70

[edit] External links

1973 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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