1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1974 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 9, 1974, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Greensboro, North Carolina. A total of 29 games were played.

North Carolina State, coached by Norm Sloan, won the national title with a 76-64 victory in the final game over Marquette, coached by Al McGuire. This result ended UCLA's record streak of seven consecutive titles. David Thompson of North Carolina State 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	Raleigh, North Carolina	Jamaica, New York, Morgantown, West Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mideast	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Terre Haute, Indiana
Midwest	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Denton, Texas
West	Tucson, Arizona	Pocatello, Idaho
Finals	Greensboro, North Carolina

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Furman	Joe Williams	Regional Fourth Place	Providence	L 95-83
East	n/a	North Carolina State	Norm Sloan	Champion	Marquette	W 76-64
East	n/a	Penn	Chuck Daly	Round of 32	Providence	L 84-69
East	n/a	Pittsburgh	Buzz Ridl	Elite Eight	North Carolina State	L 100-72
East	n/a	Providence	Dave Gavitt	Regional Third Place	Furman	W 95-83
East	n/a	South Carolina	Frank McGuire	Round of 32	Furman	L 75-67
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack McKinney	Round of 32	Pittsburgh	L 54-42
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Austin Peay	Lake Kelly	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 108-66
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Runner Up	North Carolina State	L 76-64
Mideast	n/a	Michigan	Johnny Orr	Elite Eight	Marquette	L 72-70
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Regional Third Place	Vanderbilt	W 118-88
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	Round of 32	Marquette	L 85-59
Mideast	n/a	Vanderbilt	Roy Skinner	Regional Fourth Place	Notre Dame	L 118-88
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Creighton	Eddie Sutton	Regional Third Place	Louisville	W 80-71
Midwest	n/a	Kansas	Ted Owens	Fourth Place	UCLA	L 78-61
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	Denny Crum	Regional Fourth Place	Creighton	L 80-71
Midwest	n/a	Oral Roberts	Ken Trickey	Elite Eight	Kansas	L 93-90
Midwest	n/a	Syracuse	Roy Danforth	Round of 32	Oral Roberts	L 86-82
Midwest	n/a	Texas	Leon Black	Round of 32	Creighton	L 77-61
West
West	n/a	Cal State Los Angeles	Bob Miller	Round of 32	Dayton	L 88-80
West	n/a	Dayton	Don Donoher	Regional Fourth Place	New Mexico	L 66-61
West	n/a	Idaho State	Jim Killingsworth	Round of 32	New Mexico	L 73-65
West	n/a	New Mexico	Norm Ellenberger	Regional Third Place	Dayton	W 66-61
West	n/a	San Francisco	Bob Gaillard	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 83-60
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Third Place	Kansas	W 78-61

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							N.C. State	92
							Providence	78
		Providence	84
		Pennsylvania	69
												N.C. State	100
												Pittsburgh	72
		Pittsburgh	54
		St Josephs	42
							Pittsburgh	81
							Furman	78
		Furman	75
		South Carolina	67

[edit] West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

UCLA

111

Dayton

100***

Dayton

88

Cal State Los Angeles

80

UCLA

83

San Francisco

60

San Francisco

64

New Mexico

61

New Mexico

73

Idaho State

65

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Vanderbilt	61
							Marquette	69
		Marquette	85
		Ohio U	59
												Marquette	72
												Michigan	70
							Michigan	77
							Notre Dame	68
		Notre Dame	108
		Austin Peay	66

[edit] Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Kansas

55

Creighton

54

Creighton

77

Texas

61

Kansas

93

Oral Roberts

90*

Louisville

93

Oral Roberts

96

Oral Roberts

86

Syracuse

82*

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		N.C. State	80
		UCLA	77**
							N.C. State	76
							Marquette	64
		Marquette	64
		Kansas	51

[edit] External links

• 1974 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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