1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 1975, and ended with the championship game on March 31 in San Diego, California. A total of 36 games were played.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 92-85 victory in the final game over Kentucky, coached by Joe B. Hall. Richard Washington of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

There were several memorable games in the 1975 tournament. Kentucky upset previously unbeaten Indiana 92-90 in their regional final, the only loss Indiana would suffer between late 1974 and Spring 1976. In the national semifinals, UCLA defeated Louisville 75-74 in overtime after rallying from a deficit late in the game. Both games made USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time, with the former at #8 and the latter at #28. [1]

This tournament was notable for four reasons:

• The bracket expanded to 32 teams.
• This was also the first NCAA tournament to allow more than one team per conference. Previously, only one team from each conference was allowed. This change was a direct response to the 1974 ACC tournament final, which pitted arguably the two best teams in the country in NC State and Maryland.
• This was the last tournament in which third-place games were contested in each regional. The national third-place game would continue to be played through the 1981 tournament.
• Finally, the national final was the last game for coaching legend Wooden, who had announced his retirement during the tournament.

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	Providence, Rhode Island	Charlotte, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mideast	Dayton, Ohio	Lexington, Kentucky, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Midwest	Las Cruces, New Mexico	Lubbock, Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma
West	Portland, Oregon	Pullman, Washington, Tempe, Arizona
Finals	San Diego, California

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
West
West	n/a	Alabama	C. M. Newton	Round of 32	Arizona State	L 97-94
West	n/a	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 89-75
West	n/a	Michigan	Johnny Orr	Round of 32	UCLA	L 103-91
West	n/a	Montana	Jud Heathcote	Regional Fourth Place	UNLV	L 75-67
West	n/a	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	Regional Third Place	Montana	W 75-67
West	n/a	San Diego State	Tim Vezie	Round of 32	UNLV	L 90-80
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Kentucky	W 92-85
West	n/a	Utah State	Dutch Belnap	Round of 32	Montana	L 69-63
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Cincinnati	Gale Catlett	Regional Third Place	Notre Dame	W 95-87
Midwest	n/a	Creighton	Tom Apke	Round of 32	Maryland	L 83-79
Midwest	n/a	Kansas	Ted Owens	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 77-71
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	Denny Crum	Third Place	Syracuse	W 96-88
Midwest	n/a	Maryland	Lefty Driesell	Elite Eight	Louisville	L 96-82
Midwest	n/a	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Regional Fourth Place	Cincinnati	L 95-87
Midwest	n/a	Rutgers	Tom Young	Round of 32	Louisville	L 91-78
Midwest	n/a	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	Round of 32	Cincinnati	L 87-79
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Central Michigan	Dick Parfitt	Regional Third Place	Oregon State	W 88-87
Mideast	n/a	Georgetown	John Thompson	Round of 32	Central Michigan	L 77-75
Mideast	n/a	Indiana	Bob Knight	Elite Eight	Kentucky	L 92-90
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Runner Up	UCLA	L 92-85
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Round of 32	Kentucky	L 76-54
Mideast	n/a	Middle Tennessee State	Jimmy Earle	Round of 32	Oregon State	L 78-67
Mideast	n/a	Oregon State	Ralph Miller	Regional Fourth Place	Central Michigan	L 88-87
Mideast	n/a	UTEP	Don Haskins	Round of 32	Indiana	L 78-53
East
East	n/a	Boston College	Bob Zuffelato	Regional Fourth Place	North Carolina	L 110-90
East	n/a	Furman	Joe Williams	Round of 32	Boston College	L 82-76
East	n/a	Kansas State	Jack Hartman	Elite Eight	Syracuse	L 95-87
East	n/a	La Salle	Paul Westhead	Round of 32	Syracuse	L 87-83
East	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Round of 32	North Carolina	L 93-69
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Regional Third Place	Boston College	W 110-90
East	n/a	Penn	Chuck Daly	Round of 32	Kansas State	L 69-62
East	n/a	Syracuse	Roy Danforth	Fourth Place	Louisville	L 96-88

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Syracuse

87

La Salle

83*

Syracuse

78

North Carolina

76

North Carolina

93

New Mexico St

69

Syracuse

95

Kansas St

87*

Kansas St

69

Pennsylvania

62

Kansas St

74

Boston College

65

Boston College

82

Furman

76

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Indiana	78
		UTEP	53
							Indiana	81
							Oregon St	71
		Oregon St	78
		Middle Tennessee St	67
												Indiana	90
												Kentucky	92
		Central Michigan	77
		Georgetown	75
							Central Michigan	73
							Kentucky	90
		Kentucky	76
		Marquette	54

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Maryland	83
		Creighton	79
							Maryland	83
							Notre Dame	71
		Notre Dame	77
		Kansas	71
												Maryland	82
												Louisville	96
		Cincinnati	87
		Texas A&M	79
							Cincinnati	63
							Louisville	78
		Louisville	91
		Rutgers	78

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		UCLA	103
		Michigan	91*
							UCLA	67
							Montana	64
		Montana	69
		Utah St	63
												UCLA	89
												Arizona St	75
		Arizona St	97
		Alabama	94
							Arizona St	84
							UNLV	81
		UNLV	90
		San Diego St	80

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		Syracuse	79
		Kentucky	95
							Kentucky	85
							UCLA	92
		Louisville	74*
		UCLA	75

[edit] External links

• 1975 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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