The 1968 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game took place on March 23, 1968, between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the defending national champion UCLA Bruins at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles. The matchup was the final one of the thirtieth edition of the single-elimination tournament now known as the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament – organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It was used to crown a national champion for men's basketball in the NCAA's University Division, the predecessor to what has been known since 1973 as NCAA Division I.[3]
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| Date | March 23, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA[1] | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Charles Fouty & Steve Honzo[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Network | Sports Network Incorporated | ||||||||||||
The Bruins handily defeated the Tar Heels to win their second of seven consecutive national championships.
Box score
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| #2 UCLA Bruins 78, #4 North Carolina Tar Heels 55 | ||
| Scoring by half: 32-22, 46-33 | ||
| Pts: Lew Alcindor 34 Rebs: Lew Alcindor 16 Asts: Lucius Allen 5 |
Pts: Larry Miller 14 Rebs: Rusty Clark 6 Asts: Larry Miller 3 | |
References
edit- Citations
- ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "The Final Four" (PDF). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ Hager 2012, p. 21.
- ^ Jeff Borzello. "1968 Men's NCAA basketball tournament". CBSSports.com. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ "UCLA vs. North Carolina Box Score, March 23, 1968". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- Bibliography
- Hager, Tom (2012). The Ultimate Book of March Madness: The Players, Games, and Cinderellas that Captivated a Nation. Minneapolis, Minnesota: MVP Books. ISBN 978-0-7603-4323-4.