1970 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1970 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Cole Field House
College Park, Maryland

Champions

UCLA (6th title, 6th title game,
7th Final Four)

Runner-up

Jacksonville (1st title game,
1st Final Four)

Semifinalists

New Mexico State (1st Final Four)
St. Bonaventure (1st Final Four)

Winning coach

John Wooden (6th title)

MOP

Sidney Wicks UCLA

Attendance

146,794

Top scorer

Austin Carr Notre Dame
(158 points)

NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1969	1971»

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, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with an 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.

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

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Davidson	Terry Holland	First round	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	First round	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	First round	Villanova	L 77-69
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Regional Runner-up	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	Regional Runner-up	Jacksonville	L 106-100
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	Johnny Dee	Regional Fourth Place	Iowa	L 121-106
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	First round	Notre Dame	L 112-82
Mideast	n/a	Western Kentucky	Johnny Oldham	First round	Jacksonville	L 109-96
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Dayton	Don Donoher	First round	Houston	L 71-64
Midwest	n/a	Drake	Maury John	Regional Runner-up	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	First round	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	First round	Utah State	L 91-81
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Jacksonville	W 80-69
West	n/a	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 101-79
West	n/a	Weber State	Phil Johnson	First round	Long Beach State	L 92-73

Bracket

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

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

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

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

	UTEP	81

Final Four

National Semifinals			National Championship Game

E	St. Bonaventure	83
ME	Jacksonville	91
			ME	Jacksonville	69
			W	UCLA	80
MW	New Mexico State	77
W	UCLA	93	National Third Place Game

			MW	New Mexico State	79
			E	St. Bonaventure	73

References

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

Tournaments	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Structure	Selection process Opening Round Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game

Venues	Venues

Champions & awards	Champions Most Outstanding Player

Media & culture	Bracketology Broadcasting Tournament Final Four March Madness pools "One Shining Moment"

Records & statistics	All-time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Upsets

UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1969–70 NCAA Champions

23 Kenny Booker 25 Andy Hill 30 Curtis Rowe 32 Steve Patterson 35 Sidney Wicks (MOP) 40 John Vallely 42 Terry Schofield 45 Henry Bibby 52 John Ecker Head Coach John Wooden Assistant Coaches Denny Crum Gary Cunningham

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