1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1969 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams	25
Finals site	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	UCLA (5th title, 5th title game, 6th Final Four)
Runner-up	Purdue (1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	Drake (1st Final Four) North Carolina (5th Final Four)
Winning coach	John Wooden (5th title)
MOP	Lew Alcindor (UCLA)
Attendance	165,712
Top scorer	Rick Mount Purdue (122 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1968 1970»

The 1969 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 8, 1969, and ended with the championship game on March 22 in Louisville, Kentucky. Including consolation games in each of the regions and an overall consolation game, a total of 29 games were played.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 92-72 victory in the final game over Purdue, coached by George King. Lew Alcindor of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

In the game, John Vallely, the "Money Man", scored 22 points and Alcindor had 37 points, to give UCLA a win over Purdue, which is Wooden's alma mater. Purdue was hampered due to injuries to starting point guard Billy Keller and forward Herm Gilliam; Purdue had also lost 7'0" center Chuck Bavis to a broken collarbone during the Mideast Regionals against Miami, (OH). In earlier matchups, Bavis had provided an ample challenge to Alcindor. Wooden was an All-American guard for the Boilermakers from 1928-1932.

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	College Park, Maryland	Kingston, Rhode Island, Raleigh, North Carolina
Mideast	Madison, Wisconsin	Carbondale, Illinois
Midwest	Manhattan, Kansas	Fort Worth, Texas
West	Los Angeles, California	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Finals	Louisville, Kentucky

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Davidson	Lefty Driesell	Regional Runner-up	North Carolina	L 87-85
East	n/a	Duquesne	John Manning	Regional Third Place	St. John's	W 75-72
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Fourth Place	Drake	L 104-84
East	n/a	Princeton	Pete Carril	First round	St. John's	L 72-63
East	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Regional Fourth Place	Duquesne	L 75-72
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack McKinney	First round	Duquesne	L 74-52
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	First round	Davidson	L 75-61
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Third Place	Miami, Ohio	W 72-71
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Runner-up	Purdue	L 75-73
Mideast	n/a	Miami, Ohio	Tates Locke	Regional Fourth Place	Kentucky	L 72-71
Mideast	n/a	Murray State	Cal Luther	First round	Marquette	L 82-62
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	Johnny Dee	First round	Miami, Ohio	L 63-60
Mideast	n/a	Purdue	George King	Runner Up	UCLA	L 92-72
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Colorado	Sox Walseth	Regional Third Place	Texas A&M	W 97-82
Midwest	n/a	Colorado State	Jim Williams	Regional Runner-up	Drake	L 84-77
Midwest	n/a	Dayton	Don Donoher	First round	Colorado State	L 52-50
Midwest	n/a	Drake	Maury John	Third Place	North Carolina	W 104-84
Midwest	n/a	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	Regional Fourth Place	Colorado	L 97-82
Midwest	n/a	Trinity, Texas	Bob Polk	First round	Texas A&M	L 81-66
West
West	n/a	BYU	Stan Watts	First round	New Mexico State	L 74-62
West	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Regional Fourth Place	Weber State	L 58-56
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 90-52
West	n/a	Seattle	Morris Buckwalter	First round	Weber State	L 75-73
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Purdue	W 92-72
West	n/a	Weber State	Phil Johnson	Regional Third Place	New Mexico State	W 58-56

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							North Carolina	79
							Duquesne	78
		Duquesne	74
		St. Joseph's	52
												North Carolina	87
												Davidson	85
		Davidson	75
		Villanova	61
							Davidson	79
							St. John's	69
		St. John's	72
		Princeton	63

Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Purdue	91
							Miami-OH	71
		Miami-OH	63
		Notre Dame	60
												Purdue	75
												Marquette	73
							Kentucky	74
							Marquette	81
		Marquette	82
		Murray State	62

Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Drake	81
							Texas A&M	63
		Texas A&M	81
		Trinity-TX	66
												Drake	84
												Colorado State	77
							Colorado	56
							Colorado State	64
		Colorado State	52
		Dayton	50

West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

UCLA

53

New Mexico State

38

New Mexico State

74

BYU

62

UCLA

90

Santa Clara

52

Santa Clara

63

Weber State

59*

Weber State

75

Seattle

73

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Final
	E	North Carolina	65
	ME	Purdue	92
						ME	Purdue	72
						W	UCLA	92
	MW	Drake	82
	W	UCLA	85

See also

• 1969 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament