1969 NCAA University Division basketball championship game
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| Date | March 22, 1969[1] | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Lew Alcindor, UCLA[2] | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,669[3] | ||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy and Jim Simpson | ||||||||||||
The 1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1968-69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 22, 1969, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. It featured the two-time defending national champion UCLA Bruins of the Pacific-8 Conference, and the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference.
The Bruins blew out the Boilermakers to win their third of seven consecutive national championships, becoming the first (and to date, only) team to ever three-peat as national champions.
This was Purdue's last appearance in the championship game until 2024.
Participating teams
[edit]UCLA Bruins
[edit]- West
- UCLA 53, New Mexico State 38
- UCLA 90, Santa Clara 53
- Final Four
- UCLA 85, Drake 82
Purdue Boilermakers
[edit]- Mideast
- Purdue 91, Miami (OH) 71
- Purdue 75, Marquette 73 (OT)
- Final Four
- Purdue 92, North Carolina 65
Game summary
[edit]Source:[4]
NBC
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March 22, 1969
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| #1 UCLA Bruins 92, #6 Purdue Boilermakers 72 | ||
| Scoring by half: 42-31, 50-41 | ||
| Pts: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 37 Rebs: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 Asts: Kenny Heitz 4 |
Pts: Rick Mount 28 Rebs: Herm Gilliam 11 Asts: Herm Gilliam, Bill Keller 3 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "UCLA vs. Purdue Box Score (Men), March 22, 1969". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Prugh, Jeff (March 23, 1969). "A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR LEW, BRUINS". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 156132169.
- ^ "UCLA vs. Purdue Box Score, March 22, 1969 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
Categories:
- 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
- 1969 in sports in Kentucky
- Basketball competitions in Louisville, Kentucky
- College sports tournaments in Kentucky
- March 1969 sports events in the United States
- Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
- NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball