1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1975


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=32
FinalFourArena=San Diego Sports Arena
FinalFourCity=San Diego, California
Champions=UCLA
TitleCount=10th
RunnerUp=Kentucky
GameCount=6th
Semifinal1=Louisville
FinalFourCount=3rd
Semifinal2=Syracuse
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=John Wooden
CoachCount=10th
MOP=Richard Washington
MOPTeam=UCLA
Attendance=183,857
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Jim Lee
TopScorerTeam=Syracuse
Points=119

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

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won his 10th and last 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.

Tournament notes

*The bracket expanded to 32 teams.
*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.
*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 response to a number of factors::*The 1971 USC Trojans were ranked #5, but were excluded from the 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament due to being second place in the conference to #1 UCLA.:*The 1974 ACC tournament final pitted arguably the two best teams in the country in NC State and Maryland. [Bill Free - [http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022199aab.html This Overtime Lasts 25 Years] The 1974 team left it all out on the floor. Baltimore Sun, hosted at University of Maryland Terrapins athletic site, February 20, 1999] :*In 1974, the Collegiate Commissioners' Association held a tournament in St. Louis, Missouri. They invited the second-place teams from eight conferences to participate.
*Finally, the national final was the last game for UCLA coaching legend John Wooden, who had announced his retirement at the press conference following the semi-final game with Louisville. Wooden won his tenth and final NCAA Men's Division I Basketball championship.

Memorable games

There were two memorable games in the 1975 tournament. Number 2 ranked Kentucky upset previously unbeaten Indiana 92-90 in their regional final. The Hoosiers, coached by Bob Knight, were undefeated and the number one team in the nation, when leading scorer Scott May suffered a broken arm in a win over arch-rival Purdue. This was the only loss Indiana would suffer between late 1974 and Spring 1976. In the national semifinals, UCLA defeated Louisville, coached by former Wooden assistant Denny Crum, 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. [Mike Douchant - [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/basketball/men/02tourney/greatest-games.htm Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history] . The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002]

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Syracuse
RD1-score1=87
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=La Salle
RD1-score2=83*
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=North Carolina
RD1-score3=93
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=New Mexico St.
RD1-score4=69
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Kansas St.
RD1-score5=69
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Pennsylvania
RD1-score6=62
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Boston College
RD1-score7=82
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Furman
RD1-score8=76
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Syracuse
RD2-score1=78
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=North Carolina
RD2-score2=76
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Kansas St.
RD2-score3=74
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Boston College
RD2-score4=65
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Syracuse
RD3-score1=95
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Kansas St.
RD3-score2=87*

Mideast region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Indiana
RD1-score1=78
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=UTEP
RD1-score2=53
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Oregon St.
RD1-score3=78
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Middle Tennessee St.
RD1-score4=67
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Central Michigan
RD1-score5=77
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Georgetown
RD1-score6=75
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Kentucky
RD1-score7=76
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Marquette
RD1-score8=54
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Indiana
RD2-score1=81
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Oregon St.
RD2-score2=71
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Central Michigan
RD2-score3=73
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Kentucky
RD2-score4=90
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Indiana
RD3-score1=90
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Kentucky
RD3-score2=92

Midwest region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Maryland
RD1-score1=83
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Creighton
RD1-score2=79
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Notre Dame
RD1-score3=77
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Kansas
RD1-score4=71
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Cincinnati
RD1-score5=87
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Texas A&M
RD1-score6=79
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Louisville
RD1-score7=91
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Rutgers
RD1-score8=78
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Maryland
RD2-score1=83
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Notre Dame
RD2-score2=71
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Cincinnati
RD2-score3=63
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Louisville
RD2-score4=78
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Maryland
RD3-score1=82
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Louisville
RD3-score2=96

West region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=UCLA
RD1-score1=103
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Michigan
RD1-score2=91*
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Montana
RD1-score3=69
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Utah St.
RD1-score4=63
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Arizona St.
RD1-score5=97
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Alabama
RD1-score6=94
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=UNLV
RD1-score7=90
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=San Diego St.
RD1-score8=80
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=UCLA
RD2-score1=67
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Montana
RD2-score2=64
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Arizona St.
RD2-score3=84
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=UNLV
RD2-score4=81
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=UCLA
RD3-score1=89
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Arizona St.
RD3-score2=75

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Finals | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Syracuse
RD1-score1=79
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Kentucky
RD1-score2=95
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Louisville
RD1-score3=74*
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=UCLA
RD1-score4=75
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Kentucky
RD2-score1=85
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=UCLA
RD2-score2=92

References

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1975.htm 1975 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.