1970 NCAA University Division basketball championship game
National championship game | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Date | March 21, 1970[1] | ||||||||||||
Venue | Cole Field House, College Park, Maryland | ||||||||||||
MVP | Sidney Wicks, UCLA[2] | ||||||||||||
Favorite | UCLA | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 14,380 | ||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Curt Gowdy and Tom Hawkins | ||||||||||||
The 1970 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1970 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1969-70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 21, 1970, at the Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland and featured the three-time defending national champion UCLA Bruins of the Pacific-8 Conference, and the independent Jacksonville Dolphins.
The Bruins defeated the Dolphins to win their fourth straight national championship.
Participating teams
UCLA Bruins
- West
- UCLA 88, Long Beach State 65
- UCLA 101, Utah State 79
- Final Four
- UCLA 93, New Mexico State 77
Jacksonville Dolphins
- Mideast
- Jacksonville 109, Western Kentucky 96
- Jacksonville 104, Iowa 103
- Jacksonville 106, Kentucky 100
- Final Four
- Jacksonville 91, St. Bonaventure 83
Game summary
Source:[3]
NBC |
March 21, 1970 |
#2 UCLA Bruins 80, #4 Jacksonville Dolphins 69 | ||
Scoring by half: 41-36, 39-33 | ||
Pts: Curtis Rowe 19 Rebs: Sidney Wicks 18 Asts: John Vallely 5 | Pts: Artis Gilmore 19 Rebs: Artis Gilmore 16 Asts: Rex Morgan 11 |
References
- ^ "UCLA vs. Jacksonville Box Score (Men), March 21, 1970". 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 15, 2024.
- ^ "UCLA vs. Jacksonville Box Score, March 21, 1970 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
- v
- t
- e
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship games
- 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
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024