1968 NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

The '1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament' involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California. A total of 27 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 a 78-55 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Lew Alcindor of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The semi-final match between the Houston Cougars and UCLA Bruins was a re-match of the college basketball Game of the Century held in January at the Astrodome.

Contents

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

Mideast region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

External links

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Raleigh, North Carolina	College Park, Maryland, Kingston, Rhode Island
Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Kent, Ohio
Midwest	Wichita, Kansas	Salt Lake City, Utah
West	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Salt Lake City, Utah
Finals	Los Angeles, California

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
'East'
East	n/a	Boston College	Bob Cousy	First round	St. Bonaventure	L 102-93
East	n/a	Columbia	John Rohan	Regional Third Place	St. Bonaventure	W 95-75
East	n/a	Davidson	Lefty Driesell	Elite Eight	North Carolina	L 70-66
East	n/a	La Salle	Jim Harding	First round	Columbia	L 83-69
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Runner Up	UCLA	L 78-55
East	n/a	St. Bonaventure	Larry Weise	Regional Fourth Place	Columbia	L 95-75
East	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	First round	Davidson	L 79-70
'Mideast'
Mideast	n/a	Bowling Green	Bill Fitch	First round	Marquette	L 72-71
Mideast	n/a	East Tennessee State	J. Madison Brooks	Regional Fourth Place	Marquette	L 69-57
Mideast	n/a	Florida State	Hugh Durham	First round	East Tennessee State	L 79-69
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Elite Eight	Ohio State	L 82-81
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Third Place	East Tennessee State	W 69-57
Mideast	n/a	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Third Place	Houston	W 89-85
'Midwest'
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Fourth Place	Ohio State	L 89-85
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Regional Fourth Place	Louisville	L 93-63
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	John Dromo	Regional Third Place	Kansas State	W 93-63
Midwest	n/a	Loyola, Illinois	George Ireland	First round	Houston	L 94-76
Midwest	n/a	TCU	Johnny Swaim	Elite Eight	Houston	L 103-68
'West'
West	n/a	New Mexico	Bob King	Regional Fourth Place	New Mexico State	L 62-58
West	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Regional Third Place	New Mexico	W 62-58
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 87-66
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	'Champion'	North Carolina	W 78-55
West	n/a	Weber State	Dick Motta	First round	New Mexico State	L 68-57

Bracket

East region

Mideast region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

External links

★ 1968 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)

★ HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.