1970 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

1970 NCAA University Division
Basketball Tournament
Teams	25
Finals site	Cole Field House; College Park, Maryland
Champions	UCLA Bruins (6th title, 6th title game,; 7th Final Four)
Runner-up	Jacksonville Dolphins (1st title game,; 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	New Mexico State Aggies (1st Final Four); St. Bonaventure Brown Indians (1st Final Four);
Winning coach	John Wooden (6th title)
MOP	Sidney Wicks (UCLA)
Attendance	146,794
Top scorer	Austin Carr Notre Dame; (158 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1969	1971»

The 1970 NCAA University Division 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 7, 1970, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in College Park, Maryland. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game. This tournament was notable for the number of small schools that reached the Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final 4, and Championship Game.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with an 80–69 victory in the final game over Jacksonville, coached by Joe Williams. Sidney Wicks of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Round	Region	Site	Venue	Host
First Round	East	Jamaica, New York	Alumni Hall	St. John's
	East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Palestra	Drexel/Penn/Temple
	East	Princeton, New Jersey	Jadwin Gymnasium	Princeton
	Mideast	Dayton, Ohio	University of Dayton Arena	Dayton
	Midwest	Fort Worth, Texas	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum	TCU
	West	Provo, Utah	Smith Fieldhouse	BYU
Regionals	East	Columbia, South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum	South Carolina
	Mideast	Columbus, Ohio	St. John Arena	Ohio State
	Midwest	Lawrence, Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse	Kansas
	West	Seattle, Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Washington
Final Four		College Park, Maryland	Cole Field House	Maryland

For the second time in five years, Cole Field House and the University of Maryland, College Park were the hosts of the Final Four. Like the previous time Cole was the Final Four site, all the venues used in the tournament were on-campus venues. To date, this is the last time that this has been the case. The tournament, which featured three East sub-regional sites for the first time, saw four venues used for the first time. In the East Regional, the tournament came to the state of South Carolina for the first time, with games played in Columbia at the Carolina Coliseum, home of the South Carolina Gamecocks. The East sub-regional had two new sites to go with the Palestra: Alumni Hall, on the campus of St. John's University, and Jadwin Gymnasium on the campus of Princeton University. Jadwin is the only Ivy League venue other than the Palestra to ever host a tournament game. And in the Mideast sub-regional, the University of Dayton Arena hosted games for the first time, starting its tenure as the most-used venue in tournament history.

This would be the last tournament to host five of the arenas: Carolina Coliseum, Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, St. John Arena and Smith Fieldhouse. The Columbia market would not hold another tournament for 49 years, when its replacement, the Colonial Life Arena, which opened in 2002, hosted the 2019 tournament. While the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex continued to host games, the tournament is not scheduled to return to Fort Worth itself until 2022 when the new Dickies Arena opens. Seattle has continued to host games, first at the Kingdome and later at KeyArena. The tournament returned to Columbus in 2004 at the Nationwide Arena, and returned in 1972 to Provo and the Smith Fieldhouse's replacement, the Marriott Center.

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Finished	Final opponent	Score
East
East	Davidson	Terry Holland	First round	St. Bonaventure	L 85–72
East	Niagara	Frank Layden	Regional Fourth Place	NC State	L 108–88
East	NC State	Norm Sloan	Regional Third Place	Niagara	W 108–88
East	Penn	Dick Harter	First round	Niagara	L 79–69
East	St. Bonaventure	Larry Weise	Fourth Place	New Mexico State	L 79–73
East	Temple	Harry Litwack	First round	Villanova	L 77–69
East	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Regional Runner-up	St. Bonaventure	L 97–74
Mideast
Mideast	Iowa	Ralph Miller	Regional Third Place	Notre Dame	W 121–106
Mideast	Jacksonville	Joe Williams	Runner Up	UCLA	L 80–69
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Runner-up	Jacksonville	L 106–100
Mideast	Notre Dame	John Dee	Regional Fourth Place	Iowa	L 121–106
Mideast	Ohio	James Snyder	First round	Notre Dame	L 112–82
Mideast	Western Kentucky	Johnny Oldham	First round	Jacksonville	L 109–96
Midwest
Midwest	Dayton	Don Donoher	First round	Houston	L 71–64
Midwest	Drake	Maury John	Regional Runner-up	New Mexico State	L 87–78
Midwest	Houston	Guy Lewis	Regional Fourth Place	Kansas State	L 107–98
Midwest	Kansas State	Cotton Fitzsimmons	Regional Third Place	Houston	W 107–98
Midwest	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	Third Place	St. Bonaventure	W 79–73
Midwest	Rice	Don Knodel	First round	New Mexico State	L 101–77
West
West	Long Beach State	Jerry Tarkanian	Regional Fourth Place	Santa Clara	L 89–86
West	Santa Clara	Dick Garibaldi	Regional Third Place	Long Beach State	W 89–86
West	UTEP	Don Haskins	First round	Utah State	L 91–81
West	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Jacksonville	W 80–69
West	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 101–79
West	Weber State	Phil Johnson	First round	Long Beach State	L 92–73

Bracket

East region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				NC State	68

				St. Bonaventure	80
	St. Bonaventure	85

	Davidson	72
							St. Bonaventure	97
							Villanova	74
	Villanova	77
	Temple	69
				Villanova	98

				Niagara	73
	Niagara	79

	Penn	69

	East Regional Third Place


	NC State		108

	Niagara		88

Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Iowa

103

Jacksonville

104

Jacksonville

109

Western Kentucky

96

Jacksonville

106

Kentucky

100

Kentucky

109

Notre Dame

99

Notre Dame

112

Ohio

82

	Mideast Regional Third Place


	Iowa		121

	Notre Dame		106

Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Kansas State

66

New Mexico State

70

New Mexico State

101

Rice

77

New Mexico State

87

Drake

78

Drake

92

Houston

87

Houston

71

Dayton

64

	Midwest Regional Third Place


	Kansas State		107

	Houston		98

West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

UCLA

88

Long Beach State

65

Long Beach State

92

Weber State

73

UCLA

101

Utah State

79

Santa Clara

68

Utah State

69

Utah State

91

UTEP

81

	West Regional Third Place


	Long Beach State		86

	Santa Clara		89

Final Four

National Semifinals			National Championship Game

E	St. Bonaventure	83
ME	Jacksonville	91
			ME	Jacksonville	69
			W	UCLA	80
MW	New Mexico State	77
W	UCLA	93	National Third Place Game

			E	St. Bonaventure	73
			MW	New Mexico State	79

Tournament notes

In Iowa's 121-106 win over Notre Dame, the two teams set a tournament record for most combined points (227).
Every game in the Mideast Regional saw at least one of the two teams score 100 points or more.

References

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NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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1970 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

Mideast region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

See also

Tournament notes

References