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.
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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 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
editUCLA 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
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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".