The Sports Almanac

1972 NCAA Basketball Tournament



UCLA BRUINS

1972 NCAA Champions


EAST REGION
REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
EAST REGION CHAMPIONS

North Carolina Tar Heels
92
South Carolina Gamecocks
69


South Carolina Gamecocks
53
Temple Owls
51









North Carolina Tar Heels
73
Pennsylvania Quakers
59
North Carolina Tar Heels
Pennsylvania Quakers
76
Providence Friars
60








Pennsylvania Quakers
78
Villanova Wildcats
67
Third Place Game
South Carolina Gamecocks
90
Villanova Wildcats
78
Third Place Winner
South Carolina Gamecocks




Villanova Wildcats
85
East Carolina Pirates
70




MIDEAST REGION
REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
MIDEAST REGION CHAMPIONS

Minnesota Golden Gophers
56
Florida State Seminoles
70


Florida State Seminoles
83
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
81









Florida State Seminoles
73
Kentucky Wildcats
54
Florida State Seminoles
Marquette Golden Eagles
73
Ohio Bobcats
49








Marquette Golden Eagles
69
Kentucky Wildcats
85
Third Place Game
Minnesota Golden Gophers
77
Marquette Golden Eagles
72
Third Place Winner
Minnesota Golden Gophers

MIDWEST REGION
REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
MIDWEST REGION CHAMPIONS

Louisville Cardinals
88
Southwestern Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
84


Southwestern Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
112
Marshall Thundering Herd
101









Louisville Cardinals
72
Kansas State Wildcats
65
Louisville Cardinals
Texas Longhorns
85
Houston Cougars
74








Texas Longhorns
55
Kansas State Wildcats
66
Third Place Game
Southwestern Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
100
Texas Longhorns
70
Third Place Winner
Southwestern Louisiana Ragin Cajuns

WEST REGION
REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
REGIONAL FINAL
WEST REGION CHAMPIONS

UCLA Bruins
90
Weber State Wildcats
58


Weber State Wildcats
91
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
64









UCLA Bruins
73
Long Beach State 49ers
57
UCLA Bruins
Long Beach State 49ers
95 OT
BYU Cougars
90








Long Beach State 49ers
75
San Francisco Dons
55
Third Place Game
Weber State Wildcats
64
San Francisco Dons
74
Third Place Winner
San Francisco Dons

FINAL FOUR
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
NCAA CHAMPIONS
North Carolina Tar Heels
75
Florida State Seminoles
79



Florida State Seminoles
76
UCLA Bruins
81
UCLA BRUINS
Louisville Cardinals
77
UCLA Bruins
96
Third Place Game
North Carolina Tar Heels
105
Louisville Cardinals
91
Third Place Winner
North Carolina Tar Heels