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| Date | March 21, 1970[1] | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Cole Field House, College Park, Maryland | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Sidney Wicks, UCLA[2] | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | UCLA | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 14,380 | ||||||||||||
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| 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.