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| Date | March 25, 1972[1] | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Bill Walton, UCLA[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy and Tom Hawkins | ||||||||||||
The 1972 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1971-72 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 25, 1972, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California and featured the five-time defending national champion UCLA Bruins of the Pacific-8 Conference, and the independent Florida State Seminoles.
The Bruins narrowly defeated the Seminoles to win their sixth consecutive national championship.