1973 NCAA University Division basketball championship game

1973 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
A black-and-white photograph of the 1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team posing with the NCAA championship trophy
The Bruins posing with the championship trophy
UCLA Bruins Memphis State Tigers
Pac-8 MVC
(29–0) (24–5)
87 66
Head coach:
John Wooden		 Head coach:
Gene Bartow
1st half2nd half Total
UCLA Bruins 3948 87
Memphis State Tigers 3927 66
DateMarch 26, 1973
VenueSt. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
RefereesJim Howell, Joe Shosid[1]
Attendance19,301
United States TV coverage
NetworkNBC
AnnouncersCurt Gowdy and Tom Hawkins
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The 1973 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and determined the national champion for the 1972–73 season. The game was held at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 26, 1973.

The UCLA Bruins of the Pacific-8 Conference, who were seeking their seventh consecutive championship, were matched against the Memphis State Tigers (now known as the Memphis Tigers),[a] who were playing in the national title game for the first time. The Bruins won 87–66 behind a 44-point effort by Bill Walton, who scored on 21 of his 22 field goal attempts.

  1. ^ 2020 NCAA Final Four Records Book, p. 304.
  2. ^ "UofM History". The University of Memphis. Retrieved October 31, 2019.


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