1968 NCAA University Division basketball championship game information
See also: 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
Basketball game
1968 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
North Carolina Tar Heels
UCLA Bruins
ACC
Pac-8
(28-3)
(28-1)
55
78
Head coach: Dean Smith
Head coach: John Wooden
AP: 4
Coaches: 4
AP: 2
Coaches: 2
1st half
2nd half
Total
North Carolina Tar Heels
22
33
55
UCLA Bruins
32
46
78
Date
March 23, 1968
Venue
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California
MVP
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA[1]
Referees
Charles Fouty & Steve Honzo[2]
United States TV coverage
Network
Sports Network Incorporated
← 1967
1969 →
The 1968 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game took place on March 23, 1968, between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the defending national champion UCLA Bruins at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles. The matchup was the final one of the thirtieth edition of the single-elimination tournament now known as the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament – organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It was used to crown a national champion for men's basketball in the NCAA's University Division, the predecessor to what has been known since 1973 as NCAA Division I.[3]
The Bruins handily defeated the Tar Heels to win their second of seven consecutive national championships.
^"Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
^"The Final Four" (PDF). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
^Hager 2012, p. 21.
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