1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game information
Basketball game
1975 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
UCLA Bruins
Kentucky Wildcats
Pac-8
SEC
(27–3)
(26–4)
92
85
Head coach: John Wooden
Head coach: Joe B. Hall
AP: 1
Coaches: 2
AP: 2
Coaches: 4
1st half
2nd half
Total
UCLA Bruins
43
49
92
Kentucky Wildcats
40
45
85
Date
March 31, 1975
Venue
San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California
Referees
Hank Nichols and Bob Wortman[1]
Attendance
15,153
United States TV coverage
Network
NBC[2]
Announcers
Curt Gowdy and Billy Packer[2]
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1976 →
The 1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game was the final of the 1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament and determined the national champion for the 1974–75 season. The game was held at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California, on March 31, 1975.
The UCLA Bruins defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 92–85 to win the program's 10th title in 12 seasons. The 1975 national championship game was the last in the career of UCLA head coach John Wooden, who had been in charge of the Bruins throughout their title-winning run.
This was the last championship game to be played between teams ranked #1 and #2 in the final AP poll until 2005.
^Men's Final Four 2023 Records Book(PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2023. p. 37. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
^ ab"2016 – Billy Packer". National Sports Media Association. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
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