Men's collegiate basketball season
The 1968–69 NCAA (The National Collegiate Athletic Association ) University Division men's basketball season began in December 1968, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 22, 1969, at Freedom Hall in Louisville , Kentucky . The UCLA Bruins won their fifth NCAA national championship with a 92–72 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers .
The Associated Press (AP) Poll returned to a Top 20 format, expanding from the Top 10 format it used from the 1961–62 season through the 1967–68 season . It previously had used a Top 20 format from its inception in the 1948–49 season through the 1960–61 season .[ 3] On December 7, 1968, Calvin Murphy of Niagara scored 68 points in a game against Syracuse , setting the record for points scored by a single player against an NCAA University Division (later NCAA Division I ) opponent. His record stood until February 1970, when Pete Maravich of LSU scored 69 points in a game against Alabama .[ 4] [ 5] The NCAA tournament expanded from 23 to 25 teams. UCLA won its third NCAA championship in a row, fifth overall, and fifth in six seasons. In the Pacific 8 Conference , it also won its third of what ultimately would be 13 consecutive conference titles.The Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), informally known as the "Pacific 8," formally renamed itself the Pacific 8 Conference. It became the Pacific 10 Conference in 1978 and the Pac-12 Conference in 2011. The Southland Conference, founded in 1963, began NCAA University Division -level play. The NCAA tournament's Final Four games were played on Thursday and Saturday for the first time.[ 6] Lew Alcindor of UCLA became the first three-time NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player . He previously had been the tournament's Most Outstanding Player in 1967 and 1968 .[ 6] The Metropolitan Collegiate Conference was dissolved at the end of the season. The Top 20 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[ 7] [ 8]
Conference membership changes [ edit ] Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ] Conference Regular [ 9] Conference Conference Tournament Tournament Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina John Roche ,South Carolina [ 10] 1969 ACC men's basketball tournament Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina )North Carolina Big Eight Conference Colorado Cliff Meely , Colorado [ 11] No Tournament Big Sky Conference Weber State None selected No Tournament Big Ten Conference Purdue None selected No Tournament Ivy League Princeton None selected No Tournament Metropolitan Collegiate Conference Manhattan & St. Peter's No Tournament Mid-American Conference Ohio Steve Mix , Toledo [ 12] No Tournament Middle Atlantic Conference Temple No Tournament Missouri Valley Conference Drake & Louisville Bingo Smith , Tulsa No Tournament Ohio Valley Conference Morehead State Murray State Claude Virden , Murray State No Tournament Pacific 8 Conference UCLA None selected No Tournament Southeastern Conference Kentucky Pete Maravich , LSU [ 13] No Tournament Southern Conference Davidson Mike Maloy , Davidson [ 14] 1969 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina )Davidson [ 15] Southland Conference Trinity Larry Jeffries , Trinity [ 16] No Tournament Southwest Conference Texas A&M Ronnie Peret , Texas A&M & Greg Williams ,Rice No Tournament West Coast Athletic Conference Santa Clara Dennis Awtrey , Santa Clara No Tournament Western Athletic Conference BYU , New Mexico ,Wyoming None selected No Tournament Yankee Conference Massachusetts None selected No Tournament
Conference standings [ edit ] 1968–69 Big Sky men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Weber State 15 – 0 1.000 27 – 3 .900 Montana State 11 – 4 .733 17 – 8 .680 Gonzaga 6 – 9 .400 11 – 15 .423 Idaho 6 – 9 .400 11 – 15 .423 Montana 4 – 11 .267 9 – 17 .346 Idaho State 3 – 12 .200 8 – 18 .308
1968–69 Ivy League men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Princeton 14 – 0 1.000 19 – 7 .731 Columbia 11 – 3 .786 20 – 4 .833 Penn 10 – 4 .714 15 – 10 .600 Cornell 7 – 7 .500 12 – 13 .480 Yale 6 – 8 .429 9 – 16 .360 Dartmouth 4 – 10 .286 10 – 15 .400 Harvard 3 – 11 .214 7 – 18 .280 Brown 1 – 13 .071 3 – 23 .115 Rankings from AP Poll [ 19]
1968–69 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 1 UCLA 13 – 1 .929 29 – 1 .967 Washington State 11 – 3 .786 18 – 8 .692 USC 8 – 6 .571 15 – 11 .577 Washington 6 – 8 .429 13 – 13 .500 Oregon 5 – 9 .357 13 – 13 .500 Oregon State 5 – 9 .357 12 – 14 .462 California 4 – 10 .286 12 – 13 .480 Stanford 4 – 10 .286 8 – 17 .320 As of April 15, 1969[ 21] AP Poll
1968–69 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Texas A&M 12 – 2 .857 18 – 9 .667 Baylor 10 – 4 .714 18 – 6 .750 SMU 8 – 6 .571 12 – 12 .500 Texas Tech 6 – 8 .429 11 – 13 .458 Rice 6 – 8 .429 10 – 14 .417 Texas 5 – 9 .357 9 – 15 .375 TCU 5 – 9 .357 12 – 12 .500 Arkansas 4 – 10 .286 10 – 14 .417 Rankings from AP Poll
1968–69 WAC men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Wyoming 6 – 4 .600 19 – 9 .679 BYU 6 – 4 .600 16 – 12 .571 Arizona 5 – 5 .500 17 – 10 .630 Utah 5 – 5 .500 13 – 13 .500 New Mexico 4 – 6 .400 17 – 9 .654 Arizona State 4 – 6 .400 11 – 15 .423 Rankings from AP Poll [ 24]
University Division independents [ edit ] A total of 56 college teams played as University Division independents . Among them, Boston College (24–4) had the best winning percentage (.857). Boston College, Marquette (24–5), and New Mexico State (24–5) finished with the most wins.[ 25]
La Salle finished with a 4–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
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Post-season tournaments [ edit ] National semifinals National finals E North Carolina 65 ME Purdue 92 ME Purdue 72 W UCLA 92 MW Drake 82 W UCLA 85 Third place E North Carolina 84 MW Drake 104
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