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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.
See also: 1971-72 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team |
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NBC
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March 25, 1972
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#1 UCLA Bruins 81, #10 Florida State Seminoles 76 | ||
Scoring by half: 50-39, 31-37 | ||
Pts: Bill Walton 24 Rebs: Bill Walton 20 Asts: Tommy Curtis 6 |
Pts: Ron King 27 Rebs: Reggie Royals 10 Asts: Greg Samuel 7 |