1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	25
Finals Site	Astrodome Houston, Texas
Champions	UCLA (7th title)
Runner-Up	Villanova (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Kansas (5th Final Four) Western Kentucky (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach	John Wooden (7th title)
MOP	Howard Porter Villanova
Attendance	207,200
Top scorer	Jim McDaniels Western Kentucky (147 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1970  1972»

The 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1971, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in Houston, Texas. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 68-62 victory in the final game over Villanova, coached by Jack Kraft. Howard Porter of Villanova was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. However, Villanova was disqualified after the tournament for having an ineligible player. Their first place finish in the east regional was relinquished to Penn, with the regional consolation game (3rd place) winner, Fordham, receiving 2nd place.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Mideast region 3.3 Midwest region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Raleigh, North Carolina	Jamaica, New York, Morgantown, West Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mideast	Athens, Georgia	South Bend, Indiana
Midwest	Wichita, Kansas
West	Salt Lake City, Utah	Logan, Utah
Finals	Houston, Texas

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Duquesne	John Manning	First roundor	Penn	L 70-65
East	n/a	Fordham	Digger Phelps	Regional Third Place	South Carolina	W 100-90
East	n/a	Furman	Joe Williams	First round	Fordham	L 105-74
East	n/a	Penn	Dick Harter	Elite Eight	Villanova	L 90-47
East	n/a	South Carolina	Frank McGuire	Regional Fourth Place	Fordham	L 100-90
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack McKinney	First round	Villanova	L 93-75
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Runner Up	UCLA	L 68-62
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Jacksonville	Tom Wasdin	First round	Western Kentucky	L 74-72
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Fourth Place	Marquette	L 91-74
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Regional Third Place	Kentucky	W 91-74
Mideast	n/a	Miami, Ohio	Darrell Hedric	First round	Marquette	L 62-47
Mideast	n/a	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Elite Eight	Western Kentucky	L 81-78
Mideast	n/a	Western Kentucky	Johnny Oldham	Third Place	Kansas	W 77-75
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Drake	Maury John	Elite Eight	Kansas	L 73-71
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Regional Third Place	Notre Dame	W 119-106
Midwest	n/a	Kansas	Ted Owens	Fourth Place	Western Kentucky	L 77-75
Midwest	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	First round	Houston	L 72-69
Midwest	n/a	Notre Dame	Johnny Dee	Regional Fourth Place	Houston	L 119-106
Midwest	n/a	TCU	Johnny Swaim	First round	Notre Dame	L 102-94
West
West	n/a	BYU	Stan Watts	Regional Fourth Place	Pacific	L 84-81
West	n/a	Long Beach State	Jerry Tarkanian	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 57-55
West	n/a	Pacific	Dick Edwards	Regional Third Place	BYU	W 84-81
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Villanova	W 68-62
West	n/a	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	First round	BYU	L 91-82
West	n/a	Weber State	Phil Johnson	First round	Long Beach State	L 77-66

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							South Carolina	64
							Pennsylvania	79
		Pennsylvania	70
		Duquesne	65
												Pennsylvania	47
												Villanova	90
		Villanova	93
		St. Joseph's	75
							Villanova	85
							Fordham	75
		Fordham	105
		Furman	74

[edit] Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Kentucky

83

Western Kentucky

107

Western Kentucky

74

Jacksonville

72

Western Kentucky

81

Ohio State

78*

Ohio State

60

Marquette

59

Marquette

62

Miami-OH

47

[edit] Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Kansas

78

Houston

77

Houston

72

New Mexico State

69

Kansas

73

Drake

71

Drake

79

Notre Dame

72*

Notre Dame

102

TCU

94

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							UCLA	91
							BYU	73
		BYU	91
		Utah State	82
												UCLA	57
												Long Beach State	55
							Pacific	65
							Long Beach State	78
		Long Beach State	77
		Weber State	66

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		Villanova	92
		Western Kentucky	89**
							Villanova	62
							UCLA	68
		Kansas	60
		UCLA	68

[edit] External links

• 1971 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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