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    1968 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

    

Play In Round    Round of 64    Round of 32    Sweet 16   Elite 8   Final 4

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

 

 

First Round

  

East  REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Kingston, Rhode Island

Keaney Gymnasium

 St. Bonaventure 102, Boston College 93      
College Park, Maryland

Cole Field House

 Columbia 83, La Salle 69      
  College Park, Maryland

Cole Field House

 		 Davidson 79, St. John's 70      

 Mideast  REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Kent, Ohio

Memorial Gymnasium

 Marquette 72, Bowling Green 71  
Kent, Ohio

Memorial Gymnasium
East Tennessee State 79, Florida State 69 		 

Midwest  REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  Salt Lake City, Utah

Nielsen Fieldhouse

 		 Houston 94, Loyola (Ill.) 76      

West REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team

 Score

Star Efforts
Salt Lake City, Utah

Nielsen Fieldhouse

 New Mexico State 68, Weber State 57  

Sweet 16March 14

 East REGIONAL at Reynolds ColiseumRaleigh, North Carolina
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
North Carolina 91, St. Bonaventure 72



     
Davidson 61, Columbia 59 (ot)      

  Mideast  REGIONAL atMemorial ColiseumLexington, Kentucky
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Kentucky 107, Marquette 89
     
Ohio State 79, East Tennessee State 72      

 Midwest REGIONAL at 

WSU Field HouseWichita, Kansas

 
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  Houston 91, Louisville 75
     
  Texas Christian 77, Kansas State 72      

 West  REGIONAL at  Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  UCLA 58, New Mexico State 49
     
  Santa Clara 86, New Mexico 73      

 

 

Elite 8March 19

Regional Third Place
East: Columbia 95, St. Bonaventure 75

Mideast: Marquette 69, East Tenn. State 57
Midwest: Louisville 93, Kansas State 63
West: New Mexico State 62, New Mexico 58

 East  REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    North Carolina 70, Davidson 66


 

 

  

 Mideast  REGIONAL at
Favorite Team Team

Score

 Star Efforts

Ohio State 82, Kentucky 81

  

 

  

 Midwest  REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
    Houston 103, Texas Christian 68  

 West REGIONAL at  
Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
    UCLA 87, Santa Clara 66  

 

  

 

Final 4 March 21

atUniversity Arena ("The Pit")Albuquerque, New Mexico

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts

North Carolina 80, Ohio State 66

 

 

  
  UCLA 101, Houston 69  

 

  

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEMarch 23

at Los Angeles

National Third Place
Ohio State 89, Houston 85

 
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
UCLA 78, North Carolina 55      

 

NCAA Results
NCAA Results

First Round

Regional Semifinals

 

Regional Finals

National Semifinals


UCLA leaders: Lew Alcindor, Jr., C; Lucius Allen, Jr., G; Mike Warren, Sr., G; Lynn Shackelford, Jr. F; Mike Lynn, Sr., F
Top 10 Teams
Rank Team W-L Post-Season Result
1. Houston 31-2 NCAA 4th Place
2. UCLA 29-1 NCAA 1st Place
3 St. Bonaventure 23-2 Lost NCAA regionals
4. North Carolina 28-4 NCAA 2nd Place
5. Kentucky 22-5 Lost NCAA regionals
6. New Mexico 23-5 Lost NCAA regionals
7. Columbia 23-5 Lost NCAA regionals
8. Davidson 24-5 Lost NCAA regionals
9. Louisville 21-7 Lost NCAA regionals
10. Duke 22-6 Lost NIT quarterfinals
All-America Team
Name Cl. Pos Team
Elvin Hayes Sr. F-C Houston
Larry Miller Sr. F North Carolina
Lew Alcindor Jr. C UCLA
Wes Unseld Sr. C Louisville
Pete Maravich So. G LSU
All NCAA Tournament Team
Name Cl. Pos Team
Larry Miller Sr. F North Carolina
Lynn Shackleford Jr. F UCLA
Lew Alcindor Jr. C UCLA
Lucius Allen Jr. G UCLA
Mike Warren Sr. G UCLA
Team Offense

Houston, 97.8
Notes
  • NIT 1st Place: Dayton def. Kansas 61-48.
  • Houston ended UCLA’s 47-game win streak, 71-69, before 52,693 at the Astrodome.
  • Elvin Hayes had 62 vs. Valparaiso; Pete Maravich 59 vs. Alabama. Maravich becomes only the second sophomore (the first was Oscar Robertson) to lead the nation in scoring.
Team Defense

Army, 57.9
Individual Scoring
1. Pete Maravich LSU 43.8
2. Calvin Murphy Niagara 38.2
3. Elvin Hayes Houston 36.8
4. Rich Travis Oklahoma City 29.9
5. Bob Portman Creighton 29.5
6. Rick Mount Purdue 28.5
Individual Rebounding
1. Neal Walk Florida 19.8
2. Smith Eastern Kentucky 19.7
3. Elvin Hayes Houston 18.9

 

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