1970 NCAA Tournament

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1970 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

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

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

It began on March 7, 1970, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in College Park, Maryland.

First Round

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Alumni Hall, Jamaica, New York	St. Bonaventure 85, Davidson 72
	Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, New Jersey	Niagara 79, Penn 69
	The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Villanova 77, Temple 69

Mideast REGIONAL University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Notre Dame 112, Ohio University 82
	Jacksonville 109, Western Kentucky 96

Midwest REGIONALDaniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Houston 71, Dayton 64
	New Mexico State 101, Rice 77

West REGIONALSmith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Long Beach State 92, Weber State 73
	Utah State 91, Texas-El Paso 81

Sweet 16 March 12

East REGIONAL at Columbia, South Carolina
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	St. Bonaventure 80, North Carolina State 68
	Villanova 98, Niagara 73

Mideast REGIONAL at Columbus, Ohio
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Kentucky 109,	Notre Dame 99
	Jacksonville 104,	Iowa 103

Midwest REGIONAL at Lawrence, Kansas
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Drake 92, Houston 87
	New Mexico State 70, Kansas State 66

West REGIONAL at Seattle, Washington
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	UCLA 88, Long Beach State 65
	Utah State 69, Santa Clara 68

Elite 8March 14

Regional Third Place
East: N.C. State 108, Niagara 88
Mideast: Iowa 121, Notre Dame 106

Midwest: Kansas State 107, Houston 98
West: Santa Clara 89, Long Beach State 86

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	St. Bonaventure 97, Villanova 74

Mideast REGIONAL at
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Jacksonville 106, Kentucky 100

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	New Mexico State 87, Drake 78

West REGIONAL at
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	UCLA 101, Utah State 79

Final 4

at College Park, MD March 19

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Jacksonville	St. Bonaventure	91-83
	UCLA	New Mexico State	93-77

National Third Place aq

New Mexico State 79, St. Bonaventure 73

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at College Park, MD

March 21


Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	UCLA	Jacksonville	80-69

NCAA Results

UCLA leaders: Sidney Wicks, Jr., F; John Vallely, Sr., G; Henry Bibby, So., G; Curtis Rowe, Jr. F; Steve Patterson, Jr., C.

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	Kentucky	26-2	Lost NCAA regionals
2.	UCLA	28-2	NCAA 1st Place
3	St. Bonaventure	25-3	Lost NCAA regionals
4.	Jacksonville	27-2	NCAA 2nd Place
5.	New Mexico St.	27-3	NCAA 3rd Place
6.	South Carolina	25-3	Lost ACC Tournament
7.	Iowa	20-5	Lost NCAA regionals
8.	Marquette	26-3	NIT 1st Place
9.	Notre Dame	21-8	Lost NCAA regionals
10.	No. Carol. St.	23-7	Lost NCAA regionals

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F-C	Dan Issel	Sr.	Kentucky
C	Bob Lanier	Sr.	St. Bonaventure
G	Pete Maravich	Sr.	LSU
G	Rick Mount	Sr.	Purdue
G	Calvin Murphy	Sr.	Niagara

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Cl.	Pos	Team
Curtis Rowe	Jr.	F	UCLA
Sidney Wicks	Jr	F	UCLA
Artis Gilmore	Jr.	C	Jacksonville
John Vallely	Sr.	G	UCLA
Jimmy Collins	Sr.	G	New Mexico State

Team Offense

Jacksonville, 100.3

Notes

NIT 1st Place: Marquette def. St. John’s, 65-53
Pete Maravich finished his college career with 3,667 points and a 44.2 per game average, both records. His season high was 69 vs. Alabama. Rick Mount’s season high was 61, and Notre Dame’s Austin Carr hit for 61 vs. Ohio in an NCAA tournament game.

Team Defense

Army, 54.1

Individual Scoring

1. Pete Maravich	LSU	44.5
2. Austin Carr	Notre Dame	38.1
3. Rick Mount	Purdue	35.4
4. Dan Issel	Kentucky	33.9
5. Willie Humes	Idaho State	30.5
6. Rich Yunkus	Georgia Tech	30.1

Individual Rebounding

1. Artis Gilmore	Jacksonville	22.2
2. Julius Erving	Massachusetts	20.9
3. Pete Cross	San Francisco	18.0