1974 NCAA Tournament

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1974 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

The tournament began on March 9, 1974, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

First Round March 9

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Alumni Hall, Jamaica, New York	Providence 84, Penn 69
	WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia	Pittsburgh 54, St. Joseph's 42
	The Palestra, Philadelphia,	Furman 75, South Carolina 67

Mideast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	Hulman Center, Terre Haute, Indiana	Notre Dame 108, Austin Peay 66
	Hulman Center, Terre Haute, Indiana	Marquette 85, Ohio University 59

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	ASISU Minidome, Pocatello, Idaho	New Mexico 73, Idaho State 65
	ASISU Minidome, Pocatello, Idaho	Dayton 88, Los Angeles State 80

Sweet 16 March 14 and 16

East REGIONAL at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh
Favorite		Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	,	North Carolina State 92, Providence 78
	,	Pittsburgh 81, Furman 78

Mideast REGIONALMemorial Coliseum, Tuscaloosa
Favorite		Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	,	Michigan 77, Notre Dame 68
	,	Marquette 69, Vanderbilt 61

Midwest REGIONAL at Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Favorite		Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Oral Roberts 96, Louisville 93
	,	Kansas 55, Creighton 54

West REGIONAL at McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona
Favorite		Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		San Francisco 64, New Mexico 61
	,	UCLA 111, Dayton 100 (3OT)

Regional Third Place
East: Providence 95, Furman 83

Mideast: Notre Dame 118, Vanderbilt 88

Midwest: Creighton 80, Louisville 71
West: New Mexico 66, Dayton 61

at Greensboro, NCMarch 23 and 25

at Greensboro, NC

National Third Place
UCLA 78, Kansas 61


Favorite	Team	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	North Carolina State 76, Marquette 64

North Carolina State leaders: David Thompson, Jr., F; Tom Burleson, Sr., C; Monte Towe, Jr., G; Moe Rivers, Jr., G; Phil Spence, So, F

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	No. Carol. St.	30-1	NCAA 1st Place
2.	UCLA	26-4	NCAA 3rd Place
3	Marquette	26-5	NCAA 2nd Place
4.	Maryland	23-5	Lost in ACC final
5.	Notre Dame	26-3	Lost NCAA regionals
6.	Michigan	22-5	Lost NCAA regionals
7.	Kansas	23-7	NCAA 4th Place
8.	Providence	28-4	Lost NCAA regionals
9.	Indiana	23-5	Lost Big 10 playoff
10.	Long Beach St.	24-2	Probation

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F	David Thompson	Sr.	No. Carolina State
F	Keith Wilkes	Sr.	UCLA
C-F	John Shumate	So.	Notre Dame
C	Marvin Barnes	Sr.	Providence
C	Bill Walton	Sr.	UCLA

Maryland-Eastern Shore, 97.6

NIT 1st Place: Purdue def. Utah.
On Jan. 19, 1974, Notre Dame broke UCLA’s 88-game win streak, 71-70, at South Bend. Oregon State also broke the Bruins’ 50-game Pac-8 Conference win streak this season.
In the lowest scoring game since 1938, Tennessee defeated Temple, 11-6.

Texas-El Paso, 56.6