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    1975 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

 It began on March 15, 1975, and ended with the championship game on March 31 at the San Diego Sports Arena, now known as Pechanga Arena San Diego, in San Diego, California. A total of 36 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game. This was the first 32-team tournament.

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Round of 32 March 15,

East  REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Syracuse 87, La Salle 83 (OT)        
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina North Carolina 93, New Mexico State 69        
  Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina   Boston College 82, Furman 76        
  The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   Kansas State 69, Penn 62        

Mideast  REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Memorial Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Central Michigan 77, Georgetown 75    
Memorial Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Kentucky 76, Marquette 54    
  Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky   Indiana 78, Texas-El Paso 53        
  Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky   Oregon St. 78, M. Ten. St. 67        

 Midwest  REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma   Cincinnati 87, Texas A&M 79        
Mabee Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma Louisville 91, Rutgers 78        
  Lubbock Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock, Texas   Maryland 83, Creighton 79        
  Lubbock Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock, Texas   Notre Dame 77, Kansas 71        

West REGIONAL
Favorite Site Team Team

 Score

Star Efforts
ASU Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona Arizona State 97, Alabama 94    
  ASU Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona   UNLV 90, San Diego State 80    
  WSU Performing Arts Coliseum, Pullman, Washington   UCLA 103, Michigan 91 (OT)        
  WSU Performing Arts Coliseum, Pullman, Washington   Montana 69, Utah State 63        

Sweet 16

 East REGIONAL at Providence Civic CenterMarch 20

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Syracuse 78, North Carolina 76        
Kansas State 74, Boston College 65        

  Mideast REGIONAL at  Dayton Arena
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Kentucky 90, Central Michigan 73
       
Indiana 81, Oregon State 71        

 Midwest  REGIONAL at   Pan American Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Louisville 78, Cincinnati 63
       
    Maryland 83, Notre Dame 71        

 West  REGIONAL at   Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Arizona State 84, UNLV 81
       
    UCLA 67, Montana 64        

 

 

Elite 8March  22

Regional Third Place
East: North Carolina 110, Boston College 90
Mideast: Central Michigan 88, Oregon State 87
Midwest: Cincinnati 95, Notre Dame 87 (OT)
West: UNLV 75, Montana 67

 East  REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Syracuse 95, Kansas State 87 (OT)


   

 

  

  Mideast REGIONAL at
Favorite Team Team

Score

 Star Efforts

Kentucky 92, Indiana 90

   

 

  

 Midwest REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
    Louisville 96, Maryland 82    

 West REGIONAL at  
Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
    UCLA 89, Arizona State 75    

 

  

 

Final 4

at San Diego,CAMarch 29 and 31

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts

Kentucky 95, Syracuse 79

   

 

  
    UCLA 75, Louisville 74 (OT)    

 

  

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at San Diego,CA

National Third Place
Louisville 96, Syracuse 88 (OT)


 
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
UCLA 92, Kentucky 85        

 

NCAA Results




UCLA leaders: Dave Myers, Sr., F; Richard Washington, So., C-F; Marques Johnson, So., F; Pete Trgovich, Sr., G; Ralph Drollinger, Jr.
Top 10 Teams
Rank Team W-L Post-Season Result
1. UCLA 28-3 NCAA 1st Place
2. Kentucky 26-5 NCAA 2nd Place
3 Indiana 32-1 Lost NCAA regionals
4. Louisville 28-3 NCAA 3rd Place
5. Maryland 25-6 Lost NCAA regionals
6. Syracuse 23-9 NCAA 4th Place
7. N.C. State 22-6 Lost in ACC Tournament
8. Arizona State 25-4 Lost NCAA regionals
9. North Carolina 23-8 Lost NCAA regionals
10. Alabama 22-5 Lost NCAA regionals
All-America Team
Pos Name Cl. School
F Adrian Dantley So. Notre Dame
F Scott May Jr. Indiana
F Dave Meyers Sr. UCLA
F David Thompson Sr. No. Carolina State
G John Lucas Jr. Maryland


All NCAA Tournament Team
Name Cl. Pos Team
Kevin Grevey Sr. F Kentucky
David Meyers Sr. F UCLA
Allen Murphy Sr. F Louisville
Richard Washington So. C-F UCLA
Jim Lee Sr. G Syracuse
Team Offense

South Alabama, 92.8
Notes
  • NIT 1st Place: Princeton (22-8) def. Providence 80-69 for the only major tournament ever won by an Ivy League school.
  • UCLA coach John Wooden retired after 29 years of coaching, leaving with a 664-162 record. In the last 12 seasons, his record was 335-22, and 12 appearances in the Final Four resulted in a 21-3 record.
  • A record 10 schools were on NCAA probation this year.
Team Defense

Texas-El Paso, 57.3
Individual Scoring
1. Bob McCurdy Richmond 32.9
2. Adrian Dantley Notre Dame 30.4
3. David Thompson N.C. State 29.9
4. Luther "Ticky" Burden Utah 28.7
5. Hercle “Poison” Ivy Iowa State 28.3
Individual Rebounding
1. Robert Parish Centenary 15.4
2. John Irving Hofstra 15.4
3. Bob Warner Maine 14.1

 

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