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Preseason AP No. 1 | UCLA[1][2] |
NCAA Tournament | 1973 |
Tournament dates | March 10 – 26, 1973 |
National Championship | St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri |
NCAA Champions | UCLA |
Helms National Champions | UCLA |
Other champions | Virginia Tech (NIT) |
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Bill Walton, UCLA (Naismith) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Bill Walton, UCLA |
← 1971–72 1973–74 → |
The 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in November 1972, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 26, 1973, at St. Louis ArenainSt. Louis, Missouri. The UCLA Bruins won their ninth NCAA national championship with an 87–66 victory over the Memphis State Tigers.
The Top 20 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[5][6]
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School | Former conference | New conference |
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Appalachian State Moutaineers | non-University Division independent | Southern Conference |
Trinity Tigers | Southland Conference | University Division independent |
Conference | Regular season winner |
Conference player of the year |
Conference tournament |
Tournament venue (City) |
Tournament winner |
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Philadelphia Big 5 | Penn | None selected | No Tournament |
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National semifinals | National finals | ||||||||
E | Providence | 85 | |||||||
MW | Memphis State | 98 | |||||||
MW | Memphis State | 66 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 87 | |||||||
ME | Indiana | 59 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 70 |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
North Carolina | 71 | ||||||||
Notre Dame | 78 | ||||||||
Notre Dame | 91 | ||||||||
Virginia Tech | 92 | ||||||||
Virginia Tech | 74 | ||||||||
Alabama | 73 |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Doug Collins | G | Senior | Illinois State |
Ernie DiGregorio | G | Senior | Providence |
Dwight Lamar | G | Senior | Southwestern Louisiana |
Ed Ratleff | F | Senior | Long Beach State |
David Thompson | G/F | Sophomore | North Carolina State |
Bill Walton | C | Junior | UCLA |
Keith Wilkes | G/F | Junior | UCLA |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Jim Brewer | F/C | Senior | Minnesota |
Tom Burleson | C | Junior | North Carolina State |
Larry Finch | G | Senior | Memphis State |
Kevin Joyce | G | Senior | South Carolina |
Tom McMillen | F | Junior | Maryland |
Kermit Washington | C | Senior | American |
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
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Georgia Tech | John Hyder | Dwane Morrison | ||
Long Beach State | Jerry Tarkanian | Lute Olson | ||
Oklahoma City | Abe Lemons | Paul Hansen | ||
Pan American | Sam Williams | Abe Lemons | ||
Rhode Island | Tom Carmody | Jack Kraft | ||
St. John's | Frank Mulzoff | Lou Carnesecca | ||
Southwestern Louisiana | Beryl Shipley | None | The NCAA shut down the Ragin' Cajun program for the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons due to over 100 rules violations. | |
Temple | Harry Litwack | Don Casey | ||
UNLV | John Bayer | Jerry Tarkanian | ||
Villanova | Jack Kraft | Rollie Massimino | ||
West Texas State | Dennis Walling | Ron Ekker |
NCAA Division I men's basketball seasons
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