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Men's collegiate basketball season
The 1968–69 NCAA (The National Collegiate Athletic Association ) University Division men's basketball season began in December 1968, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 22, 1969, at Freedom Hall in Louisville , Kentucky . The UCLA Bruins won their fifth NCAA national championship with a 92–72 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers .
The Associated Press (AP) Poll returned to a Top 20 format, expanding from the Top 10 format it used from the 1961–62 season through the 1967–68 season . It previously had used a Top 20 format from its inception in the 1948–49 season through the 1960–61 season .[ 3]
On December 7, 1968, Calvin Murphy of Niagara scored 68 points in a game against Syracuse , setting the record for points scored by a single player against an NCAA University Division (later NCAA Division I ) opponent. His record stood until February 1970, when Pete Maravich of LSU scored 69 points in a game against Alabama .[ 4] [ 5]
The NCAA tournament expanded from 23 to 25 teams.
UCLA won its third NCAA championship in a row, fifth overall, and fifth in six seasons. In the Pacific 8 Conference , it also won its third of what ultimately would be 13 consecutive conference titles.
The Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), informally known as the "Pacific 8," formally renamed itself the Pacific 8 Conference. It became the Pacific 10 Conference in 1978 and the Pac-12 Conference in 2011.
The Southland Conference, founded in 1963, began NCAA University Division -level play.
The NCAA tournament's Final Four games were played on Thursday and Saturday for the first time.[ 6]
Lew Alcindor of UCLA became the first three-time NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player . He previously had been the tournament's Most Outstanding Player in 1967 and 1968 .[ 6]
The Metropolitan Collegiate Conference was dissolved at the end of the season.
The Top 20 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[ 7] [ 8]
Conference membership changes [ edit ]
Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ]
Conference
Regular season winner[ 9]
Conference player of the year
Conference tournament
Tournament venue (City)
Tournament winner
Atlantic Coast Conference
North Carolina
John Roche ,South Carolina [ 10]
1969 ACC men's basketball tournament
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina )
North Carolina
Big Eight Conference
Colorado
Cliff Meely , Colorado [ 11]
No Tournament
Big Sky Conference
Weber State
None selected
No Tournament
Big Ten Conference
Purdue
None selected
No Tournament
Ivy League
Princeton
None selected
No Tournament
Metropolitan Collegiate Conference
Manhattan & St. Peter's
No Tournament
Mid-American Conference
Ohio
Steve Mix , Toledo [ 12]
No Tournament
Middle Atlantic Conference
Temple
No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference
Drake & Louisville
Bingo Smith , Tulsa
No Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference
Morehead State & Murray State
Claude Virden , Murray State
No Tournament
Pacific 8 Conference
UCLA
None selected
No Tournament
Southeastern Conference
Kentucky
Pete Maravich , LSU [ 13]
No Tournament
Southern Conference
Davidson
Mike Maloy , Davidson [ 14]
1969 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina )
Davidson [ 15]
Southland Conference
Trinity
Larry Jeffries , Trinity [ 16]
No Tournament
Southwest Conference
Texas A&M
Ronnie Peret , Texas A&M & Greg Williams , Rice
No Tournament
West Coast Athletic Conference
Santa Clara
Dennis Awtrey , Santa Clara
No Tournament
Western Athletic Conference
BYU , New Mexico , & Wyoming
None selected
No Tournament
Yankee Conference
Massachusetts
None selected
No Tournament
Conference standings [ edit ]
1968–69 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Weber State
15
–
0
1.000
27
–
3
.900
Montana State
11
–
4
.733
17
–
8
.680
Gonzaga
6
–
9
.400
11
–
15
.423
Idaho
6
–
9
.400
11
–
15
.423
Montana
4
–
11
.267
9
–
17
.346
Idaho State
3
–
12
.200
8
–
18
.308
1968–69 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Princeton
14
–
0
1.000
19
–
7
.731
Columbia
11
–
3
.786
20
–
4
.833
Penn
10
–
4
.714
15
–
10
.600
Cornell
7
–
7
.500
12
–
13
.480
Yale
6
–
8
.429
9
–
16
.360
Dartmouth
4
–
10
.286
10
–
15
.400
Harvard
3
–
11
.214
7
–
18
.280
Brown
1
–
13
.071
3
–
23
.115
Rankings from AP Poll [ 19]
1968–69 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 1 UCLA
13
–
1
.929
29
–
1
.967
Washington State
11
–
3
.786
18
–
8
.692
USC
8
–
6
.571
15
–
11
.577
Washington
6
–
8
.429
13
–
13
.500
Oregon
5
–
9
.357
13
–
13
.500
Oregon State
5
–
9
.357
12
–
14
.462
California
4
–
10
.286
12
–
13
.480
Stanford
4
–
10
.286
8
–
17
.320
As of April 15, 1969[ 21] Rankings from AP Poll
1968–69 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Texas A&M
12
–
2
.857
18
–
9
.667
Baylor
10
–
4
.714
18
–
6
.750
SMU
8
–
6
.571
12
–
12
.500
Texas Tech
6
–
8
.429
11
–
13
.458
Rice
6
–
8
.429
10
–
14
.417
Texas
5
–
9
.357
9
–
15
.375
TCU
5
–
9
.357
12
–
12
.500
Arkansas
4
–
10
.286
10
–
14
.417
Rankings from AP Poll
1968–69 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Wyoming
6
–
4
.600
19
–
9
.679
BYU
6
–
4
.600
16
–
12
.571
Arizona
5
–
5
.500
17
–
10
.630
Utah
5
–
5
.500
13
–
13
.500
New Mexico
4
–
6
.400
17
–
9
.654
Arizona State
4
–
6
.400
11
–
15
.423
Rankings from AP Poll [ 24]
University Division independents [ edit ]
A total of 56 college teams played as University Division independents . Among them, Boston College (24–4) had the best winning percentage (.857). Boston College, Marquette (24–5), and New Mexico State (24–5) finished with the most wins.[ 25]
La Salle finished with a 4–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders [ edit ]
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Post-season tournaments [ edit ]
National semifinals
National finals
E
North Carolina
65
ME
Purdue
92
ME
Purdue
72
W
UCLA
92
MW
Drake
82
W
UCLA
85
Third place
E
North Carolina
84
MW
Drake
104
National Invitation tournament [ edit ]
Semifinals & finals[ edit ]
Consensus All-American teams [ edit ]
Major player of the year awards [ edit ]
Major coach of the year awards [ edit ]
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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