1969 NCAA University Division basketball championship game

none March 2026 1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament August 2023 1969 NCAA Tournament Championship Game ncg Freedom Hall 2024.jpg Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted the championship game. March 22, 1969https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1969-03-22-purdue.html UCLA vs. Purdue Box Score (Men), March 22, 1969 Sports-Reference.com February 16, 2024 1968-69 University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Bruins 28-1 Pac-8 1 1 John Wooden 42 50 Purdue University Purdue Boilermakers 23-4 Big Ten 6 7 George King 31 41 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 18,669Prugh Jeff A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR LEW, BRUINS Los Angeles Times 23 March 1969 156132169 Lew Alcindor, UCLAhttp://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer Final Four Most Outstanding Players cbs.sportsline.com February 16, 2024 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123518/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer 7 September 2008 NBC Curt Gowdy and Jim Simpson 1968 1970 The 1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1968-69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 22, 1969, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. It featured the two-time defending national champion UCLA Bruins of the Pacific-8 Conference, and the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference. The Bruins blew out the Boilermakers to win their third of seven consecutive national championships, becoming the first (and to date, only) team to ever three-peat as national champions. This was Purdue's last appearance in the championship game until 2024. Participating teams UCLA Bruins 1968-69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team West UCLA 53, New Mexico State 38 UCLA 90, Santa Clara 53 Final Four UCLA 85, Drake 82 Purdue Boilermakers 1968-69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team Mideast Purdue 91, Miami (OH) 71 Purdue 75, Marquette 73 (OT) Final Four Purdue 92, North Carolina 65 Game summary Source:https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1969-03-22-purdue.html UCLA vs. Purdue Box Score, March 22, 1969 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com #eee March 22, 1969 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky 18,669 #1 UCLA Bruins 92 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 37 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 Kenny Heitz 4 #6 Purdue Boilermakers 72 Rick Mount 28 Herm Gilliam 11 Herm Gilliam, Bill Keller 3 42-31 50-41 NBC References NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game Category:Basketball competitions in Louisville, Kentucky Category:College sports tournaments in Kentucky NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game Category:Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball Category:1969 in Louisville, Kentucky