See also: 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament.
1968 NCAA Tournament Championship Game | |
Type: | ncg |
Date: | March 23, 1968 |
Year: | 1967–68 |
Visitor School: | University of North Carolina |
Visitor Name Short: | North Carolina |
Visitor Nickname: | Tar Heels |
Visitor Record: | 28-3 |
Visitor Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Ap: | 4 |
Visitor Coaches: | 4 |
Visitor Coach: | Dean Smith |
Visitor Per1: | 22 |
Visitor Per2: | 33 |
Home School: | University of California, Los Angeles |
Home Name Short: | UCLA |
Home Nickname: | Bruins |
Home Record: | 28-1 |
Home Conference: | Pac-8 |
Home Ap: | 2 |
Home Coaches: | 2 |
Home Coach: | John Wooden |
Home Per1: | 32 |
Home Per2: | 46 |
Arena: | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
City: | Los Angeles, California |
Us Network: | Sports Network Incorporated |
Referee: | Charles Fouty & Steve Honzo[1] |
Mvp: | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA[2] |
Previous: | 1967 |
Next: | 1969 |
The 1968 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game took place on March 23, 1968, between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the defending national champion UCLA Bruins at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles. The matchup was the final one of the thirtieth edition of the single-elimination tournament now known as the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament – organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It was used to crown a national champion for men's basketball in the NCAA's University Division, the predecessor to what has been known since 1973 as NCAA Division I.
The Bruins handily defeated the Tar Heels to win their second of seven consecutive national championships.