1961 NCAA University Division basketball championship game

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1961 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City Missouri.jpg
The Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted the championship game.
Ohio State Buckeyes Cincinnati Bearcats
Big Ten MVC
(27-0)(27-3)
6570
Head coach:
Fred Taylor
Head coach:
Ed Jucker
1st half2nd halfOTTotal
Ohio State Buckeyes 3922465
Cincinnati Bearcats 3823970
DateMarch 25, 1961 [1]
Venue Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
MVP Jerry Lucas, Ohio State [2]
  1960
1962  

The 1961 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1961 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1960-61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 25, 1961, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. It featured the top-ranked and defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, and the second-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats of the Missouri Valley Conference in an all-Ohio matchup.

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The Bearcats upset the defending national champion Buckeyes to win their first national championship in program history. This marked the first of what is currently three consecutive losses in the national championship for Ohio State, as the Buckeyes would lose in the championship game again the next year in 1962, and in 2007.

Participating teams

Ohio State Buckeyes

Cincinnati Bearcats

Game summary

Source: [3]

March 25, 1961
#2 Cincinnati Bearcats 70, #1 Ohio State Buckeyes 65 (OT)
Scoring by half: 38-39, 23-22  Overtime:9-4
Pts: Bob Wiesenhahn 17
Rebs: Bob Wiesenhahn 9
Pts: Jerry Lucas 27
Rebs: Jerry Lucas 12

References

  1. "Ohio State vs. Cincinnati Box Score (Men), March 25, 1961". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. "Ohio State vs. Cincinnati Box Score, March 25, 1961 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".