1969 NCAA University Division basketball championship game

See also: 1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

1969 NCAA Tournament Championship Game

National championship game
Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted the championship game.
UCLA Bruins Purdue Boilermakers Pac-8 Big Ten (28-1) (23-4) 92 72 Head coach: John Wooden Head coach: George King
AP: 1 Coaches: 1 AP: 6 Coaches: 7
1st half 2nd half Total UCLA Bruins 42 50 92 Purdue Boilermakers 31 41 72
Date	March 22, 1969 [1]
Venue	Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
MVP	Lew Alcindor, UCLA [2]
Attendance	18,669 [3]
United States TV coverage
Network	NBC
Announcers	Curt Gowdy and Jim Simpson
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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

See also: 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

See also: 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: ^[4]

NBC

March 22, 1969

#1 UCLA Bruins 92, #6 Purdue Boilermakers 72
Scoring by half:42-31, 50-41
Pts: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 37 Rebs: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 20 Asts: Kenny Heitz 4		Pts: Rick Mount 28 Rebs: Herm Gilliam 11 Asts: Herm Gilliam, Bill Keller 3

Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Attendance: 18,669

References

1. "UCLA vs. Purdue Box Score (Men), March 22, 1969". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
2. "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
3. Prugh, Jeff (March 23, 1969). "A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR LEW, BRUINS". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   156132169.
4. "UCLA vs. Purdue Box Score, March 22, 1969 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".