1972 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

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1972 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
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Tournament details
DatesDecember 1972
Teams8
Final positions
Champions UCLA (3rd title)
Runner-up UC Irvine
Third place San José State
Fourth place USC
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored331 (25.46 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Jim Kruse, UCI (31)
Best player Eric Lindroth, UCLA
  1971
1973  

The 1972 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the fourth annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Armond H. Seidler Natatorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico during December 1972. [1]

Contents

UCLA defeated UC Irvine in the final, 10–5, to win their third, and second consecutive, national title.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Jim Kruse from UC Irvine (31 goals). The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Eric Lindroth from UCLA. Additionally, an All-Tournament Team was named for the first time this year.

Qualification

Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.

TeamAppearancePrevious
Loyola–Chicago 1stNever
New Mexico 2nd 1971
San José State 3rd 1971
UC Irvine 4th 1971
UC Santa Barbara 3rd 1970
USC 3rd 1970
UCLA 4th 1971
Yale 2nd 1969

Bracket

Championship Bracket

First roundChampionship semifinalsChampionship
         
UCLA21
Yale 3
UCLA15
UC Irvine 10
UC Irvine (2OT) 16
UC Santa Barbara 12
UCLA10
San José State 5
USC17
New Mexico 7
USC 14 Second place
San José State (2OT) 19
San José State21San José State 12
Loyola–Chicago 6 UC Irvine14

Consolation Bracket

Consolation first roundConsolation semifinalsConsolation final
         
UC Irvine23
New Mexico 9
New Mexico17
Loyola–Chicago 12
UC Irvine12
USC 8
USC15
UC Santa Barbara 10
Yale 2
UC Santa Barbara21

All-tournament teams

First team

Second team

See also

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References

  1. "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 23, 2015.