The 1969 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the
1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
The 1969 NCAA University Division men's basketball tournament involved 25 schools playing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1969, and ended with the championship game on March ...
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
Predicted and scheduled events
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Participating teams
UCLA Bruins
*West
** UCLA 53, New Mexico State 38
** UCLA 90, Santa Clara 53
* Final Four
** UCLA 85, Drake 82
Purdue Boilermakers
*Mideast
**Purdue 91, Miami (OH) 71
**Purdue 75, Marquette 73 (OT)
*Final Four
**Purdue 92, North Carolina 65
Game summary
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References
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