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Four teams - East Tennessee State, Florida State, New Mexico and Weber State - made their tournament debuts. Weber State would return to the tournament for five consecutive seasons; Florida State and New Mexico would not return until 1972 and 1974, respectively; and East Tennessee State would not
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Two teams - Bowling Green and Columbia - made their most recent tournament appearances in this tournament. They are tied for the third longest active drought behind Tennessee Tech (1963) and Dartmouth (1959), and are currently tied for the fourth longest drought all-time, after Tennessee Tech,
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This would be the last year of the 23 team field, as the field would stay at 25 teams for the next six seasons until the expansion of the field to 32 teams in the
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for the second of three consecutive years. This UCLA team, composed of three All-Americans, Player of the Year Alcindor,
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is considered to be one of the greatest teams in college basketball history.
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The 1968 tournament bracket as depicted in NCAA's monthly press newsletter
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1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game
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It began on March 9, 1968, and ended with the 4033:1967–68 NCAA University Division championships 4297:March 1968 sports events in the United States 4155: 4018: 3332: 2922: 3237:Dartmouth and Harvard (1946–2012, 66 years). 2851: 16:Edition of USA college basketball tournament 4277:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 3349:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 4162: 4148: 4025: 4011: 3339: 3325: 372:was a re-match of the college basketball 117:Learn how and when to remove this message 1368: 3288: 4269: 364:The NCAA semi-final match between the 4143: 4006: 3320: 3254: 3177: 3157: 3115: 3095: 3042: 3022: 2980: 2960: 2826: 2780: 2738: 2649: 2603: 2574: 2568: 2562: 2558: 2527: 2502: 2496: 2488: 2461: 2455: 2340: 2290: 2265: 2259: 2253: 2249: 2218: 2193: 2187: 2179: 2152: 2146: 2031: 1985: 1956: 1950: 1944: 1940: 1913: 1871: 1825: 1819: 1704: 1658: 1616: 1610: 1568: 1526: 1480: 1474: 3062: 2927: 55:adding citations to reliable sources 26: 3209:1968 National Invitation Tournament 353:, along with dead eye pure shooter 341:of UCLA was named the tournament's 13: 3263:. Pasadena, California. p. 15 3233:return for 21 seasons, until 1989. 14: 4308: 2052: 1725: 601:Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 268:NCAA Division I men's tournaments 3274: 3128: 3066: 2993: 2931: 2855: 2674: 2365: 2056: 1729: 1384: 31: 3953:Final Four appearances by coach 3255:Esper, Dwain (March 25, 1968). 297:involved 23 schools playing in 42:needs additional citations for 3289:Gasaway, John (June 7, 2010). 3282: 3248: 2361: 1380: 1: 3981:Division I Women's Tournament 3241: 3072:Midwest Regional third place 2999:Mideast Regional third place 2670: 130:1968 NCAA University Division 4287:1968 in sports in California 1377:* – Denotes overtime period 581:University Arena ("The Pit") 399: 7: 3271:– via Newspapers.com. 3197: 2687:National Championship Game 175:(4th title, 4th title game, 10: 4313: 3257:"Bruins Hope Norman Stays" 3134:West Regional third place 2937:East Regional third place 2923:Regional third-place games 2861:National third-place game 1364: 18: 4179: 4101: 4038: 3976: 3921: 3868: 3847: 3806: 3356: 3180: 3167: 3162: 3133: 3118: 3105: 3100: 3071: 3045: 3032: 3027: 2998: 2983: 2970: 2965: 2936: 2913: 2910: 2907: 2897: 2892: 2887: 2884: 2860: 2852:National third-place game 2840: 2835: 2832: 2820: 2817: 2814: 2811: 2805: 2800: 2795: 2792: 2790: 2774: 2771: 2768: 2765: 2763: 2757: 2754: 2751: 2748: 2736: 2731: 2726: 2723: 2686: 2679: 2661: 2658: 2655: 2643: 2638: 2633: 2630: 2624: 2621: 2618: 2615: 2613: 2597: 2592: 2587: 2584: 2582: 2576: 2560: 2552: 2547: 2542: 2539: 2537: 2521: 2518: 2515: 2512: 2510: 2504: 2490: 2482: 2479: 2476: 2473: 2471: 2453: 2448: 2443: 2440: 2438: 2434: 2384: 2377: 2370: 2352: 2349: 2346: 2334: 2329: 2324: 2321: 2315: 2310: 2305: 2302: 2300: 2284: 2281: 2278: 2275: 2273: 2267: 2251: 2243: 2238: 2233: 2230: 2228: 2212: 2209: 2206: 2203: 2201: 2195: 2181: 2173: 2170: 2167: 2164: 2162: 2144: 2139: 2134: 2131: 2129: 2125: 2075: 2068: 2061: 2043: 2040: 2037: 2025: 2020: 2015: 2012: 2006: 2003: 2000: 1997: 1995: 1979: 1974: 1969: 1966: 1964: 1958: 1942: 1934: 1931: 1928: 1925: 1923: 1907: 1902: 1897: 1894: 1892: 1886: 1883: 1880: 1877: 1865: 1860: 1855: 1852: 1846: 1843: 1840: 1837: 1835: 1817: 1812: 1807: 1804: 1802: 1798: 1748: 1741: 1734: 1716: 1713: 1710: 1698: 1693: 1688: 1685: 1679: 1676: 1673: 1670: 1668: 1652: 1647: 1642: 1639: 1637: 1631: 1628: 1625: 1622: 1608: 1603: 1598: 1595: 1589: 1586: 1583: 1580: 1578: 1562: 1557: 1552: 1549: 1547: 1541: 1538: 1535: 1532: 1520: 1515: 1510: 1507: 1501: 1498: 1495: 1492: 1490: 1472: 1467: 1462: 1459: 1457: 1453: 1403: 1396: 1389: 1202: 1046: 859: 643: 591: 508: 423: 384:. UCLA limited Houston's 266: 262: 249: 241: 228: 217: 194: 181: 168: 154: 146: 136: 4039:University Division only 3968:Team appearances by seed 3924:Records & statistics 3219: 613: 392:credited his assistant, 186:North Carolina Tar Heels 4083:Outdoor track and field 3993:Division III Tournament 3948:Final Four participants 3943:Consecutive appearances 3860:Most Outstanding Player 3291:"John Wooden's Century" 596:Los Angeles, California 576:Albuquerque, New Mexico 516:Raleigh, North Carolina 376:held in January at the 343:Most Outstanding Player 317:Los Angeles, California 163:Los Angeles, California 4129:Indoor track and field 3987:Division II Tournament 3848:Champions & awards 1374: 451:Kingston, Rhode Island 431:College Park, Maryland 3901:Cutting down the nets 3295:Basketball Prospectus 3043:East Tennessee State 1841:East Tennessee State 1372: 1226:Regional Fourth Place 1099:Regional Fourth Place 914:Regional Fourth Place 818:Regional Fourth Place 382:Memorial Sports Arena 132:basketball tournament 2680:National Semifinals 1857:East Tennessee State 1255:Regional third place 1130:Regional third place 1007:East Tennessee State 1003:Regional third place 947:East Tennessee State 900:East Tennessee State 696:Regional third place 526:North Carolina State 493:Salt Lake City, Utah 51:improve this article 4292:1968 in Los Angeles 4102:Single championship 4088:Swimming and diving 3906:March Madness pools 3869:Media & culture 1282:West Coast Athletic 536:Lexington, Kentucky 374:Game of the Century 208:Ohio State Buckeyes 133: 3912:One Shining Moment 1375: 1286:Regional Runner-up 1190:Regional Runner-up 974:Regional Runner-up 727:Regional Runner-up 498:Nielsen Fieldhouse 476:Memorial Gymnasium 309:college basketball 299:single-elimination 129: 4264: 4263: 4137: 4136: 4000: 3999: 3855:List of champions 3814:Selection process 3194: 3193: 3187: 3186: 3125: 3124: 3059: 3058: 3052: 3051: 2990: 2989: 2920: 2919: 2849: 2848: 2668: 2667: 2619:New Mexico State 2359: 2358: 2050: 2049: 1723: 1722: 1362: 1361: 905:J. 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Los Angeles, California
UCLA Bruins
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Houston Cougars
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NCAA Division I men's tournaments
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