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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 4044:1967–68 NCAA University Division championships 4308:March 1968 sports events in the United States 4166: 4029: 3343: 2933: 3248:Dartmouth and Harvard (1946–2012, 66 years). 2862: 27:Edition of USA college basketball tournament 4288:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 3360:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 4173: 4159: 4036: 4022: 3350: 3336: 383:was a re-match of the college basketball 128:Learn how and when to remove this message 1379: 3299: 14: 4280: 375:The NCAA semi-final match between the 4154: 4017: 3331: 3265: 3188: 3168: 3126: 3106: 3053: 3033: 2991: 2971: 2837: 2791: 2749: 2660: 2614: 2585: 2579: 2573: 2569: 2538: 2513: 2507: 2499: 2472: 2466: 2351: 2301: 2276: 2270: 2264: 2260: 2229: 2204: 2198: 2190: 2163: 2157: 2042: 1996: 1967: 1961: 1955: 1951: 1924: 1882: 1836: 1830: 1715: 1669: 1627: 1621: 1579: 1537: 1491: 1485: 3073: 2938: 66:adding citations to reliable sources 37: 3220:1968 National Invitation Tournament 364:, along with dead eye pure shooter 352:of UCLA was named the tournament's 24: 3274:. 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1968 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

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Los Angeles, California
UCLA Bruins
North Carolina Tar Heels
Houston Cougars
Ohio State Buckeyes
John Wooden
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Elvin Hayes
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
1967
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