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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.
The game was played on March 21, 1970, at the Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland and featured the three-time defending national champion UCLA Bruins of the Pacific-8 Conference, and the independent Jacksonville Dolphins. The Bruins defeated the Dolphins to win their fourth straight national championship.
In the Final Four at Louisville, Kentucky, UCLA had a two-point lead at halftime over #11 Drake and won 85–82 to advance to the championship game against sixth-ranked Purdue. Wooden graduated from Purdue in 1932, after earning All-American honors as a guard on the school's basketball team that he captained during his junior and senior years.
The championship game saw UCLA win their eleventh national championship and first (and only) national title under Jim Harrick by defeating Arkansas 89–78, foiling the Razorbacks' hopes of back to back national titles. UCLA's Ed O'Bannon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
A total of 48 games were played, including a national third-place game. Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 59–54 victory in the final game over UCLA, coached by Larry Brown. Darrell Griffith of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The game was played on March 24, 1980, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #2-seeded Louisville and the West Regional Champion, #8-seeded UCLA. The Cardinals narrowly defeated the Bruins to win their first national championship in program history.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Led by a dominant defense and an efficient passing game, the No. 2 Oregon football team defeated Purdue on the road Friday night, 35-0.
The 1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1964-65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 20, 1965, at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon.