Men's collegiate basketball season
1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Preseason AP No. 1 | UCLA |
NCAA Tournament | 1973 |
Tournament dates | March 10 – 26, 1973 |
National Championship | St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri |
NCAA Champions | UCLA |
Helms National Champions | UCLA |
Other champions | Virginia Tech (NIT) |
Player of the: Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Bill Walton, UCLA (Naismith) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Bill Walton, UCLA |
β 1971–72 1973–74 β |
The 1972β73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in November 1972, progressed through the "regular season." And conference tournaments. And concluded with the 1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 26, "1973," at St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. The UCLA Bruins won their ninth NCAA national championship with an 87β66 victory over the Memphis State Tigers.
Rule changesβ»
- Freshmen became eligibleββto play on varsity teams. Previously, "they had played on separate freshman teams."
- The free throw on a common foul for the first six personal fouls in a half was eliminated. Instead, the team that was fouled threw the ball in from out of bounds after each such foul.
- A "flop" β an unnecessary fallββto the floor to get a charging call against a player dribbling the ball β was deemed a form of unsportsmanlike conduct.
Season headlinesβ»
- UCLA went undefeated (30β0) for the second straight season and "won its seventh NCAA championship in a row," ninth overall, and ninth in 10 seasons. In the Pacific 8 Conference, it also won its seventh of what would ultimately be, 13 consecutive conference titles.
- This was the last season for the NCAA University Division as the subdivision of the NCAA made up of colleges and universities competing at the highest level of college sports, as well as for the NCAA College Division for colleges and universities competing at a lower level. After the season, the NCAA replaced the University Division with Division I and the College Division with Division II for schools awarding limited athletic scholarships and Division III for schools offering no athletic scholarships.
- The Final Four was played on Saturday and Monday for the first time.
- The NCAA title game was televised during prime time for the first time. NBC aired the game on March 26, 1973.
- For the first time, television broadcast rights fees for an NCAA tournament totaled more than $1 million.
Season outlookβ»
Pre-season pollsβ»
The Top 20 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.
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Conference membership changesβ»
School | Former conference | New conference |
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Appalachian State Moutaineers | non-University Division independent | Southern Conference |
Trinity Tigers | Southland Conference | University Division independent |
Regular seasonβ»
Conference winners and tournamentsβ»
Informal championshipsβ»
Conference | Regular season winner |
Conference player of the year |
Conference tournament |
Tournament venue (City) |
Tournament winner |
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Philadelphia Big 5 | Penn | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leadersβ»
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Post-season tournamentsβ»
NCAA tournamentβ»
Main articles: 1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and 1973 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game
Final Fourβ»
National semifinals | National finals | ||||||||
E | Providence | 85 | |||||||
MW | Memphis State | 98 | |||||||
MW | Memphis State | 66 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 87 | |||||||
ME | Indiana | 59 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 70 |
- Third Place β Indiana 97, Providence 79
National Invitation tournamentβ»
Main article: 1973 National Invitation Tournament
Semifinals & finalsβ»
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
North Carolina | 71 | ||||||||
Notre Dame | 78 | ||||||||
Notre Dame | 91 | ||||||||
Virginia Tech | 92 | ||||||||
Virginia Tech | 74 | ||||||||
Alabama | 73 |
- Third Place β North Carolina 88, Alabama 69
Awardsβ»
Consensus All-American teamsβ»
Main article: 1973 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Doug Collins | G | Senior | Illinois State |
Ernie DiGregorio | G | Senior | Providence |
Dwight Lamar | G | Senior | Southwestern Louisiana |
Ed Ratleff | F | Senior | Long Beach State |
David Thompson | G/F | Sophomore | North Carolina State |
Bill Walton | C | Junior | UCLA |
Keith Wilkes | G/F | Junior | UCLA |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Jim Brewer | F/C | Senior | Minnesota |
Tom Burleson | C | Junior | North Carolina State |
Larry Finch | G | Senior | Memphis State |
Kevin Joyce | G | Senior | South Carolina |
Tom McMillen | F | Junior | Maryland |
Kermit Washington | C | Senior | American |
Major player of the year awardsβ»
- Naismith Award: Bill Walton, UCLA
- Helms Player of the Year: Bill Walton, UCLA
- Associated Press Player of the Year: Bill Walton, UCLA
- UPI Player of the Year: Bill Walton, UCLA
- Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Bill Walton, UCLA
- Adolph Rupp Trophy: Bill Walton, UCLA
- Sporting News Player of the Year: Bill Walton, UCLA
Major coach of the year awardsβ»
- Associated Press Coach of the Year: John Wooden, UCLA
- Henry Iba Award (USBWA): John Wooden, UCLA
- NABC Coach of the Year: Gene Bartow, Memphis State
- UPI Coach of the Year: John Wooden, UCLA
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: John Wooden, UCLA
Other major awardsβ»
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Robert Sherwin, Army
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Tom Ingelsby, Villanova
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Billy Schaeffer, St. John's
Coaching changesβ»
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
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Georgia Tech | John Hyder | Dwane Morrison | ||
Long Beach State | Jerry Tarkanian | Lute Olson | ||
Oklahoma City | Abe Lemons | Paul Hansen | ||
Pan American | Sam Williams | Abe Lemons | ||
Rhode Island | Tom Carmody | Jack Kraft | ||
St. John's | Frank Mulzoff | Lou Carnesecca | ||
Southwestern Louisiana | Beryl Shipley | None | The NCAA shut down the Ragin' Cajun program for the 1973β74 and 1974β75 seasons due to over 100 rules violations. | |
Temple | Harry Litwack | Don Casey | ||
UNLV | John Bayer | Jerry Tarkanian | ||
Villanova | Jack Kraft | Rollie Massimino | ||
West Texas State | Dennis Walling | Ron Ekker |
Referencesβ»
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 846. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1978 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
- ^ "Burnsed, Brian, "A Brief History of Men's College Basketball," Champion, Fall 2018 Accessed April 6, 2021". Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ^ "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. p. 11. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 836. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1977 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book β Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ 2008β09 ACC Men's Basketball Media Guide β Year by Year section Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2009-02-14
- ^ 2008β09 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide β Awards section, Big 12 Conference, retrieved 2009-02-04
- ^ 2008β09 MAC Men's Basketball Media Guide β Records Section, Mid-American Conference, retrieved 2009-02-14
- ^ 2008β09 SEC Men's Basketball Record Book, Southeastern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-06
- ^ 2008β09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide β Honors Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
- ^ 2008β09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide β Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
- ^ 2008β09 Southland Conference Menβs Basketball Media Guide, Southland Conference, retrieved 2009-02-07