1973 NCAA University Division basketball championship game
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The 1973 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and determined the national champion for the 1972–73 season. The game was held at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 26, 1973.
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Date | March 26, 1973 | ||||||||||||
Venue | St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||||||
Referees | Jim Howell, Joe Shosid[1] | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 19,301 | ||||||||||||
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Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Curt Gowdy and Tom Hawkins | ||||||||||||
The UCLA Bruins of the Pacific-8 Conference, who were seeking their seventh consecutive championship, were matched against the Memphis State Tigers (now known as the Memphis Tigers),[lower-alpha 1] who were playing in the national title game for the first time. The Bruins won 87–66 behind a 44-point effort by Bill Walton, who scored on 21 of his 22 field goal attempts.