1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament#West region

The UCLA–Memphis State championship game made USA Today′s 2002 list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time at #18.Mike Douchant – [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/basketball/men/02tourney/greatest-games.htm Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history]. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002 Bill Walton set a championship game record, hitting 21 of 22 shots and scoring 44 points.

This tournament marked the first appearance of Bob Knight as coach of Indiana University.

The participation for this tournament, as well as the previous tournament, for Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) was vacated on August 5, 1973, when the NCAA Committee on Infractions ruled the university guilty of over 100 violations, including impermissible benefits and doctoring high school transcripts of players. USL's program was shut down for the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons, all other Ragin Cajun' athletic programs were placed on three years' probation and banned from postseason participation, and the university was stripped of voting rights at the NCAA convention until 1977 (the NCAA originally planned to expel USL from the organization, but that sanction was downgraded in January 1974).

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1973 tournament:

First round

• March 10
• East Region
• Alumni Hall, Jamaica, New York (Host: St. John's University)
• The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hosts: University of Pennsylvania, Ivy League)
• William & Mary Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia (Host: The College of William & Mary)
• Mideast Region
• University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
• Midwest Region
• Levitt Arena, Wichita, Kansas (Host: Wichita State University)
• West Region
• Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, Logan, Utah (Host: Utah State University)

Regional semifinals, 3rd-place games, and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

• March 15 and 17
• East Regional, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: Davidson College)
• Mideast Regional, Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)
• Midwest Regional, Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, Texas (Hosts: University of Houston, Southwest Conference)
• West Regional, Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (Host: UCLA)

National semifinals, 3rd-place game, and championship (Final Four and championship)

• March 24 and 26
• St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

* – Denotes overtime period

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| RD1-team6=St. John's

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| RD1-team7=Providence

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| RD1-score8=76

| RD2-team1=Maryland

| RD2-score1=91

| RD2-team2=Syracuse

| RD2-score2=75

| RD2-team3=Penn

| RD2-score3=65

| RD2-team4=Providence

| RD2-score4=87

| RD3-team1=Maryland

| RD3-score1=89

| RD3-team2=Providence

| RD3-score2=103

| RD3b=East Regional third place

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| RD3b-team1=Syracuse

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| RD3b-team2=Penn

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| RD1-score4=62

| RD1-team7={{cbb link|1972|sex=none|team=Austin Peay Governors|title=Austin Peay}}

| RD1-score7=77

| RD1-team8={{cbb link|1972|sex=men|team=Jacksonville Dolphins|title=Jacksonville}}

| RD1-score8=75

| RD2-team1=Indiana

| RD2-score1=75

| RD2-team2=Marquette

| RD2-score2=69

| RD2-team3=Kentucky

| RD2-score3=106

| RD2-team4=Austin Peay

| RD2-score4=100*

| RD3-team1=Indiana

| RD3-score1=72

| RD3-team2=Kentucky

| RD3-score2=65

| RD3b=Mideast Regional third place

| RD3b-team1=Marquette

| RD3b-score1=88

| RD3b-team2=Austin Peay

| RD3b-score2=73

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| RD1-team4=Texas Tech

| RD1-score4=70

| RD1-team7={{nowrap|{{cbb link|1972|sex=men|team=Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs|title=Southwestern Louisiana}}}}

| RD1-score7=102

| RD1-team8=Houston

| RD1-score8=89

| RD2-team1=Memphis State

| RD2-score1=90

| RD2-team2=South Carolina

| RD2-score2=76

| RD2-team3={{cbb link|1972|sex=men|team=Kansas State Wildcats|title=Kansas State}}

| RD2-score3=66

| RD2-team4=Southwestern Louisiana

| RD2-score4=63

| RD3-team1=Memphis State

| RD3-score1=92

| RD3-team2=Kansas State

| RD3-score2=72

| RD3b=Midwest Regional third place

| RD3b-team1=South Carolina

| RD3b-score1=90

| RD3b-team2=Southwestern Louisiana

| RD3b-score2=85

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| RD1-team4={{cbb link|1972|sex=men|team=Oklahoma City Chiefs|title=Oklahoma City}}

| RD1-score4=78

| RD1-team7={{cbb link|1972|sex=men|team=Long Beach State 49ers|title=Long Beach State}}

| RD1-score7=88

| RD1-team8=Weber State

| RD1-score8=75

| RD2-team1=UCLA

| RD2-score1=98

| RD2-team2=Arizona State

| RD2-score2=81

| RD2-team3={{cbb link|1972|sex=men|team=San Francisco Dons|title=San Francisco}}

| RD2-score3=77

| RD2-team4=Long Beach State

| RD2-score4=67

| RD3-team1=UCLA

| RD3-score1=54

| RD3-team2=San Francisco

| RD3-score2=39

| RD3b=West Regional third place

| RD3b-team1=Arizona State

| RD3b-score1=80

| RD3b-team2=Long Beach State

| RD3b-score2=84

}}

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| RD1 = National Semifinals
Saturday, March 24

| RD2 = National Championship Game
Monday, March 26

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| RD1-team1 = Providence

| RD1-score1 = 85

| RD1-seed2 = MW

| RD1-team2 = Memphis State

| RD1-score2 = 98

| RD1-seed3 = ME

| RD1-team3 = Indiana

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| RD1-seed4 = W

| RD1-team4 = UCLA

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| RD2-seed2 = W

| RD2-team2 = UCLA

| RD2-score2 = 87

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| RD2b-seed1 = ME

| RD2b-team1 = Indiana

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The 1973 NC State Wolfpack team averaged 93 points per game (ppg), led the nation in win margin (21.8 ppg), and posted a 27–0 record, but was ineligible for postseason play because of NCAA probation. David Thompson, a two-time national Player of the Year, and All-America Tom Burleson, led NC State to a 30–1 record the following season, losing only to seven-time defending champion UCLA. The Wolfpack avenged its only loss during the two-year period by defeating UCLA in the 1974 Final Four and winning the title.

Gene Bartow, the Memphis State coach, would be John Wooden's successor at UCLA after the 1974–1975 season.

The tournament marked the last appearance of the Oklahoma City Chiefs, whose 11 tournament appearances are the most among teams no longer in Division I. The school would transition to the NAIA in 1985.

Curt Gowdy, Tom Hawkins, and Jim Simpson (Final Four only) - East Regional Final at Charlotte, North Carolina; Final Four at St. Louis, Missouri

• Jim Simpson and Tom Hawkins - First Round at Logan, Utah (Long Beach State-Weber State)
• Curt Gowdy and Bill Enis - First Round at Wichita, Kansas - (Louisiana-Houston)
• Jim Simpson and Bill Enis - Mideast Regional Final from Dayton, Ohio

• 1973 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
• 1973 National Invitation Tournament
• 1973 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1973 National Women's Invitation Tournament

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