1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game
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The 1975 NCAA Division I basketball championship game was the final of the 1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament and determined the national champion for the 1974–75 season. The game was held at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California, on March 31, 1975.
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Date | March 31, 1975 | ||||||||||||
Venue | San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California | ||||||||||||
Referees | Hank Nichols and Bob Wortman[1] | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 15,153 | ||||||||||||
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Network | NBC[2] | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Curt Gowdy and Billy Packer[2] | ||||||||||||
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The UCLA Bruins defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 92–85 to win the program's 10th title in 12 seasons. The 1975 national championship game was the last in the career of UCLA head coach John Wooden, who had been in charge of the Bruins throughout their title-winning run.
This was the last championship game to be played between teams ranked #1 and #2 in the final AP poll until 2005.