The 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1967, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 23, 1968, at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The UCLA Bruins won their fourth NCAA national championship with a 78–55 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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The slam dunk — criticized as a move that rewards height rather than skill — is prohibited in NCAA basketball both during games and during pre-game warm-ups.[3][4][5] It will not become legal again until the 1976–77 season.[3][4][5]
Pre-season polls
The Top 10 from the AP Poll and Top 20 from the Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[8][9]
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Conference
Conference winners and tournaments
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Regular season winner[10] |
Conference player of the year |
Conference tournament |
Tournament venue (City) |
Tournament winner |
Athletic Association of Western Universities | UCLA | None selected | No Tournament |
Atlantic Coast Conference | North Carolina | Larry Miller, North Carolina[11] | 1968 ACC men's basketball tournament | Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina) | North Carolina |
Big Eight Conference | Kansas State | Donald Smith, Iowa State[12] | No Tournament |
Big Sky Conference | Weber State | None selected | No Tournament |
Big Ten Conference | Iowa & Ohio State | None selected | No Tournament |
Ivy League | Columbia | None selected | No Tournament |
Metropolitan Collegiate Conference | St. Peter's | | No Tournament |
Mid-American Conference | Bowling Green State | Fred Foster, Miami (OH)[13] | No Tournament |
Middle Atlantic Conference | La Salle | | No Tournament |
Missouri Valley Conference | Drake & Louisville | None selected | No Tournament |
Ohio Valley Conference | East Tennessee State & Murray State | Wayne Chapman, Western Kentucky, & Skeeter Swift, East Tennessee State | No Tournament |
Southeastern Conference | Kentucky | Pete Maravich, LSU[14] | No Tournament |
Southern Conference | Davidson | Ron Williams, West Virginia[15] | 1968 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina) | Davidson[16] |
Southwest Conference | TCU | Billy Arnold, Texas | No Tournament |
West Coast Athletic Conference | Santa Clara | Rick Adelman, Loyola (Calif.) | No Tournament |
Western Athletic Conference | New Mexico | None selected | No Tournament |
Yankee Conference | Massachusetts & Rhode Island | None selected | No Tournament |
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Conference standings
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1967–68 Ivy League men's basketball standings
| Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT |
No. 7 Columbia† | 12 | – | 2 | | .857 | | | 23 | – | 5
| | .821 |
Princeton | 12 | – | 2 | | .857 | | | 20 | – | 6
| | .769 |
Yale | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 15 | – | 9
| | .625 |
Cornell | 6 | – | 8 | | .429 | | | 14 | – | 11
| | .560 |
Dartmouth | 6 | – | 8 | | .429 | | | 8 | – | 18
| | .308 |
Brown | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 9 | – | 16
| | .360 |
Pennsylvania | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 9 | – | 17
| | .346 |
Harvard | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 7 | – | 14
| | .333 |
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1967–68 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
| Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT |
TCU | 9 | – | 5 | | .643 | | | 15 | – | 11
| | .577 |
Baylor | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 15 | – | 9
| | .625 |
Texas A&M | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 14 | – | 10
| | .583 |
Texas | 8 | – | 6 | | .571 | | | 11 | – | 13
| | .458 |
Arkansas | 7 | – | 7 | | .500 | | | 10 | – | 14
| | .417 |
Rice | 6 | – | 8 | | .429 | | | 8 | – | 16
| | .333 |
Texas Tech | 5 | – | 9 | | .357 | | | 9 | – | 15
| | .375 |
SMU | 5 | – | 9 | | .357 | | | 6 | – | 18
| | .250 |
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Saint Joseph's finished with a 3–1 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders
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National Invitation tournament
Consensus All-American teams
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Major player of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
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A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.
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