1970      1971      1972

Active and Former (20+ games)

Rank Coach, Schools (*=not active) Yrs. W-L Pct. Final
4 2 1
1 John Wooden, UCLA 25 31-9 .775 8 7 7
2 Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State 41 15-7 .682 4 3 2
3 Adolph Rupp, Kentucky 41 29-17 .630 6 5 4
4 Guy Lewis, Houston 15 14-11 .560 2 0 0
5 Jack Gardner, Utah 28 12-12 .500 4 1 0


Highlights:

National Champs: UCLA John Wooden
Second place: Villanova Jack Kraft
Third place: Western Kentucky Johnny Oldham
Fourth place: Kansas Ted Owens

Once again, UCLA comes out on top and John Wooden becomes the only coach to win five titles in a row, and seven tournament championships all together.  Wooden moves up to .775, pulling further away from Hank Iba who retired last year after 41 years at Oklahoma State.
Kentucky loses two games, lowering Adolph Rupp's record to .630, though he remains in third place.
Guy Lewis guides Houston to two wins and a loss to improve his record to .560.