1970      1971      1972

Champion Second Place Third place Fourth place
UCLA Villanova Western Kentucky Kansas
John Wooden Jack Kraft Johnny Oldham Ted Owens

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1971 All 4 2 1
1 Fred Taylor, Ohio State 13 5 1-1 14-4 .778 1971 4 3 1
2 John Wooden, UCLA 25 12 4-0 31-9 .775 1971 8 7 7
3 George Ireland, Loyola-Chicago 20 4   7-3 .700 1968 1 1 1
4 Don Haskins, UTEP 10 5   9-4 .692 1970 1 1 1
T5 Frank McGuire, South Carolina 21 5 0-2 10-5 .667 1971 2 2 1
T5 Jack Kraft, Villanova 10 5 4-1 10-5 .667 1971 1 1 0
7 Adolph Rupp, Kentucky 41 19 0-2 29-17 .630 1971 6 5 4
T8 Harry Litwack, Temple 19 5   7-5 .583 1970 2 0 0
T8 Dean Smith, North Carolina 10 3   7-5 .583 1969 3 1 0
10 Guy Lewis, Houston 15 7 2-1 14-11 .560 1971 2 0 0
T11 Lou Henson, New Mexico State 9 5 0-1 7-6 .538 1971 1 0 0
T11 Don Donoher, Dayton 7 5   7-6 .538 1970 1 1 0
T13 Jack Gardner, Utah 28 8   12-12 .500 1966 4 1 0
T13 Abe Lemons, Oklahoma City 16 6   7-7 .500 1966 0 0 0
T13 Lou Rossini, NYU 21 4   6-6 .500 1963 1 0 0
T13 Johnny Oldham, Western Kentucky 16 6 4-1 6-6 .500 1971 1 0 0
17 Tex Winter, Washington 20 6   7-9 .438 1968 2 0 0
T18 Ray Meyer, DePaul 29 6   6-9 .400 1965 1 0 0
T18 Steve Belko, Oregon 21 6   4-6 .400 1961 0 0 0
20 LaDell Andersen, Utah State 10 5 0-1 4-7 .364 1971 0 0 0
20 Stan Watts, Brigham Young 22 6 1-2 4-9 .308 1971 0 0 0


Highlights:

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 a notch to second place at .775 behind Fred Taylor who returns to the tournament with Ohio State, winning one of two to drop below .800 for the first time.
Frank McGuire takes a new team, South Carolina, to the tournament, but drops two games, lowering his record below .700 for the first time.  McGuire won the title with North Carolina in 1957.
Jack Kraft leads Villanova to the title game, improving his record to .667, and tying him with Frank McGuire for fifth place.  Unfortunately, Villanova's star forward, Howard Porter, had already signed a pro contract and when that fact was discovered after the tournament, Porter's MVP award and Villanova's participation were "vacated" by the NCAA, making Kraft's official NCAA record 6-4 and .600.
Kentucky loses two games, lowering Adolph Rupp's record to .630.  Kentucky's first loss is a sweet win for Western Kentucky in the first meeting between the two Kentucky schools.  Western Kentucky's national third place finish (later "vacated" by the NCAA) allows Johnny Oldham to debut on the list at .500.
Guy Lewis guides Houston to two wins and a loss to improve his record to .560.
Utah State's LaDell Andersen loses one to drop below .400, but Brigham Young's Stan Watts, while improving slightly with his one win and two losses, remains in last place at .308.





















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