1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The UCLA Bruins won their fifth consecutive National Championship, defeating Villanova 68-62 in the championship game.

After the tournament was over, both Villanova and Western Kentucky were found by the NCAA to be using ineligible players (including the Most Outstanding Player, Villanova's Howard Porter). Officially, neither team is credited for their result by the NCAA, nor is Porter acknowledged as for his award.¹

Final Four

	Logo	School
Champion West		UCLA Bruins
Runner-up East		Villanova Wildcats
Third Place Midwest		Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Fourth Place East		Kansas Jayhawks

All-Tournament Team

Player	School
Howard Porter (Most Outstanding)	Villanova
Hank Siemiontkowski	Villanova
Steve Patterson	UCLA
Sidney Wicks	UCLA
Jim McDaniels	Western Kentucky

Note: Porter was later declared ineligible, and the award was vacated.

East Region

Quarterfinals

Penn	70-65	Duquesne
St. Joseph's	75-93	Villanova
Fordham	105-74	Furman

Semifinals

South Carolina	64-79	Penn
Villanova	85-75	Fordham

Final

Penn

47-90

Villanova

Mideast Region

Quarterfinals

Jacksonville	72-74	Western Kentucky
Marquette	62-47	Miami (OH)

Semifinals

Kentucky	83-107	Western Kentucky
Ohio State	60-59	Marquette

Final

Western Kentucky

81-78 (OT)

Ohio State

Midwest Region

Quarterfinal

Notre Dame	102-94	TCU
Houston	72-69	New Mexico State

Semifinals

Drake	79-72 (OT)	Notre Dame
Kansas	78-77	Houston

Final

Kansas

73-71

Drake

West Region

Quarterfinal

Utah State	82-97	BYU
Weber State	66-77	Long Beach State

Semifinals

UCLA	91-73	BYU
Santa Clara	65-78	Long Beach State

Final

UCLA

57-55

Long Beach State

National Semifinals

Villanova	92-89 (2OT)	Western Kentucky
Kansas	60-68	UCLA

Championship Game

Villanova

62-68

UCLA

Sources

¹- http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/ncaa/1971.html

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