| 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
Active and Former (20+ games)
| Rank | Coach, Schools (*=not active) | Yrs. | W-L | Pct. | Final | ||
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | John Wooden, UCLA | 28 | 42-10 | .808 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State | 41 | 15-7 | .682 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Al McGuire, Marquette | 17 | 13-7 | .650 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Frank McGuire, South Carolina | 24 | 14-8 | .636 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky | 42 | 30-18 | .625 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Guy Lewis, Houston | 18 | 14-13 | .519 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) | 28 | 12-12 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| National Champs: | North Carolina State | Norm Sloan |
| Second place: | Marquette | Al McGuire |
| Third place: | UCLA | John Wooden |
| Fourth place: | Kansas | Ted Owens |
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North Carolina State breaks UCLA's incredible seven year domination of the tournament by defeating them in the semi-finals, causing John Wooden's record to drop(!) to .808, though he is still far ahead of the pack in first place. |
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Al McGuire takes Marquette to the finals before losing to NC State, giving him enough games to become the seventh to coach twenty or more games and putting him at .650 in third place. McGuire has taken Marquette to the tournament in six of the last seven years. |
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South Carolina's first round loss drops Frank McGuire to .636 and into fourth place. |
