1971      1972      1973

Champion Second Place Third place Fourth place
UCLA Florida State North Carolina Louisville
John Wooden Hugh Durham Dean Smith Denny Crum

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1972 All 4 2 1
1 John Wooden, UCLA 26 13 4-0 35-9 .795 1972 9 8 8
2 Fred Taylor, Ohio State 14 5   14-4 .778 1971 4 3 1
3 George Ireland, Loyola-Chicago 21 4   7-3 .700 1968 1 1 1
4 Don Haskins, UTEP 11 5   9-4 .692 1970 1 1 1
5 Frank McGuire, South Carolina 22 6 2-1 12-6 .667 1972 2 2 1
T6 Adolph Rupp, Kentucky 42 20 1-1 30-18 .625 1972 6 5 4
T6 Dean Smith, North Carolina 11 4 3-1 10-6 .625 1972 4 1 0
8 Jack Kraft, Villanova 11 6 1-2 11-7 .611 1972 1 1 0
9 Al McGuire, Marquette 15 4 1-2 7-5 .583 1972 0 0 0
T10 Guy Lewis, Houston 16 8 0-1 14-12 .538 1972 2 0 0
T10 Harry Litwack, Temple 20 6 0-1 7-6 .538 1972 2 0 0
T10 Lou Henson, New Mexico State 10 5   7-6 .538 1971 1 0 0
T10 Don Donoher, Dayton 8 5   7-6 .538 1970 1 1 0
14 Abe Lemons, Oklahoma City 17 6   7-7 .500 1966 0 0 0
15 Ray Meyer, DePaul 30 6   6-9 .400 1965 1 0 0
16 James Snyder, Ohio 23 6 0-1 3-7 .300 1972 0 0 0
17 Stan Watts, Brigham Young 22 7 0-1 4-10 .286 1972 0 0 0


Highlights:

With Bill Walton at center now, UCLA continues its tournament domination as John Wooden separates himself further from the pack with six titles in a row (three times as many as his nearest competitors), and eight tournament championships all together (twice as many as Adolph Rupp in second place).  Wooden takes over first place on the list at .795, finally surpassing Fred Taylor who's Ohio State team isn't invited this year.
Frank McGuire guides South Carolina to two wins and one loss maintaining his .667 record.
Dean Smith takes North Carolina to the Final Four, his fourth trip and the team's sixth, moving him up to .625, tied for sixth place with Adolph Rupp, whose Kentucky team only manages one win and one loss.
Jack Kraft and Villanova win one, but lose two, dropping Kraft's record to .611 and eighth place.
One win and two loses for Marquette put Al McGuire on the list for the first time at .583 in ninth place.
Ohio's James Snyder debut's on the list at .300, but Brigham Young's first round loss keeps Stan Watts in last place at .286.





















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