GAME REPORT: ARIZONA 84, KENTUCKY (OT) 79
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCORES
1939--Oregon 46, Ohio State 33
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 2, 1997 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday April 2, 1997 Home Edition Sports Part C Page 3 Sports Desk 1 inches; 25 words Type of Material: Correction
College basketball--The winner of Monday night’s NCAA championship game was listed incorrectly in a chart in Tuesday’s editions. Arizona defeated Kentucky in overtime, 84-79.
1940--Indiana 60, Kansas 42
1941--Wisconsin 39, Washington St. 34
1942--Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38
1943--Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34
1944--Utah 42, Dartmouth 40 OT
1945--Oklahoma A&M; 49, New York 45
1946--Oklahoma A&M; 43, N. Carolina 40
1947--Holy Cross 58, Oklahoma 47
1948--Kentucky 58, Baylor 42
1949--Kentucky 46, Oklahoma State 36
1950--CCNY 71, Bradley 68
1951--Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58
1952--Kansas 80, St. John’s 63
1953--Indiana 69, Kansas 68
1954--La Salle 92, Bradley 76
1955--San Francisco 77, La Salle 63
1956--San Francisco 83, Iowa 71
1957--North Carolina 54, Kansas 53 3OT
1958--Kentucky 84, Seattle 72
1959--California 71, West Virginia 70
1960--Ohio State 75, California 55
1961--Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65 OT
1962--Cincinnati 71, Ohio State 59
1963--Loyola (Ill.) 60, Cincinnati 58 OT
1964--UCLA 98, Duke 83
1965--UCLA 91, Michigan 80
1966--Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65
1967--UCLA 79, Dayton 64
1968--UCLA 78, North Carolina 55
1969--UCLA 92, Purdue 72
1970--UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69
1971--UCLA 68, Villanova 62
1972--UCLA 81, Florida State 76
1973--UCLA 87, Memphis State 66
1974--N. Carolina St. 76, Marquette 64
1975--UCLA 92, Kentucky 85
1976--Indiana 86, Michigan 68
1977--Marquette 67, North Carolina 59
1978--Kentucky 94, Duke 88
1979--Michigan St. 75, Indiana St. 64
1980--Louisville 59, UCLA 54
1981--Indiana 63, North Carolina 50
1982--North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62
1983--North Carolina St. 54, Houston 52
1984--Georgetown 84, Houston 75
1985--Villanova 66, Georgetown 64
1986--Louisville 72, Duke 69
1987--Indiana 74, Syracuse 73
1988--Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79
1989--Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79 OT
1990--Nevada Las Vegas 103, Duke 73
1991--Duke 72, Kansas 65
1992--Duke 71, Michigan 51
1993--North Carolina 77, Michigan 71
1994--Arkansas 76, Duke 72
1995--UCLA 89, Arkansas 78
1996--Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67
1997--Arizona State 84, Kentucky 79 OT
TOURNAMENT MVPs
1939--None selected
1940--Marvin Huffman, Indiana
1941--John Kotz, Wisconsin
1942--Howie Dallmar, Stanford
1943--Ken Sailors, Wyoming
1944--Arnold Ferrin, Utah
1945--Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M;
1946--Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M;
1947--George Kaftan, Holy Cross
1948--Alex Groza, Kentucky
1949--Alex Groza, Kentucky
1950--Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
1951--None selected
1952--Clyde Lovellette, Kansas
1953--B.H. Born, Kansas
1954--Tom Gola, La Salle
1955--Bill Russell, San Francisco
1956--Hal Lear, Temple
1957--Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
1958--Elgin Baylor, Seattle
1959--Jerry West, West Virginia
1960--Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1961--Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1962--Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
1963--Art Heyman, Duke
1964--Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1965--Bill Bradley, Princeton
1966--Jerry Chambers, Utah
1967--Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1968--Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1969--Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1970--Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1971--*Vacated
1972--Bill Walton, UCLA
1973--Bill Walton, UCLA
1974--David Thompson, N. Carolina St.
1975--Richard Washington, UCLA
1976--Kent Benson, Indiana
1977--Butch Lee, Marquette
1978--Jack Givens, Kentucky
1979--Earvin Johnson, Michigan State
1980--Darrell Griffith, Louisville
1981--Isiah Thomas, Indiana
1982--James Worthy, North Carolina
1983--Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
1984--Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
1985--Ed Pinckney, Villanova
1986--Pervis Ellison, Louisville
1987--Keith Smart, Indiana
1988--Danny Manning, Kansas
1989--Glen Rice, Michigan
1990--Anderson Hunt, Nevada Las Vegas
1991--Christian Laettner, Duke
1992--Bobby Hurley, Duke
1993--Donald Williams, North Carolina
1994--Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
1995--Ed O’Bannon, UCLA
1996--Tony Delk, Kentucky
1997--Miles Simon, Arizona
* Howard Porter of Villanova was selected MVP but was later ruled ineligible.
A Little Extra
Overtime games for NCAA championship:
Year: Score
1944: Utah 42, Dartmouth 40
1957: North Carolina 54, Kansas 53 (3 OT)
1961: Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65
1963: Loyola (Ill.) 60, Cincinnati 58
1989: Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79
1997: Arizona 84, Kentucky 79
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