1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1NC State Wolfpack[1][2]
NCAA Tournament1975
Tournament datesMarch 15 – 31, 1975
National ChampionshipSan Diego Sports Arena
San Diego, California
NCAA ChampionsUCLA Bruins
Helms National ChampionsUCLA Bruins
Other championsPrinceton Tigers (NIT)
Player of the Year
(Naismith, Wooden)		David Thompson, NC State Wolfpack
Player of the Year
(Helms)		David Thompson, NC State Wolfpack

The 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1974, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 31, 1975, at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California. The UCLA Bruins won their tenth NCAA national championship with a 92–85 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.

Season headlines

  • The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament expanded from 25 to 32 teams.[3]
  • For the first time, teams other than the conference champion could be chosen at large from the same conference for the NCAA tournament. No more than two teams from any one conference could be chosen for the tournament until 1980,[4] but the NCAA's decision to allow even as many as two teams per conference into the annual tournament threatened to greatly reduce or even eliminate the access of Division I independents — most of which were located in the Northeastern United States — to the tournament. This resulted in a steady decline in the number of independents in ensuing seasons as former independents formed conferences to ensure their access to an automatic tournament bid each year.[5]
  • In a 1975 Cleveland Plain Dealer article, sportswriter Ed Chay used the term "final four" to refer to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament, giving rise to a myth that this was the first such use of the term.[4][6] In fact, the term "final four" already was in use in the 1960s.[7][8]
  • In the Pacific 8 Conference, UCLA won its ninth of what would ultimately be 13 consecutive conference titles.
  • The National Commissioners Invitational Tournament (NCIT), a new postseason tournament created by the NCAA in 1974 as the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament to compete with the National Invitation Tournament, was played for the second and final time in 1975.

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

Main article: 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The top 20 from the AP Poll during the pre-season.[9][10]

'Associated Press'
Ranking Team
1 NC State
2 UCLA
3 Indiana
4 Maryland
5 Marqette
6 Kansas
7 South Carolina
8 Louisville
9 Alabama
10 USC
11 North Carolina
12 Notre Dame
13 Purdue
14 Providence
15 Memphis State
16 Kentucky
17 Michigan
18 Minnesota
19 Arizona
20 Penn
UPI Coaches
Ranking Team
1 NC State
2 UCLA
3 Indiana
4 Louisville
5 North Carolina
6 USC
7 Marquette
8 Alabama
9 Kansas
10 Maryland
11 Notre Dame
12 South Carolina
13 Penn
14 Arizona State
15 Arizona
16
(tie) 		Oregon State
Purdue
18 Memphis State
19
(tie) 		Michigan
Oregon

Conference membership changes

School Former conference New conference
American Eagles Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Baptist Buccaneers non-Division I Division I independent
Bucknell Bison Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Cal State Fullerton Titans Non-Division I Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Drexel Dragons Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Hofstra Pride Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
La Salle Explorers Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Lafayette Leopards Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Lehigh Engineers Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Rider Broncs Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
St. Joseph's Hawks Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
Saint Louis Billikens Missouri Valley Conference Division I independent
Temple Owls Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference
West Chester Golden Rams Middle Atlantic Conference East Coast Conference

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
season winner[11] 		Conference
player of the year 		Conference
tournament 		Tournament
venue (City) 		Tournament
winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Maryland David Thompson,
NC State[12]		 1975 ACC men's basketball tournament Greensboro Coliseum
(Greensboro, North Carolina)		 North Carolina
Big Eight Conference Kansas Alvan Adams, Oklahoma[13] No Tournament
Big Sky Conference Montana None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Indiana None Selected No Tournament
East Coast Conference American & La Salle (East)
Lafayette (West)		 Wilbur Thomas, American (East) &
Henry Horne, Lafayette (West)		 1975 East Coast Conference men's basketball tournament Kirby Sports Center
(Easton, Pennsylvania)		 La Salle
Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) 		Division I ECAC members
played as independents
during the regular season
(see note) 		1975 ECAC Metro Region tournament Madison Square Garden
(New York, New York) 		Rutgers
1975 ECAC New England Region tournament Springfield Civic Center
(Springfield, Massachusetts) 		Boston College
1975 ECAC Southern Region tournament WVU Coliseum
(Morgantown, West Virginia) 		Georgetown
1975 ECAC Upstate Region tournament Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
(Buffalo, New York) 		Syracuse
Ivy League Penn Ron Haigler, Penn[14] No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Central Michigan Dan Roundfield, Central Michigan[15] No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Louisville Junior Bridgeman, Louisville No Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference Middle Tennessee George Sorrell, Middle Tennessee 1975 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Murphy Center
(Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
(Semifinals and Finals)		 Middle Tennessee
Pacific-8 Conference UCLA None Selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Athletic Association Long Beach State Bob Gross, Long Beach State No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Alabama & Kentucky Kevin Grevey, Kentucky, &
Bernard King, Tennessee[16]		 No Tournament
Southern Conference Furman Clyde Mayes, Furman[17] 1975 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Greenville Memorial Auditorium
(Greenville, South Carolina)
(Semifinals and Finals)		 Furman[18]
Southland Conference McNeese State Henry Ray,
McNeese State[19]		 No Tournament
Southwest Conference Texas A&M Rick Bullock, Texas Tech No Tournament
West Coast Athletic Conference UNLV Ricky Sobers, UNLV No Tournament
Western Athletic Conference Arizona State None Selected No Tournament
Yankee Conference Massachusetts None Selected No Tournament

NOTE: From 1975 to 1981, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), a loosely organized sports federation of colleges and universities in the Northeastern United States, organized Division I ECAC regional tournaments for those of its members that were independents in basketball. Each 1975 tournament winner received an automatic bid to the 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in the same way that the tournament champions of conventional athletic conferences did.[20]

Conference standings

1974–75 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Maryland 10 – 2   .833 24 – 5   .828
No. 9 North Carolina † 8 – 4   .667 23 – 8   .742
Clemson 8 – 4   .667 17 – 11   .607
No. 7 NC State 8 – 4   .667 22 – 6   .786
Virginia 4 – 8   .333 12 – 13   .480
Duke 2 – 10   .167 13 – 13   .500
Wake Forest 2 – 10   .167 13 – 13   .500
† 1975 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas 11 – 3   .786 19 – 8   .704
No. 15 Kansas State 10 – 4   .714 20 – 9   .690
Missouri 9 – 5   .643 18 – 9   .667
Nebraska 7 – 7   .500 14 – 12   .538
Oklahoma 6 – 8   .429 13 – 13   .500
Oklahoma State 5 – 9   .357 10 – 16   .385
Iowa State 4 – 10   .286 10 – 16   .385
Colorado 4 – 10   .286 7 – 19   .269
Rankings from AP Poll[21]
1974–75 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Montana 13 – 1   .929 21 – 8   .724
Idaho State 9 – 5   .643 16 – 10   .615
Boise State 7 – 7   .500 13 – 13   .500
Gonzaga 7 – 7   .500 13 – 13   .500
Weber State 6 – 8   .429 11 – 15   .423
Montana State 5 – 9   .357 11 – 15   .423
Northern Arizona 5 – 9   .357 9 – 17   .346
Idaho 4 – 10   .286 10 – 16   .385
1974–75 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Indiana 18 – 0   1.000 31 – 1   .969
No. 19 Michigan 12 – 6   .667 19 – 8   .704
Minnesota 11 – 7   .611 18 – 8   .692
Purdue 11 – 7   .611 17 – 11   .607
Michigan State 10 – 8   .556 17 – 9   .654
Ohio State 8 – 10   .444 14 – 14   .500
Iowa 7 – 11   .389 10 – 16   .385
Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278 8 – 18   .308
Illinois 4 – 14   .222 8 – 18   .308
Northwestern 4 – 14   .222 6 – 20   .231
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 ECC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
American 5 – 1   .833 16 – 10   .615
La Salle † 5 – 1   .833 22 – 7   .759
Temple 4 – 2   .667 7 – 19   .269
Hofstra 3 – 3   .500 11 – 13   .458
Saint Joseph's 3 – 3   .500 8 – 17   .320
West Chester 1 – 5   .167 8 – 17   .320
Drexel 0 – 6   .000 12 – 11   .522
West
Lafayette 7 – 1   .875 22 – 6   .786
Rider 5 – 3   .625 16 – 11   .593
Bucknell 4 – 4   .500 14 – 12   .538
Delaware 4 – 4   .500 12 – 13   .480
Lehigh 0 – 8   .000 1 – 23   .042
† 1975 ECC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Pennsylvania 13 – 1   .929 23 – 5   .821
No. 12 Princeton 12 – 2   .857 22 – 8   .733
Brown 9 – 5   .643 14 – 12   .538
Harvard 9 – 5   .643 12 – 13   .480
Dartmouth 5 – 9   .357 8 – 18   .308
Cornell 4 – 10   .286 7 – 18   .280
Columbia 2 – 12   .143 4 – 22   .154
Yale 2 – 12   .143 3 – 20   .130
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Central Michigan 10 – 4   .714 22 – 6   .786
Toledo 9 – 5   .643 17 – 9   .654
Bowling Green State 9 – 5   .643 18 – 10   .643
Miami (Ohio) 8 – 5   .615 19 – 7   .731
Western Michigan 8 – 6   .571 16 – 10   .615
Eastern Michigan 4 – 9   .308 12 – 14   .462
Ohio 4 – 10   .286 12 – 14   .462
Kent State 3 – 11   .214 6 – 20   .231
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Louisville 12 – 2   .857 28 – 3   .903
New Mexico State 11 – 3   .786 20 – 7   .741
No. 16 Drake 9 – 5   .643 19 – 10   .655
Bradley 7 – 7   .500 15 – 11   .577
Wichita State 6 – 8   .429 11 – 15   .423
Tulsa 5 – 9   .357 15 – 14   .517
West Texas State 3 – 11   .214 9 – 17   .346
North Texas State 3 – 11   .214 6 – 20   .231
Southern Illinois 0 – 0   – 18 – 9   .667
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee† 12 – 2   .857 23 – 5   .821
Western Kentucky 11 – 3   .786 16 – 8   .667
Austin Peay State 10 – 4   .714 17 – 10   .630
Tennessee Tech 7 – 7   .500 13 – 12   .520
Morehead State 5 – 9   .357 13 – 13   .500
East Tennessee State 5 – 9   .357 9 – 14   .391
Murray State 3 – 11   .214 10 – 15   .400
Eastern Kentucky 3 – 11   .214 7 – 18   .280
† Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA 12 – 2   .857 28 – 3   .903
No. 18 Oregon State 10 – 4   .714 19 – 12   .613
USC 8 – 6   .571 18 – 8   .692
California 7 – 7   .500 17 – 9   .654
Oregon 6 – 8   .429 21 – 9   .700
Washington 6 – 8   .429 16 – 10   .615
Stanford 6 – 8   .429 12 – 14   .462
Washington State 1 – 13   .071 10 – 16   .385
Rankings from AP Poll[22]
1974–75 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Long Beach State 8 – 2   .800 19 – 7   .731
San Diego State 6 – 4   .600 14 – 13   .519
Fresno State 5 – 5   .500 16 – 10   .615
San Jose State 4 – 6   .400 16 – 13   .552
Cal State Fullerton 4 – 6   .400 13 – 11   .542
Pacific 3 – 7   .300 12 – 14   .462
Rankings from AP Poll[23]
1974–75 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Kentucky 15 – 3   .833 26 – 5   .839
No. 10 Alabama 15 – 3   .833 22 – 5   .815
Auburn 12 – 6   .667 18 – 8   .692
Tennessee 12 – 6   .667 18 – 8   .692
Vanderbilt 10 – 8   .556 15 – 11   .577
Florida 8 – 10   .444 12 – 16   .429
LSU 6 – 12   .333 10 – 16   .385
Mississippi State 5 – 13   .278 9 – 17   .346
Ole Miss 4 – 14   .222 8 – 18   .308
Georgia 3 – 15   .167 8 – 17   .320
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Furman† 12 – 0   1.000 22 – 7   .759
East Carolina 11 – 3   .786 19 – 9   .679
William & Mary 6 – 5   .545 16 – 12   .571
Richmond 7 – 7   .500 10 – 16   .385
VMI 6 – 6   .500 13 – 13   .500
Davidson 4 – 6   .400 7 – 19   .269
The Citadel 2 – 11   .154 5 – 15   .250
Appalachian State 1 – 11   .083 3 – 23   .115
† Southern Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
McNeese State 6 – 2   .750 16 – 8   .667
Louisiana Tech 5 – 3   .625 12 – 13   .480
Lamar 4 – 4   .500 7 – 16   .304
Arkansas State 3 – 5   .375 13 – 12   .520
Texas-Arlington 2 – 6   .250 6 – 20   .231
Southwestern Louisiana* 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
* – Served second season of NCAA two-season ban on competing.
Rankings from AP Poll[24]
1974–75 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas A&M 12 – 2   .857 20 – 7   .741
Texas Tech 11 – 3   .786 18 – 8   .692
Arkansas 11 – 3   .786 17 – 9   .654
Texas 6 – 8   .429 10 – 15   .400
Baylor 6 – 8   .429 10 – 16   .385
TCU 4 – 10   .286 9 – 16   .360
SMU 4 – 10   .286 8 – 18   .308
Rice 2 – 12   .143 5 – 21   .192
Rankings from AP Poll
1974–75 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 UNLV 13 – 1   .929 24 – 5   .828
San Francisco 9 – 5   .643 19 – 7   .731
Pepperdine 8 – 6   .571 17 – 8   .680
Loyola Marymount 7 – 7   .500 14 – 12   .538
Saint Mary's 7 – 7   .500 14 – 12   .538
Seattle 6 – 8   .429 8 – 18   .308
Santa Clara 4 – 10   .286 10 – 16   .385
Nevada 2 – 12   .143 10 – 16   .385
Rankings from AP Poll[25]
1974–75 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Arizona State 12 – 2   .857 25 – 4   .862
UTEP 10 – 4   .714 20 – 6   .769
Arizona 9 – 5   .643 22 – 7   .759
Utah 7 – 7   .500 17 – 9   .654
Colorado State 6 – 8   .429 14 – 12   .538
BYU 5 – 9   .357 12 – 14   .462
New Mexico 4 – 10   .286 13 – 13   .500
Wyoming 3 – 11   .214 10 – 16   .385
Rankings from AP Poll[26]
1974–75 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Massachusetts 10 – 2   .833 18 – 8   .692
Connecticut 9 – 3   .750 18 – 10   .643
Vermont 8 – 4   .667 16 – 10   .615
Boston University 7 – 4   .636 12 – 13   .480
Rhode Island 3 – 7   .300 5 – 20   .200
New Hampshire 2 – 10   .167 6 – 18   .250
Maine 1 – 10   .091 11 – 14   .440

Division I independents

A total of 83 college teams played as Division I independents. Among them, Texas–Pan American (22–2) had the best winning percentage (.917) and Centenary (25–4) finished with the most wins.[27]

1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas–Pan American –   – 22 – 2   .917
UNC Charlotte –   – 23 – 3   .885
Centenary (LA) –   – 25 – 4   .862
No. 11 Marquette –   – 23 – 4   .852
Stetson –   – 22 – 4   .846
No. 13 Cincinnati –   – 23 – 6   .793
Utah State –   – 21 – 6   .778
Rutgers –   – 22 – 7   .759
Creighton –   – 20 – 7   .741
Memphis State –   – 20 – 7   .741
South Alabama –   – 19 – 7   .731
No. 6 Syracuse –   – 23 – 9   .719
Holy Cross –   – 20 – 8   .714
Oral Roberts –   – 20 – 8   .714
Boston College –   – 21 – 9   .700
Florida State –   – 18 – 8   .692
Portland State –   – 18 – 8   .692
UC Santa Barbara –   – 18 – 8   .692
VCU –   – 17 – 8   .680
South Carolina –   – 19 – 9   .679
St. John's –   – 21 – 10   .677
No. 14 Notre Dame –   – 19 – 10   .655
Detroit –   – 17 – 9   .654
No. 20 Providence –   – 20 – 11   .645
Georgetown –   – 18 – 10   .643
George Washington –   – 17 – 10   .630
Pittsburgh –   – 18 – 11   .621
Houston –   – 16 – 10   .615
Illinois State –   – 16 – 10   .615
Tulane –   – 16 – 10   .615
Virginia Tech –   – 16 – 10   .615
Canisius –   – 15 – 10   .600
DePaul –   – 15 – 10   .600
Northeast Louisiana –   – 15 – 10   .600
South Florida –   – 15 – 10   .600
Seton Hall –   – 16 – 11   .593
Jacksonville –   – 15 – 11   .577
Duquesne –   – 14 – 11   .560
Hawaii –   – 14 – 11   .560
Saint Peter's –   – 15 – 12   .556
Cleveland State –   – 13 – 11   .542
Manhattan –   – 14 – 12   .538
Air Force –   – 13 – 12   .520
LIU –   – 13 – 12   .520
St. Bonaventure –   – 14 – 13   .519
West Virginia –   – 14 – 13   .519
Cal State Los Angeles –   – 13 – 13   .500
Marshall –   – 13 – 13   .500
Navy –   – 12 – 12   .500
Northeastern –   – 12 – 12   .500
Fairfield –   – 13 – 14   .481
Niagara –   – 13 – 14   .481
Fordham –   – 12 – 13   .480
Penn State –   – 11 – 12   .478
Indiana State –   – 12 – 14   .462
Oklahoma City –   – 12 – 14   .462
Saint Louis –   – 12 – 14   .462
Fairleigh Dickinson –   – 11 – 13   .458
Portland –   – 13 – 16   .448
Saint Francis (PA) –   – 11 – 14   .440
Georgia Tech –   – 11 – 15   .423
Southern Miss –   – 11 – 15   .423
Xavier –   – 11 – 15   .423
Ball State –   – 10 – 15   .400
Loyola-Chicago –   – 10 – 15   .400
Butler –   – 10 – 16   .385
Dayton –   – 10 – 16   .385
Denver –   – 9 – 16   .360
Northern Illinois –   – 8 – 15   .348
Houston Baptist –   – 9 – 17   .346
Mercer –   – 9 – 17   .346
Samford –   – 9 – 17   .346
Colgate –   – 8 – 16   .333
Villanova –   – 9 – 18   .333
Buffalo –   – 8 – 17   .320
Georgia Southern –   – 8 – 18   .308
Georgia State –   – 8 – 18   .308
Wisconsin-Milwaukee –   – 8 – 18   .308
St. Francis (NY) –   – 7 – 19   .269
Baptist –   – 4 – 16   .200
Hardin-Simmons –   – 5 – 20   .200
Iona –   – 4 – 19   .174
Army –   – 3 – 22   .120
Rankings from AP Poll[28]

Informal championships

Conference Regular
season winner 		Most Valuable Player
Philadelphia Big 5 La Salle Ron Haigler, Penn

La Salle finished with a 4–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.

Statistical leaders

Post-season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Main articles: 1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and 1975 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game

Final Four

National semifinals National finals
      
E Syracuse 79
ME Kentucky 95
ME Kentucky 85
W UCLA 92
MW Louisville 74
W UCLA 75 Third place
E Syracuse 88
MW Louisville 96

National Invitation tournament

Main article: 1975 National Invitation Tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
    
Providence 85
St. John's 72
Providence 69
Princeton 80
Oregon 79
Princeton 58 Third place
St. John's 76
Oregon 80

National Commissioners Invitational Tournament

Main article: 1975 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament

The Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament debuted the previous season as a new postseason tournament created by the NCAA to compete with the NIT. Renamed the National Commissioners Invitational Tournament, it was played for the second and last time in 1975.

Semifinals & final

Semifinals Final
    
Drake 78
Bowling Green State 65
Drake 83
Arizona 76
Arizona 102
Purdue 96

Awards

Consensus All-American teams

Main article: 1975 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Adrian Dantley F Sophomore Notre Dame
John Lucas G Junior Maryland
Scott May F Junior Indiana
Dave Meyers F Senior UCLA
David Thompson G/F Senior North Carolina State


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Luther Burden G Junior Utah
Leon Douglas F/C Junior Alabama
Kevin Grevey G Senior Kentucky
Ron Lee G Junior Oregon
Gus Williams G Senior Southern California

Major player of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach 		Interim
Coach 		New
Coach 		Reason
Army Dan Dougherty Mike Krzyzewski
Hardin–Simmons Russell Berry Preston Vice
Illinois Gene Bartow Lou Henson Bartow left for UCLA and was replaced by New Mexico State coach Lou Henson.
New Mexico State Lou Henson Ken Hayes
Tulsa Ken Hayes Jim King
UCLA John Wooden Gene Bartow Wooden announced his retirement during the 1975 Final Four, where he won his record tenth NCAA title. He was replaced by Illinois head coach Bartow.

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