1962 NCAA University Division basketball championship game

1962 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
59	71
AP: 1; Coaches: 1;	AP: 2; Coaches: 2;
Date	March 24, 1962
Venue	Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
MVP	Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
Attendance	18,469
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The 1962 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1961-62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 24, 1962, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. It featured the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, and the second-ranked and defending national champion Cincinnati Bearcats of the Missouri Valley Conference in an all-Ohio matchup for the second consecutive year.

As of 2024, this is the last time that the national championship game featured two teams from the same state.

Participating teams[edit]

Source:^[4]

March 24, 1962

#2 Cincinnati Bearcats 71, #1 Ohio State Buckeyes 59
Scoring by half: 37-29, 34-30
Pts: Paul Hogue 22 Rebs: Paul Hogue 19		Pts: Gary Bradds 15 Rebs: Jerry Lucas 16

^ "Ohio State vs. Cincinnati Box Score (Men), March 24, 1962". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
^ Joseph M. Sheehan, Ohio State Bows, Bearcats Win, 71-59, for 2d N.C.A.A. Title -- Hogue Is Star, New York Times, March 24, 1962
^ "Ohio State vs. Cincinnati Box Score, March 24, 1962 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".