1968-69 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: UCLA

Final Four: Drake, UNC, Purdue and UCLA

Consensus Player of the Year: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

AP Preseason #1: UCLA

AP Final #1: UCLA

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	141	102	.580	10.11	8.40	1	1	1	Purdue
2	Big Eight Conference	8	114	95	.545	3.57	2.97	1	1	0	Colorado
3	Western Athletic Conference	6	93	68	.578	5.29	2.48	0	1	0	Brigham Young, New Mexico, Wyoming
4	Missouri Valley Conference	9	135	104	.565	3.77	2.83	0	1	1	Drake, Louisville
5	Pacific-8 Conference	8	120	90	.571	6.14	3.65	0	1	1	UCLA
6	Mid-American Conference	7	88	85	.509	2.82	3.05	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
7	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	110	96	.534	-4.32	-2.52	0	1	0	Santa Clara
8	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	120	96	.556	5.03	3.44	0	1	1	North Carolina	North Carolina
9	Southwest Conference	8	100	95	.513	-3.30	-2.52	0	1	0	Texas A&M
10	Southeastern Conference	10	140	118	.543	3.98	3.37	0	1	0	Kentucky
11	Ohio Valley Conference	8	120	83	.591	-1.89	-2.01	0	1	0	Morehead State, Murray State
12	Independent	56	779	636	.551	-1.37	-0.24	0	9	0
13	Big Sky Conference	6	83	76	.522	-5.59	-3.15	0	1	0	Weber State
14	Southern Conference	8	104	106	.495	-7.08	-4.56	0	1	0	Davidson	Davidson
15	Ivy League	8	95	106	.473	-4.70	-3.61	0	1	0	Princeton
16	Middle Atlantic Conference	10	131	118	.526	-9.87	-7.19	0	1	0	Temple
17	Yankee Conference	6	65	80	.448	-14.72	-10.38	0	0	0	Massachusetts
18	Southland Conference	1	8	18	.308	-19.00	-2.00	0	0	0	Trinity (TX)
19	Metropolitan Collegiate Conference	8	110	85	.564	-9.09	-6.73	0	0	0	Manhattan, Saint Peter's

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
UCLA	Pac-8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
UNC	ACC	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
Davidson	Southern	7	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	4	3
Santa Clara	WCAC	17	15	10	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4
Kentucky	SEC	3	4	5	4	4	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	6	7	5
La Salle	Mid-Atl			14		16			16	10	9	7	5	4	5	6
Purdue	Big Ten	11	9	12	19	17	13	16		20	12	8	8	7	6	7
St. John's (NY)	Ind					10	8	8	7	7	5	6	7	8	8	8
New Mexico State	Ind	13	16	13	12	15	10	7	6	6	13		13	13	12	9
Duquesne	Ind					11	14	14	13	11	16	15	10	10	9	10
Drake	MVC						17							17	11	11
Colorado	Big 8							17	12	14	20	13			14	12
Louisville	MVC				16	18	16	19				16	14	11		13
Marquette	Ind														17	14
Villanova	Ind	9	6	7	5	7	9	10	9	9	7	10	9	9	10	15
Boston College	Ind											20		18	19	15
Wyoming	WAC				14	18		14		20		16	17	16	12	17
Weber State	Big Sky															17
Colorado State	Ind															19
South Carolina	ACC											18	11	12	16	20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Kansas	Big 8	5	10	9	9	6	6	9	11	13	10	12	19	14	18	20
Notre Dame	Ind	4	7	8	7		12	13	13	16		20			14
Princeton	Ivy														20
Ohio State	Big Ten	14	18		18				15	17	18		15	15
New Mexico	WAC	8	5	6	8	12	11	12	19	18	15	14	17	18
Tulsa	MVC			18			18	11	10	12	11	11	12	20
Illinois	Big Ten			16	11	8	5	5	8	8	8	9	16
Columbia	Ivy			17		14	15	19	17	15	14	18	19
Iowa	Big Ten										17
Lamar	Southland										18
Dayton	Ind		18		17				19	18
St. Bonaventure	Ind	12	11	11	13			17	18
Cincinnati	MVC	10	8	4	10	9		19
Detroit Mercy	Ind		17		15	13	19
Northwestern	Big Ten						19
Vanderbilt	SEC					18
USC	Pac-8	18	20	20	20
Houston	Ind	6	13	15
Western Kentucky	OVC	15	14	19
Duke	ACC	15	12
Florida	SEC	19
California	Pac-8	20

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

Season Leaders

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