Tournament Notes
- The bracket expanded to 32 teams.
- This was the last tournament in which third-place games were contested in each regional. The national third-place game would continue to be played through the 1981 tournament.
- This was also the first NCAA tournament to allow more than one team per conference. Previously, only one team from each conference was allowed. This change was response to a number of factors:
- The 1971 USC Trojans were ranked #2 with their only two losses being to conference rival and #1 ranked UCLA, but were excluded from the 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament due to being second place in the conference to #1 UCLA.
- The 1974 ACC tournament final pitted two of the 3 best teams in the country in NC State and Maryland.
- In 1974, the Collegiate Commissioners' Association held a tournament in St. Louis, Missouri. They invited the second-place teams from eight conferences to participate.
- Finally, the national final was the last game for UCLA coaching legend John Wooden, who had announced his retirement at the press conference following the semi-final game with Louisville. Wooden won his tenth and final NCAA Men's Division I Basketball championship.
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