ON THIS DATE IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MARCH 25

1 9 4 7 — Holy Cross, led by George Kaftan, beats Oklahoma 5 8 -4 7 in the NCAA basketball championship.

1 9 6 1 — Cincinnati ends Ohio State’s

3 2 -game winning streak with a 7 0 -6 5 win in the NCAA basketball championship. In the third-place game, St. Joseph’s beats Utah 127-120 in quadruple-overtime.

1 9 6 7 — UCLA, led by sophomore Lew Alcindor’s 2 0 points, beats Dayton 7 9 -6 4 for the NCAA basketball championship.

1 9 7 2 — Bill Walton scores 2 4 points to lead UCLA to an 8 1 -7 6 victory over Florida State and the NCAA basketball title. The Bruins finish with a 3 0 -0 record and increase their winning streak to 4 5 straight.

1972 — Maryland beats Niagara 100-69 in the NIT championship, becoming the first team to score 100 points in the finals of the tournament.

1999 — Geno Carlisle, just 3-of-17 from the field, came through with a three-point play with 4.7 seconds left, to give California a 61-60 win over Clemson and the NIT championship.

2 0 0 8 — Tennessee gives coach Pat Summitt her 1 0 0 th NCAA tournament win, a 7 8 -5 2 rout of host Purdue. The win sends the Lady Vols to the NCAA regional semifinals.

2011 — The Southwest regional is the first in NCAA men’s basketball history with three double-digit seeded teams in the semifinals. Virginia Commonwealth, an 11th seed beats 10th seed Florida State 72-71 in OT and the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks beat No. 12 seed Richmond 77-57 in the region’s other semifinal.