Front Row (l-r): Bob Webb, Tommy Curtis, Gary Franklin, Casey Corliss
Middle Row (l-r): Larry Hollyfield, Mgr. Les Friedman, Head Coach John Wooden, Asst. Coach Gary Cunningham, Trainer Elvin "Ducky" Drake, Greg Lee
Back Row (l-r): Larry Farmer, Keith Wilkes, Dave Meyers, Bill Walton, Ralph Drollinger, Swen Nater, Vince Carson, Pete Trgovich
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| JOHN WOODEN | BILL WALTON | UCLA |
| Location: St. Louis Arena | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| March 26, 1973 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| UCLA | |||||
| Wilkes | 8-14 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| Farmer | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Walton | 21-22 | 2-5 | 13 | 4 | 44 |
| Lee | 1-1 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Hollyfield | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Curtis | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Meyers | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Nater | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Franklin | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Carson | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Webb | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 40-62 | 7-11 | 40 | 18 | 87 |
| Memphis State | |||||
| Buford | 3-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Kenon | 8-16 | 4-4 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| Robinson | 3-6 | 0-1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Laurie | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finch | 9-21 | 11-13 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| Westfall | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cook | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| McKinney | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tetzlaff | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Liss | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrews | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 24-57 | 18-24 | 21 | 17 | 66 |