1973 ncaa finalist MIDWEST REGION SEMIFINALS MEMPHIS 90, SOUTH CAROLINA 76 MIDWEST REGION FINAL MEMPHIS 92, KANSAS STATE 72 FINAL FOUR - NATIONAL SEMIFINALS MEMPHIS 98, PROVIDENCE 85 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP UCLA 87, MEMPHIS 66 MEMPHIS TAKES ON UCLA IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE 1973 NCAA TOURNAMENT. LARRY FINCH THE FIRST TIME A SPORTS TEAM ACCOMPLISHES SPECIAL, IT IS LONG REMEMBERED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THAT IS THE CASE WITH THE 1972-73 TIGERS. RANKED MOST OF THE SEASON, THE TIGERS - LED BY THE LEGENDARY TRIO OF LARRY FINCH, LARRY KENON AND RONNIE ROBINSON - CAUGHT FIRE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND TOOK THE CITY OF MEMPHIS ON A RIDE TO THE NCAA NATIONAL TITLE GAME THAT FANS STILL TALK FONDLY OF TODAY. MEMPHIS LOST TO THE BILL WALTON-LED UCLA BRUINS IN THE TITLE GAME, BUT THE SETBACK NEVER TOOK AWAY FROM THE MAGIC OF THE 1972-73 SEASON. MEMPHIS COACH GENE BARTOW AND UCLA´S JOHN WOODEN GREET ONE ANOTHER PRIOR TO THEIR TEAMS 1973 NCAA FINAL GAME. ALL-AMERICAN LARRY KENON RONNIE ROBINSON 2010-11 Tiger Hoops Experience | 69
