1973 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1973 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

Tournament details
Dates	December 1973
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	California (1st title)
Runner-up	UC Irvine (1st title game)
Third place	USC
Fourth place	UCLA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	151 (12.58 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bruce Kocsis, USC (8)
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The 1973 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the fifth annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1973.^[1]

California defeated UC Irvine in the final, 8–4, to win their first national title.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Bruce Kocsis from USC (8 goals). The award for Most Outstanding Player was not given out this year, but an All-Tournament Team was named.

Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.

• Site: Belmont Plaza Pool, Long Beach, California

• Bruce Kocsis, USC
• Bruce Black, UC Irvine
• Jim Kruse, UC Irvine

• NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship