1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1964 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 25
Finals site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions UCLA (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-up Duke (1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Wooden (1st title)
MOP Walt Hazzard UCLA
Attendance 140,790
Top scorer Jeff Mullins Duke
(116 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1963 1965»

The 1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 9, 1964, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 98–83 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Vic Bubas. Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The title was the first in the history of the UCLA program, and was a sign of things to come as, the Bruins would win nine more championships in the next eleven seasons.

Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East Raleigh, North Carolina Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mideast Minneapolis, Minnesota Evanston, Illinois
Midwest Wichita, Kansas Dallas, Texas
West Corvallis, Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Finals Kansas City, Missouri

All locations were in the USA.

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
West
West n/a Arizona State Ned Wulk First roundUtah StateL 92-90
West n/a Oregon State Slats Gill First roundSeattleL 61-57
West n/a San Francisco Peter Peletta Regional Runner-upUCLAL 76-72
West n/a Seattle Bob Boyd Regional Third PlaceUtah StateW 88-78
West n/a UCLA John Wooden ChampionDukeW 98-83
West n/a Utah State LaDell Andersen Regional Fourth PlaceSeattleL 88-78
Midwest
Midwest n/a Creighton Red McManus Regional Fourth PlaceTexas WesternL 63-52
Midwest n/a Kansas State Tex Winter Fourth PlaceMichiganL 100-90
Midwest n/a Oklahoma City Abe Lemons First roundCreightonL 89-78
Midwest n/a Texas A&M Shelby Metcalf First roundTexas WesternL 68-62
Midwest n/a Texas Western Don Haskins Regional Third PlaceCreightonW 63-52
Midwest n/a Wichita State Ralph Miller Regional Runner-upKansas StateL 94-86
Mideast
Mideast n/a Kentucky Adolph Rupp Regional Fourth PlaceLoyola, IllinoisL 100-91
Mideast n/a Louisville Peck Hickman First roundOhioL 71-69
Mideast n/a Loyola, Illinois George Ireland Regional Third PlaceKentuckyW 100-91
Mideast n/a Michigan Dave Strack Third PlaceKansas StateW 100-90
Mideast n/a Murray State Cal Luther First roundLoyola, IllinoisL 101-91
Mideast n/a Ohio James Snyder Regional Runner-upMichiganL 69-57
East
East n/a Connecticut Fred Shabel Regional Runner-upDukeL 101-54
East n/a Duke Vic Bubas Runner UpUCLAL 98-83
East n/a Princeton Butch van Breda Kolff Regional Fourth PlaceVillanovaL 74-62
East n/a Providence Joe Mullaney First roundVillanovaL 77-66
East n/a Temple Harry Litwack First roundConnecticutL 53-48
East n/a Villanova Jack Kraft Regional Third PlacePrincetonW 74-62
East n/a VMI Weenie Miller First roundPrincetonL 86-60

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Duke 87  
       Villanova 73  
   Villanova 77
     Providence 66  
       Duke 101
     Connecticut 54
     Connecticut 53  
   Temple 48  
   Connecticut 52
       Princeton 50  
   Princeton 86
     VMI 60  

Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Kentucky 69  
       Ohio 85  
   Ohio 71
     Louisville 69*  
       Ohio 57
     Michigan 69
          
        
   Michigan 84
       Loyola-Chicago 80  
   Loyola-Chicago 101
     Murray State 91  

Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Wichita State 84  
       Creighton 68  
   Creighton 89
     Oklahoma City 78  
       Wichita State 86
     Kansas State 94
          
        
   Kansas State 64
       Texas Western 60  
   Texas Western 68
     Texas A&M 62  

West region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     UCLA 95  
       Seattle 90  
   Seattle 61
     Oregon State 57  
       UCLA 76
     San Francisco 72
          
        
   San Francisco 64
       Utah State 58  
   Utah State 92
     Arizona State 90  

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E Duke 91
ME Michigan 80
E Duke 83
W UCLA 98
MW Kansas State 84
W UCLA 90

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game [1]
   
ME Michigan 100
MW Kansas State 90

Regional Third Place Games

East Regional Third Place
   
Villanova 74
Princeton 62

Mideast Regional Third Place
   
Loyola-Chicago 100
Kentucky 91

Midwest Regional Third Place
   
Texas Western 63
Creighton 52

West Regional Third Place
   
Seattle 88
Utah State 78

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
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