1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

The 1964 NCAA University Division 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.

1964 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament

Season	1963–64
Teams	25
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	UCLA Bruins (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Duke Blue Devils (1st title game, 2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Kansas State Wildcats (4th Final Four) Michigan Wolverines (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	John Wooden (1st title)
MOP	Walt Hazzard (UCLA)
Attendance	140,790
Top scorer	Jeff Mullins Duke (116 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1963 1965»

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

Round	Region	Site	Venue
First Round	East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Palestra
	Mideast	Evanston, Illinois	McGaw Memorial Hall
	Midwest	Dallas, Texas	SMU Coliseum
	West	Eugene, Oregon	McArthur Court
Regionals	East	Raleigh, North Carolina	Reynolds Coliseum
	Mideast	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Williams Arena
	Midwest	Wichita, Kansas	U. of Wichita Field House
	West	Corvallis, Oregon	Oregon State Coliseum
Final Four		Kansas City, Missouri	Municipal Auditorium

For the ninth and final time, the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City would host the Final Four. This would be the last tournament for the historic venue, which still stands in the city. Future games in the city would be held at Kemper Arena (which would hold the tenth and, to date, most recent Final Four in the city in 1988) and the Sprint Center. Municipal Auditorium was the only non-campus arena used in the tournament, which featured no new arenas, something that hadn't happened in the tournament since 1950 and would not happen again until 1989. Along with Municipal Auditorium, this was the last year which saw Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus host games. Future games in the Minneapolis would be held in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, its replacement, U.S. Bank Stadium (for the 2019 Final Four) and the Target Center (scheduled to host in 2021).

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Connecticut	Fred Shabel	Yankee	Regional Runner-up	Duke	L 101–54
East	Duke	Vic Bubas	Atlantic Coast	Runner Up	UCLA	L 98–83
East	Princeton	Butch van Breda Kolff	Ivy League	Regional Fourth Place	Villanova	L 74–62
East	Providence	Joe Mullaney	Independent	First round	Villanova	L 77–66
East	Temple	Harry Litwack	Middle Atlantic	First round	Connecticut	L 53–48
East	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Independent	Regional third place	Princeton	W 74–62
East	VMI	Weenie Miller	Southern	First round	Princeton	L 86–60
Mideast
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Regional Fourth Place	Loyola–Chicago	L 100–91
Mideast	Louisville	Peck Hickman	Independent	First round	Ohio	L 71–69
Mideast	Loyola–Chicago	George Ireland	Independent	Regional third place	Kentucky	W 100–91
Mideast	Michigan	Dave Strack	Big Ten	Third Place	Kansas State	W 100–90
Mideast	Murray State	Cal Luther	Ohio Valley	First round	Loyola–Chicago	L 101–91
Mideast	Ohio	James Snyder	Mid-American	Regional Runner-up	Michigan	L 69–57
Midwest
Midwest	Creighton	Red McManus	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Texas Western	L 63–52
Midwest	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Big Eight	Fourth Place	Michigan	L 100–90
Midwest	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Independent	First round	Creighton	L 89–78
Midwest	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	Southwest	First round	Texas Western	L 68–62
Midwest	Texas Western	Don Haskins	Independent	Regional third place	Creighton	W 63–52
Midwest	Wichita State	Ralph Miller	Missouri Valley	Regional Runner-up	Kansas State	L 94–86
West
West	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Western Athletic	First round	Utah State	L 92–90
West	Oregon State	Slats Gill	Independent	First round	Seattle	L 61–57
West	San Francisco	Pete Peletta	West Coast Athletic	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 76–72
West	Seattle	Bob Boyd	Independent	Regional third place	Utah State	W 88–78
West	UCLA	John Wooden	AAWU	Champion	Duke	W 98–83
West	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Seattle	L 88–78

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			Third place
							Princeton	50
		Princeton	86								Villanova		74
		VMI	60								Princeton		62

Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Kentucky

69

Ohio

71

Ohio

85

Louisville

69*

Ohio

57

Michigan

69

Michigan

84

Loyola–Chicago

101

Loyola–Chicago

80

Murray State

91

Third place

Loyola–Chicago

100

Kentucky

91

Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Wichita State	84
		Creighton	89				Creighton	68
		Oklahoma City	78									Wichita State	86
												Kansas State	94
							Kansas State	64
		Texas Western	68				Texas Western	60
		Texas A&M	62								Third place
												Texas Western	63
												Creighton	52

West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							UCLA	95
		Seattle	61				Seattle	90
		Oregon State	57									UCLA	76
												San Francisco	72
							San Francisco	64
		Utah State	92				Utah State	58
		Arizona State	90								Third place
												Seattle	88
												Utah State	78

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
						ME	Michigan	100
						MW	Kansas State	90

See also

• 1964 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
• 1964 National Invitation Tournament
• 1964 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

References