1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

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»

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.

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

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

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