1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
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
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»
«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

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

1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

Contents

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

Mideast region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

National Third Place Game

Regional Third Place Games

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Midwest region 1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament_section_5

West region 1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament_section_6

Final Four 1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament_section_7

National Third Place Game 1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament_section_8

Regional Third Place Games 1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament_section_9

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Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

Mideast region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

National Third Place Game

Regional Third Place Games

See also