1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

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1963 NCAA University Division
Basketball Tournament
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Cover from the official program
Season 196263
Teams25
Finals site Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky
Champions Loyola Ramblers (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-up Cincinnati Bearcats (3rd title game,
5th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach George Ireland (1st title)
MOP Art Heyman (Duke)
Attendance153,065
Top scorer Mel Counts Oregon State
(123 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
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The 1963 NCAA Division 1 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, 1963, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 29 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.

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Loyola University Chicago, coached by George Ireland, won the national title with a 60–58 overtime victory in the final game, over the University of Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker. Art Heyman, of Duke University, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. This tournament marked the last time that a city was host to two straight Final Fours.

Locations

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Philadelphia
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Evanston
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Lubbock
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Eugene
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College Park
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East Lansing
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Lawrence
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Provo
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Louisville
First round (green), Regionals (blue), and Final Four (red)
RoundRegionLocationVenue
First RoundEast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Palestra
Mideast Evanston, Illinois McGaw Memorial Hall
Midwest Lubbock, Texas Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
West Eugene, Oregon McArthur Court
RegionalsEast College Park, Maryland Cole Field House
Mideast East Lansing, Michigan Jenison Fieldhouse
Midwest Lawrence, Kansas Allen Fieldhouse
West Provo, Utah Smith Fieldhouse
Final Four Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall

For the fourth time, Louisville and Freedom Hall hosted the Final Four, the last time a host repeated in back-to-back years. Like the preceding year, all nine venues were either on-campus arenas or the primary off-campus arena for college teams. The tournament saw three new venues being used. For the first time, the tournament came to the state of Michigan, when Jenison Fieldhouse on the campus of Michigan State University hosted games for the first and only time. (All other games held in the state have been in the Detroit metropolitan area.) Texas saw its third host city become Lubbock, when the Municipal Coliseum at Texas Technological College hosted games for the first time. And for the first time, the University of Oregon hosted the tournament at historic McArthur Court, something it would do twice more. Of the nine venues used, only Jenison Fieldhouse would not be used again.

Teams

RegionTeamCoachConferenceFinishedFinal OpponentScoreQualification
East
East Connecticut George Wigton Yankee First round West Virginia L 77–71 Yankee Conference champion [1]
East Duke Vic Bubas Atlantic Coast Third Place Oregon State W 85–63 ACC Tournament champion [1]
East NYU Lou Rossini Metro NY Regional Fourth Place West Virginia L 83–73At-large bid [2]
East Pittsburgh Bob Timmons IndependentFirst round NYU L 93–83At-large bid
East Princeton Butch van Breda Kolff Ivy League First round Saint Joseph's L 82–81 Ivy League co-champion [lower-alpha 1] [3]
East Saint Joseph's Jack Ramsay Middle Atlantic Regional Runner-up Duke L 73–59 MAC champion [4]
East West Virginia George King Southern Regional third place NYU W 83–73 SoCon Tournament champion [1]
Mideast
Mideast Bowling Green Harold Anderson Mid-American Regional Fourth Place Mississippi State L 65–60 MAC champion [4]
Mideast Illinois Harry Combes Big Ten Regional Runner-up Loyola–Chicago L 79–64 Big Ten co-champion [lower-alpha 2] [3]
Mideast Loyola–Chicago George Ireland IndependentChampion Cincinnati W 60–58At-large bid [2]
Mideast Mississippi State Babe McCarthy Southeastern Regional third place Bowling Green W 65–60 SEC champion [3]
Mideast Notre Dame John Jordan IndependentFirst round Bowling Green L 77–72At-large bid
Mideast Tennessee Tech Johnny Oldham Ohio Valley First round Loyola–Chicago L 111–42 OVC champion [4]
Midwest
Midwest Cincinnati Ed Jucker Missouri Valley Runner Up Loyola–Chicago L 60–58 MVC champion [5]
Midwest Colorado Sox Walseth Big Eight Regional Runner-up Cincinnati L 67–60 Big Eight co-champion [lower-alpha 3] [3]
Midwest Colorado State Jim Williams IndependentFirst round Oklahoma City L 70–67At-large bid [2]
Midwest Oklahoma City Abe Lemons IndependentRegional Fourth Place Texas L 90–83At-large bid [2]
Midwest Texas Harold Bradley Southwest Regional third place Oklahoma City W 90–83 SWC champion [5]
Midwest Texas Western Don Haskins IndependentFirst round Texas L 65–47At-large bid [2]
West
West Arizona State Ned Wulk Western Athletic Regional Runner-up Oregon State L 83–65 WAC champion [4]
West Oregon State Slats Gill IndependentFourth Place Duke L 85–63At-large bid [2]
West San Francisco Pete Peletta West Coast Athletic Regional third place UCLA W 76–75 WCAC champion [3]
West Seattle Clair Markey IndependentFirst round Oregon State L 70–66At-large bid [2]
West UCLA John Wooden AAWU Regional Fourth Place San Francisco L 76–75 Big Six co-champion [lower-alpha 4] [3] [6]
West Utah State LaDell Andersen IndependentFirst round Arizona State L 79–75At-large bid [2]
  1. Princeton won a tiebreaker play-off game against Fordham to earn a tournament berth.
  2. Ohio State had been in the previous year's tournament, so Illinois was awarded the tournament berth.
  3. Colorado had won both their games against co-champion Kansas State that season, so they were awarded the tournament berth.
  4. UCLA won in a tiebreaker play-off game against Stanford to earn a tournament berth.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Duke 81
 NYU 76
  NYU 93
  Pittsburgh 83
 Duke73
 Saint Joseph's 59
  West Virginia 77
  Connecticut 71
 West Virginia 88
 Saint Joseph's97
  Saint Joseph's 82
  Princeton 81*

Mideast region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Illinois 70
 Bowling Green 67
  Bowling Green 77
  Notre Dame 72
 Illinois 64
 Loyola–Chicago79
  Mississippi State 51
 Loyola–Chicago61
  Loyola–Chicago 111
  Tennessee Tech 42

Midwest region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Colorado 78
 Oklahoma City 72
  Oklahoma City 70
  Colorado State 67
 Colorado 60
 Cincinnati67
  Cincinnati 73
 Texas 68
  Texas 65
  Texas Western 47

West region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  UCLA 79
 Arizona State93
  Arizona State 79
  Utah State 75*
 Arizona State 65
 Oregon State83
  San Francisco 61
 Oregon State65
  Oregon State 70
  Seattle 66

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E Duke 75
ME Loyola–Chicago94
ME Loyola–Chicago60(OT)
MW Cincinnati 58
MW Cincinnati80
W Oregon State 46

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game [7]
   
E Duke85
W Oregon State 63

Regional third place games

Notes

The Loyola Ramblers show off their championship trophy as they arrive home at O'Hare International Airport. 1963 Loyola Ramblers at O'Hare Airport.png
The Loyola Ramblers show off their championship trophy as they arrive home at O'Hare International Airport.

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