1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

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1965 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament
Season 196465
Teams23
Finals site Memorial Coliseum
Portland, Oregon
Champions UCLA Bruins (2nd title, 2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Runner-up Michigan Wolverines (1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Wooden (2nd title)
MOP Bill Bradley (Princeton)
Attendance140,673
Top scorerBill Bradley (Princeton)
(177 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
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The 1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon. A total of 27 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.

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Second-ranked UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 91–80 victory in the final game over #1 Michigan, coached by Dave Strack. Bill Bradley of Princeton was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

UCLA finished the season with 28 wins and two defeats. In the championship game, the Bruins shot 56.9% with Gail Goodrich's 42 points and Kenny Washington's 17 points to become the fifth team to win consecutive championships. [1]

Of note, this was the last NCAA Tournament for Henry Iba of Oklahoma State.

Locations

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Bowling Green
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Philadelphia
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Lubbock
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Manhattan
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Lexington
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College Park
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Provo
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Portland
First round (green), Regionals (blue), and Final Four (red)
RoundRegionLocationVenue
First RoundEast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Palestra
Mideast Bowling Green, Kentucky E. A. Diddle Arena
Midwest
& West
Lubbock, Texas Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
RegionalsEast College Park, Maryland Cole Field House
Mideast Lexington, Kentucky Memorial Coliseum
Midwest Manhattan, Kansas Ahearn Field House
West Provo, Utah Smith Fieldhouse
Final Four Portland, Oregon Memorial Coliseum

Teams

RegionTeamCoachConferenceFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
East Connecticut Fred Shabel Yankee First round Saint Joseph's L 67–61
East NC State Press Maravich Atlantic Coast Regional third place Saint Joseph's W 103–81
East Penn State John Egli IndependentFirst round Princeton L 60–58
East Princeton Butch van Breda Kolff Ivy League Third Place Wichita State W 118–82
East Providence Joe Mullaney IndependentRegional Runner-up Princeton L 109–69
East Saint Joseph's Jack Ramsay Middle Atlantic Regional Fourth Place NC State L 103–81
East West Virginia George King Southern First round Providence L 91–67
Mideast
Mideast Dayton Don Donoher IndependentRegional third place DePaul W 75–69
Mideast DePaul Ray Meyer IndependentRegional Fourth Place Dayton L 75–69
Mideast Eastern Kentucky Jim Baechtold Ohio Valley First round DePaul L 99–52
Mideast Michigan Dave Strack Big Ten Runner Up UCLA L 91–80
Mideast Ohio James Snyder Mid-American First round Dayton L 66–65
Mideast Vanderbilt Roy Skinner Southeastern Regional Runner-up Michigan L 87–85
Midwest
Midwest Houston Guy Lewis IndependentRegional Fourth Place SMU L 89–87
Midwest Notre Dame John Dee IndependentFirst round Houston L 99–98
Midwest Oklahoma State Henry Iba Big Eight Regional Runner-up Wichita State L 54–46
Midwest SMU Doc Hayes Southwest Regional third place Houston W 89–87
Midwest Wichita State Gary Thompson Missouri Valley Fourth Place Princeton L 118–82
West
West BYU Stan Watts Western Athletic Regional Fourth Place Oklahoma City L 112–102
West Colorado State Jim Williams IndependentFirst round Oklahoma City L 70–68
West Oklahoma City Abe Lemons IndependentRegional third place BYU W 112–102
West San Francisco Pete Peletta West Coast Athletic Regional Runner-up UCLA L 101–93
West UCLA John Wooden AAWU Champion Michigan W 91–80

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  NC State 48
 Princeton66
  Princeton 60
  Penn State 58
 Princeton109
 Providence 69
  Saint Joseph's 67
  Connecticut 61
 Saint Joseph's 73*
 Providence81
  Providence 91
  West Virginia 67

Mideast region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Michigan 98
 Dayton 71
  Dayton 66
  Ohio 65
 Michigan87
 Vanderbilt 85
  Vanderbilt 83
 DePaul 78*
  DePaul 99
  Eastern Kentucky 52

Midwest region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Wichita State 86
  SMU 81
 Wichita State54
 Oklahoma State 46
  Oklahoma State 75
 Houston 60
  Houston 99
  Notre Dame 98

West region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  UCLA 100
  BYU 76
 UCLA101
 San Francisco 93
  San Francisco 91
 Oklahoma City 67
  Oklahoma City 70
  Colorado State 68

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E Princeton 76
ME Michigan93
ME Michigan 80
W UCLA91
MW Wichita State 89
W UCLA108

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game [2]
   
E Princeton118
MW Wichita State 82

Regional third place games

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References

  1. New York Times, March 21, 1965
  2. "1954 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket" . Retrieved October 14, 2011.