1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

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1967 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament
Season 196667
Teams23
Finals site Freedom Hall,
Louisville, Kentucky
Champions UCLA Bruins (3rd title, 3rd title game,
4th Final Four)
Runner-up Dayton Flyers (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Wooden (3rd title)
MOP Lew Alcindor (UCLA)
Attendance159,570
Top scorer Elvin Hayes (Houston)
(128 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
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The 1967 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 Saturday, March 11, and ended two weeks later with the championship game on March 25 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 27 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.

Contents

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 79–64 victory in the final game over Dayton, coached by Don Donoher. Sophomore center Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. This was the first of seven consecutive NCAA titles for UCLA and the first of three consecutive Most Outstanding Player awards for Alcindor.

Locations

RoundRegionSiteVenueHost
First RoundEast Blacksburg, Virginia Cassell Coliseum Virginia Tech
East Kingston, Rhode Island Keaney Gymnasium URI
Mideast Lexington, Kentucky Memorial Coliseum Kentucky
Midwest
& West
Fort Collins, Colorado Colorado State Auditorium-Gymnasium Colorado State
RegionalsEast College Park, Maryland Cole Field House Maryland
Mideast Evanston, Illinois McGaw Memorial Hall Northwestern
Midwest Lawrence, Kansas Allen Fieldhouse Kansas
West Corvallis, Oregon Gill Coliseum Oregon State
Final Four Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall Louisville

Teams

RegionTeamCoachConferenceFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
East Boston College Bob Cousy IndependentRegional Runner-up North Carolina L 96–80
East Connecticut Fred Shabel Yankee First round Boston College L 48–42
East North Carolina Dean Smith Atlantic Coast Fourth Place Houston L 84–62
East Princeton Butch van Breda Kolff Ivy League Regional third place St. John's W 78–58
East St. John's Lou Carnesecca IndependentRegional Fourth Place Princeton L 78–58
East Temple Harry Litwack Middle Atlantic First round St. John's L 57–53
East West Virginia Bucky Waters Southern First round Princeton L 68–57
Mideast
Mideast Dayton Don Donoher IndependentRunner Up UCLA L 79–64
Mideast Indiana Lou Watson Big Ten Regional third place Tennessee W 51–44
Mideast Tennessee Ray Mears Southeastern Regional Fourth Place Indiana L 51–44
Mideast Toledo Bob Nichols Mid-American First round Virginia Tech L 82–76
Mideast Virginia Tech Howie Shannon IndependentRegional Runner-up Dayton L 71–66
Mideast Western Kentucky Johnny Oldham Ohio Valley First round Dayton L 69–67
Midwest
Midwest Houston Guy Lewis IndependentThird Place North Carolina W 84–62
Midwest Kansas Ted Owens Big Eight Regional third place Louisville W 70–68
Midwest Louisville Peck Hickman Missouri Valley Regional Fourth Place Kansas L 70–68
Midwest New Mexico State Lou Henson IndependentFirst round Houston L 59–58
Midwest SMU Doc Hayes Southwest Regional Runner-up Houston L 83–75
West
West Pacific Dick Edwards West Coast Athletic Regional Runner-up UCLA L 80–64
West Seattle Lionel Purcell IndependentFirst round Texas Western L 62–54
West Texas Western Don Haskins IndependentRegional third place Wyoming W 69–67
West UCLA John Wooden AAWU Champion Dayton W 79–64
West Wyoming Bill Strannigan Western Athletic Regional Fourth Place Texas Western L 69–67

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
 North Carolina78
 Princeton 70*
 Princeton68
 West Virginia 57
 North Carolina96
 Boston College 80
 St. John's57
 Temple 53
 St. John's 62
 Boston College63
 Boston College48
 Connecticut 42

Mideast region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
 Tennessee 52
 Dayton53
 Dayton69
 Western Kentucky 67*
 Dayton71
 Virginia Tech 66
 Indiana 70
 Virginia Tech79
 Virginia Tech82
 Toledo 76

Midwest region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
 SMU83
 Louisville 81
 SMU 75
 Houston83
 Kansas 53
 Houston66
 Houston59
 New Mexico State 58

West region

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
 UCLA109
 Wyoming 60
 UCLA80
 Pacific 64
 Pacific72
 Texas Western 63
 Texas Western62
 Seattle 54
Source: [1] [2]

Final Four

National Semifinals
Friday, March 24
Championship Game
Saturday, March 25
      
E North Carolina 62
ME Dayton76
ME Dayton 64
W UCLA79
MW Houston 58
W UCLA73Third Place Game [3]
MW Houston84
E North Carolina 62
Source: [4]

Regional third place games

See also

References

  1. "UCLA to face possible Wyoming stall". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 17, 1967. p. 1B.
  2. Uhrhammer, Jerry (March 19, 1967). "Strong Tigers extend UCLA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. "1954 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket" . Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  4. "UCLA, Dayton clash tonight for NCAA hoop title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 25, 1967. p. 1B.
  5. Cawood, Neil (March 19, 1967). "Miners nip Wyoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.