| 1964–65UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament National champions AAWU regular season champions | |
| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 2 |
| AP | No. 2 |
| Record | 28–2 (14–0 Pac-8) |
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| Assistant coach | Jerry Norman |
| Home arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles,California |
Seasons | |
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| No. 2UCLA | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | – | 2 | .933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 15 | – | 8 | .652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 16 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of November 25, 2011[1] Rankings fromAP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its secondNCAA national championship under head coachJohn Wooden.[2]
AtMemorial Coliseum inPortland, Oregon, the #2 Bruins successfully defended their national title with a 91–80 win over top-rankedMichigan before 13,204.[3][4][5]Gail Goodrich's 42 points andKenny Washington's 17 points helped UCLA to become the fifth team to win consecutive championships. Wooden liked Goodrich for his "poise, quickness and speed."[6]
After dropping the season opener atIllinois in early December, the Bruins finished the season with a 28–2 record, winning the last fifteen games and scoring a team record of 400 points in the four tournament games. Brigham Young, San Francisco, andWichita State were also eliminated by the Bruins.[7][8] This was Wooden's 17th season at UCLA.
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| December 4, 1964* | No. 2 | at Illinois | L 83–110 | 0–1 | Assembly Hall Champaign, IL | ||||||
| December 5, 1964* | No. 2 | at Indiana State | W 112–76 | 1–1 | Indiana State College Arena Terre Haute, IN | ||||||
| December 11, 1964* | No. 7 | Arizona State | W 107–76 | 2–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 12, 1964* | No. 7 | Oklahoma State | W 68–52 | 3–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 18, 1964 | No. 5 | at Marquette Milwaukee Classic | W 61–52 | 4–1 | Milwaukee Arena[9] Milwaukee, WI | ||||||
| December 19, 1964 | No. 5 | vs. Boston College Milwaukee Classic | W 61–52 | 5–1 | Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI | ||||||
| December 22, 1964 | No. 4 | at USC | W 84–75 | 6–1 (1–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 28, 1964* | No. 4 | Arizona Los Angeles Classic | W 99–79 | 7–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 29, 1964* | No. 4 | Minnesota Los Angeles Classic | W 93–77 | 8–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 30, 1964* | No. 4 | Utah Los Angeles Classic | W 104–74 | 9–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 8, 1965 | No. 1 | at Oregon | W 91–74 | 10–1 (2–0) | McArthur Court Eugene, OR | ||||||
| January 9, 1965 | No. 1 | at Oregon State | W 83–53 | 11–1 (3–0) | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| January 15, 1965 | No. 1 | California | W 76–54 | 12–1 (4–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 16, 1965 | No. 1 | Stanford | W 80–66 | 13–1 (5–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 29, 1965* | No. 1 | vs. Iowa | L 82–87 | 13–2 | Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL | ||||||
| January 30, 1965* | No. 1 | at Loyola–Chicago | W 85–72 | 14–2 | Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL | ||||||
| February 5, 1965 | No. 2 | Washington State | W 93–41 | 15–2 (5–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 6, 1965 | No. 2 | Washington | W 78–75 | 16–2 (6–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 12, 1965 | No. 2 | at Washington | W 83–73 | 17–2 (7–0) | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA | ||||||
| February 13, 1965 | No. 2 | at Washington State | W 70–68 | 18–2 (8–0) | Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA | ||||||
| February 19, 1965 | No. 2 | Oregon State | W 83–73 | 19–2 (9–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 20, 1965 | No. 2 | Oregon | W 70–68 | 20–2 (10–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 26, 1965 | No. 2 | at Stanford | W 83–67 | 21–2 (11–0) | Burnham Pavilion Stanford, CA | ||||||
| February 27, 1965 | No. 2 | at California | W 83–68 | 22–2 (12–0) | Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA | ||||||
| March 5, 1965 | No. 2 | USC | W 77–71 | 23–2 (13–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| March 6, 1965 | No. 2 | USC | W 52–50 | 24–2 (14–0) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 12, 1965* 8:30 pm | No. 2 | at No. 9 BYU Regional semifinals | W 100–76 | 25–2 | Smith Fieldhouse (10,766) Provo, UT | ||||||
| March 13, 1965* 8:00 pm | No. 2 | vs. San Francisco Regional Finals | W 101–93 | 26–2 | Smith Fieldhouse (10,515) Provo, UT | ||||||
| March 19, 1965* 9:00 pm | No. 2 | vs. Wichita State National semifinals | W 108–89 | 27–2 | Memorial Coliseum (13,197) Portland, OR | ||||||
| March 20, 1965* 7:00 pm | No. 2 | vs. No. 1 Michigan National Championship | W 91–80 | 28–2 | Memorial Coliseum (13,204) Portland, OR | ||||||