Edition of USA college basketball tournament
The1965NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing insingle-elimination play to determine the national champion of men'sNCAA Division I college basketball . The 27th annual edition of the tournament began on March 8, 1965, and ended with thechampionship game on March 20, at theMemorial Coliseum inPortland, Oregon . A total of 27 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.
Second-rankedUCLA , coached byJohn Wooden , won the national title with a 91–80 victory in the final game over #1Michigan , coached byDave Strack .Bill Bradley ofPrinceton was named the tournament'sMost 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 forHenry Iba ofOklahoma State .
First round (green), Regionals (blue), and Final Four (red)
* – Denotes overtime period
National Semifinals National Championship Game E Princeton 76 ME Michigan 93 ME Michigan 80 W UCLA 91 MW Wichita State 89 W UCLA 108
National Third Place Game [ edit ] National Third Place Game[ 2] E Princeton 118 MW Wichita State 82
Regional third place games [ edit ] East Regional third place NC State 103 Saint Joseph's 81
Mideast Regional third place Dayton 75 DePaul 69
Midwest Regional third place SMU 89 Houston 87
West Regional third place Oklahoma City 112 BYU 102
1964–65 NCAA University Division championships
University Division only Single championship
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