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Season | 1963–64 | ||||
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Teams | 25 | ||||
Finals site | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
Champions | UCLA Bruins (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Final Four) | ||||
Runner-up | Duke Blue Devils (1st title game, 2nd Final Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | John Wooden (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Walt Hazzard (UCLA) | ||||
Attendance | 140,790 | ||||
Top scorer | Jeff Mullins (Duke) (116 points) | ||||
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The1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 25 schools playing insingle-elimination play to determine the national champion of men'sNCAA Division Icollege basketball in the United States. It began on March 9, 1964, and ended with thechampionship game on March 21 inKansas City, Missouri. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
UCLA, coached byJohn Wooden, won the national title with a 98–83 victory in the final game overDuke, coached byVic Bubas.Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament'sMost Outstanding Player. The title was the first in the history of the UCLA program, and was a sign of things to come, as the Bruins would win nine more championships in the next eleven seasons.
Round | Region | Site | Venue |
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First Round | East | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Palestra |
Mideast | Evanston, Illinois | McGaw Memorial Hall | |
Midwest | Dallas, Texas | SMU Coliseum | |
West | Eugene, Oregon | McArthur Court | |
Regionals | East | Raleigh, North Carolina | Reynolds Coliseum |
Mideast | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Williams Arena | |
Midwest | Wichita, Kansas | U. of Wichita Field House | |
West | Corvallis, Oregon | Oregon State Coliseum | |
Final Four | Kansas City, Missouri | Municipal Auditorium |
* – Denotes overtime period
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Duke | 87 | |||||||||||||
Villanova | 73 | |||||||||||||
Villanova | 77 | |||||||||||||
Providence | 66 | |||||||||||||
Duke | 101 | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 54 | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 53 | |||||||||||||
Temple | 48 | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 52 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Princeton | 50 | |||||||||||||
Princeton | 86 | Villanova | 74 | |||||||||||
VMI | 60 | Princeton | 62 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | 69 | |||||||||||||
Ohio | 71 | Ohio | 85 | |||||||||||
Louisville | 69* | Ohio | 57 | |||||||||||
Michigan | 69 | |||||||||||||
Michigan | 84 | |||||||||||||
Loyola–Chicago | 101 | Loyola–Chicago | 80 | |||||||||||
Murray State | 91 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Loyola–Chicago | 100 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 91 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Wichita State | 84 | |||||||||||||
Creighton | 89 | Creighton | 68 | |||||||||||
Oklahoma City | 78 | Wichita State | 86 | |||||||||||
Kansas State | 94 | |||||||||||||
Kansas State | 64 | |||||||||||||
Texas Western | 68 | Texas Western | 60 | |||||||||||
Texas A&M | 62 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Texas Western | 63 | |||||||||||||
Creighton | 52 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
UCLA | 95 | |||||||||||||
Seattle | 61 | Seattle | 90 | |||||||||||
Oregon State | 57 | UCLA | 76 | |||||||||||
San Francisco | 72 | |||||||||||||
San Francisco | 64 | |||||||||||||
Utah State | 92 | Utah State | 58 | |||||||||||
Arizona State | 90 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Seattle | 88 | |||||||||||||
Utah State | 78 |
National Semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
E | Duke | 91 | |||||||
ME | Michigan | 80 | |||||||
E | Duke | 83 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 98 | |||||||
MW | Kansas State | 84 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 90 | National Third Place Game | ||||||
ME | Michigan | 100 | |||||||
MW | Kansas State | 90 |