1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

1964 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams	25
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	UCLA (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Duke (1st title game, 2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Kansas State (4th Final Four) Michigan (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	John Wooden (1st title)
MOP	Walt Hazzard (UCLA)
Attendance	140,790
Top scorer	Jeff Mullins Duke (116 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1963 1965»

The 1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 9, 1964, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Kansas 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 by John Wooden, won the national title with a 98–83 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Vic Bubas. Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament's Most 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.

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Raleigh, North Carolina	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mideast	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Evanston, Illinois
Midwest	Wichita, Kansas	Dallas, Texas
West	Corvallis, Oregon	Eugene, Oregon
Finals	Kansas City, Missouri

All locations were in the USA.

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
West
West	n/a	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	First round	Utah State	L 92-90
West	n/a	Oregon State	Slats Gill	First round	Seattle	L 61-57
West	n/a	San Francisco	Peter Peletta	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 76-72
West	n/a	Seattle	Bob Boyd	Regional Third Place	Utah State	W 88-78
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Duke	W 98-83
West	n/a	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	Regional Fourth Place	Seattle	L 88-78
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Creighton	Red McManus	Regional Fourth Place	Texas Western	L 63-52
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Fourth Place	Michigan	L 100-90
Midwest	n/a	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	First round	Creighton	L 89-78
Midwest	n/a	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	First round	Texas Western	L 68-62
Midwest	n/a	Texas Western	Don Haskins	Regional Third Place	Creighton	W 63-52
Midwest	n/a	Wichita State	Ralph Miller	Regional Runner-up	Kansas State	L 94-86
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Fourth Place	Loyola, Illinois	L 100-91
Mideast	n/a	Louisville	Peck Hickman	First round	Ohio	L 71-69
Mideast	n/a	Loyola, Illinois	George Ireland	Regional Third Place	Kentucky	W 100-91
Mideast	n/a	Michigan	Dave Strack	Third Place	Kansas State	W 100-90
Mideast	n/a	Murray State	Cal Luther	First round	Loyola, Illinois	L 101-91
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	Regional Runner-up	Michigan	L 69-57
East
East	n/a	Connecticut	Fred Shabel	Regional Runner-up	Duke	L 101-54
East	n/a	Duke	Vic Bubas	Runner Up	UCLA	L 98-83
East	n/a	Princeton	Butch van Breda Kolff	Regional Fourth Place	Villanova	L 74-62
East	n/a	Providence	Joe Mullaney	First round	Villanova	L 77-66
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	First round	Connecticut	L 53-48
East	n/a	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Regional Third Place	Princeton	W 74-62
East	n/a	VMI	Weenie Miller	First round	Princeton	L 86-60

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Duke	87
							Villanova	73
		Villanova	77
		Providence	66
												Duke	101
												Connecticut	54
		Connecticut	53
		Temple	48
							Connecticut	52
							Princeton	50
		Princeton	86
		VMI	60

Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Kentucky

69

Ohio

85

Ohio

71

Louisville

69*

Ohio

57

Michigan

69

Michigan

84

Loyola-Chicago

80

Loyola-Chicago

101

Murray State

91

Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Wichita State	84
							Creighton	68
		Creighton	89
		Oklahoma City	78
												Wichita State	86
												Kansas State	94
							Kansas State	64
							Texas Western	60
		Texas Western	68
		Texas A&M	62

West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							UCLA	95
							Seattle	90
		Seattle	61
		Oregon State	57
												UCLA	76
												San Francisco	72
							San Francisco	64
							Utah State	58
		Utah State	92
		Arizona State	90

Final Four

	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

	National Third Place Game
	ME	Michigan	100
	MW	Kansas State	90

Regional Third Place Games

	East Regional Third Place
	Villanova		74
	Princeton		62

	Mideast Regional Third Place
	Loyola-Chicago		100
	Kentucky		91

	Midwest Regional Third Place
	Texas Western		63
	Creighton		52

	West Regional Third Place
	Seattle		88
	Utah State		78

See also

• 1964 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament