1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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The 1965 NCAA Men's Division I 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 March 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon. A total of 27 games were played.
UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 91-80 victory in the final game over Michigan, coached by Dave Strack. Bill Bradley of Princeton was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
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[edit] Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
|---|---|---|
| East | College Park, Maryland | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mideast | Lexington, Kentucky | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Midwest | Manhattan, Kansas | Lubbock, Texas |
| West | Provo, Utah | Lubbock, Texas |
| Finals | Portland, Oregon |
[edit] Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | UConn | Fred Shabel | Round of 32 | Saint Joseph's | L 67-61 |
| East | n/a | North Carolina State | Press Maravich | Regional Third Place | Saint Joseph's | W 103-81 |
| East | n/a | Pennsylvania State | John Egli | Round of 32 | Princeton | L 60-58 |
| East | n/a | Princeton | Butch van Breda Kolff | Third Place | Wichita State | W 118-82 |
| East | n/a | Providence | Joe Mullaney | Elite Eight | Princeton | L 109-69 |
| East | n/a | Saint Joseph's | Jack Ramsey | Regional Fourth Place | North Carolina State | L 103-81 |
| East | n/a | West Virginia | George King | Round of 32 | Providence | L 91-67 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | n/a | Dayton | Don Donoher | Regional Third Place | DePaul | W 75-69 |
| Mideast | n/a | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Regional Fourth Place | Dayton | L 75-69 |
| Mideast | n/a | Eastern Kentucky | Jim Baechtold | Round of 32 | DePaul | L 99-52 |
| Mideast | n/a | Michigan | Dave Strack | Runner Up | UCLA | L 91-80 |
| Mideast | n/a | Ohio | James Snyder | Round of 32 | Dayton | L 66-65 |
| Mideast | n/a | Vanderbilt | Roy Skinner | Elite Eight | Michigan | L 87-85 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | n/a | Houston | Guy Lewis | Regional Fourth Place | SMU | L 89-87 |
| Midwest | n/a | Notre Dame | Johnny Dee | Round of 32 | Houston | L 99-98 |
| Midwest | n/a | Oklahoma State | Henry Iba | Elite Eight | Wichita State | L 54-46 |
| Midwest | n/a | SMU | Doc Hayes | Regional Third Place | Houston | W 89-87 |
| Midwest | n/a | Wichita State | Gary Thompson | Fourth Place | Princeton | L 118-82 |
| West | ||||||
| West | n/a | BYU | Stan Watts | Regional Fourth Place | Oklahoma City | L 112-102 |
| West | n/a | Colorado State | Jim Williams | Round of 32 | Oklahoma City | L 70-68 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma City | Abe Lemons | Regional Third Place | BYU | W 112-102 |
| West | n/a | San Francisco | Peter Peletta | Elite Eight | UCLA | L 101-93 |
| West | n/a | UCLA | John Wooden | Champion | Michigan | W 91-80 |
[edit] Bracket
[edit] East region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| N.C. State | 48 | ||||||||||||
| Princeton | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Princeton | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Penn State | 58 | ||||||||||||
| Princeton | 109 | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 69 | ||||||||||||
| St Josephs | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 61 | ||||||||||||
| St Josephs | 73* | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 91 | ||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 67 | ||||||||||||
[edit] Mideast region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Michigan | 98 | ||||||||||||
| Dayton | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Dayton | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio U | 65 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan | 87 | ||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 85 | ||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 83 | ||||||||||||
| DePaul | 78* | ||||||||||||
| DePaul | 99 | ||||||||||||
| E Kentucky | 52 | ||||||||||||
[edit] Midwest region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Wichita State | 86 | ||||||||||||
| SMU | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 54 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 99 | ||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 98 | ||||||||||||
[edit] West region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| UCLA | 100 | ||||||||||||
| BYU | 76 | ||||||||||||
| UCLA | 101 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 93 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 91 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 70 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 68 | ||||||||||||
[edit] Final Four
| National Semifinals | National Finals | |||||||
| Princeton | 76 | |||||||
| Michigan | 93 | |||||||
| Michigan | 80 | |||||||
| UCLA | 91 | |||||||
| Wichita State | 89 | |||||||
| UCLA | 108 | |||||||
[edit] External links
- 1965 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
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