MOP Walt Hazzard UCLA Teams 26 | Dates 9 Mar 1964 – 21 Mar 1964 Attendance 140,790 | |
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) Top scorer Jeff Mullins Duke
(116 points) Champion UCLA Bruins men's basketball Finals site Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Similar 1973 NCAA Men's Div, 1977 NCAA Men's Div, 1981 NCAA Men's Div | ||
The 1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 26 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.
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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
All locations were in the USA.
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period