MOP Lew Alcindor UCLA Teams 23 Finals site Freedom Hall | Dates 11 Mar 1967 – 25 Mar 1967 Attendance 159,570 | |
Champions UCLA (3rd title, 3rd title game,
4th Final Four) Runner-up Dayton (1st title game,
1st Final Four) Semifinalists Houston (1st Final Four)
North Carolina (3rd Final Four) Winning coach John Wooden (3rd title) Top scorer Elvin Hayes Houston
(128 points) Champion UCLA Bruins men's basketball Similar 1988 NCAA Division I, 2000 NCAA Division I, 2001 NCAA Division I, 1982 NCAA Division I, 1979 NCAA Men's Div | ||
The 1967 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 11, 1967, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 27 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 79-64 victory in the final game over Dayton, coached by Don Donoher. Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. This was the first of seven consecutive NCAA titles for UCLA and the first of three consecutive Most Outstanding Player awards for Alcindor.
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* – Denotes overtime period