1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

The 1964 NCAA University Division 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

Round	Region	Site	Venue
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

Teams

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

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

See also

• 1964 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
• 1964 National Invitation Tournament
• 1964 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament