1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

National Champion AAWU Champion
NCAA National Championship Game vs. Duke, W, 98–83
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
1963–64 record	30–0 (15–0 AAWU)
Head coach	John Wooden
Assistant coach	Jerry Norman
Captain	Walt Hazzard Jack Hirsch
Home arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

1963–64 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 UCLA	15	–	0	1.000	30	–	0	1.000
Stanford	9	–	6	.600	15	–	10	.600
California	8	–	7	.533	13	–	14	.481
USC	6	–	9	.400	10	–	16	.385
Washington	5	–	10	.333	9	–	17	.346
Washington State	2	–	13	.133	5	–	21	.192

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its first NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John R. Wooden in his 16th year at UCLA. Assistant coach Jerry Norman convinced a reluctant Wooden to use the zone press, which the team had never utilized before.^[2]^[3]^[4] The press quickened the pace of the game and was influential in the first two national titles won by the Bruins, who were undersized.^[2]^[5]

In the national title game, the Bruins defeated Duke, coached by Vic Bubas, by the score of 98–83. Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. It was the team's 30th consecutive win, played before 10,684 fans in Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, March 21, 1964.^[6]

High scorers were Gail Goodrich, 27 points; Kenny Washington, 26; Jack Hirsch, 13; and Hazzard, 11. Hazzard, Keith Erickson and Duke's Jeff Mullins fouled out of the game.

In the semi-final game, Erickson and Hazzard scored 28 and 19 points respectively to help UCLA to defeat Kansas State 90–84 on March 20.

Players

G Gail Goodrich, (21.5 ppg/5.2 rpg), Jr.
C Fred Slaughter, (7.9 ppg/8.1 rpg), Sr.
G Walt Hazzard, (18.6 ppg/4.7 rpg), Sr.
F Keith Erickson, (10.7 ppg/9.1 rpg), Jr.
F Jack Hirsch, (14.0 ppg/7.6 rpg), Sr.
Doug McIntosh
Kenny Washington
Chuck Darrow
Kim Stewart
Mike Huggins
Vaughn Hoffman
Rich Levin
Kent Graham
Steve Brucker

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Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 6*		BYU	W 113–71	1–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
December 7*		Butler	W 80–65	2–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
December 13*		vs. Kansas State	W 78–75	3–0	Lawrence, KS
December 14*		vs. Kansas	W 74–54	4–0	Manhattan, KS
December 20*	#6	vs. Baylor	W 112–61	5–0	Long Beach, CA
December 21*	#6	vs. Creighton	W 95–79	6–0	Long Beach, CA
December 26*	#4	Yale Los Angeles Classic	W 95–65	7–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
December 27*	#4	#3 Michigan Los Angeles Classic	W 98–80	8–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
December 28	#4	Illinois Los Angeles Classic	W 83–79	9–0	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
January 3	#2	at Washington State	W 88–83	10–0 (1–0)	Pullman, WA
January 4	#2	at Washington State	W 121–77	11–0 (2–0)	Pullman, WA
January 10	#1	USC	W 79–59	12–0 (3–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
January 11	#1	USC	W 78–71	13–0 (4–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
January 17	#1	Stanford	W 84–71	14–0 (5–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
January 18	#1	Stanford	W 80–61	15–0 (6–0)	Santa Monica, CA
January 31	#1	at UC Santa Barbara	W 107–76	16–0	Santa Barbara, CA
February 1*	#1	UC Santa Barbara	W 87–59	17–0	Santa Monica, CA
February 7	#1	at California	W 87–67	18–0 (7–0)	Berkeley, CA
February 8	#1	at California	W 58–56	19–0 (8–0)	Berkeley, CA
February 14	#1	Washington	W 78–64	20–0 (9–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
February 15	#1	Washington	W 88–60	21–0 (10–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
February 22	#1	at Stanford	W 100–88	22–0 (11–0)	Palo Alto, CA
February 24	#1	at Washington	W 78–64	23–0 (12–0)	Seattle, WA
February 29	#1	Washington State	W 93–56	24–0 (13–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
March 2	#1	California	W 87–57	25–0 (14–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
March 6	#1	USC	W 91–81	26–0 (15–0)	Los Angeles, CA
March 13*	#1	vs. Seattle NCAA Tournament	W 95–90	27–0
March 14*	#1	vs. San Francisco NCAA Tournament	W 76–72	28–0
March 20*	#1	vs. Kansas State NCAA Tournament	W 90–84	29–0
March 21*	#1	vs. #3 Duke NCAA Tournament	W 98–83	30–0
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Notes

In the Los Angeles Basketball Classic, UCLA defeated then third-ranked Michigan, 98-80 in front of 14,241 in the Sports Arena.
The half time National Championship game score was UCLA 50, Duke 38.
Duke's height was no advantage. Duke had two 6-foot-10-inch (2.08 m) players — Hack Tison and Jay Buckley.
By winning the Championships, six Bruins automatically qualified for trials on the United States Olympic basketball team.
Hazzard received All-American honors for the second consecutive season, and was named the nation's Player of the Year by the Helms Athletic Foundation/USBWA.
Hazzard finished the season with 1,401 points, the all time leading scorer.
Goodrich and Hirsch were named All-AAWU first team.^[9]
Wooden was the UPI's Coach of the Year for the first time.

Draft list

Walt Hazzard was number 1 draft pick in the NBA draft of 1964 by the Los Angeles Lakers.

References

↑ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pacific-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
1 2 Crowe, Jerry (March 19, 2007). "This right-hand man could use a pat on back". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015.
↑ Chortkoff, Mitch (March 13, 2014). "What Might Have Been For UCLA Basketball". Culver City Observer. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015.
↑ Florence, Mal (June 2, 1994). "Don't Press It: New Wrinkle Was Norman's". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015.
↑ Whicker, Mark (March 8, 2014). "UCLA's first reign-drop". Orange County Register. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015.
↑ New York Times, March 22, 1964
↑ 2014-15 UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Media Guide. Retrieved 2015-Feb-25.
↑ UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball Media Guide. Retrieved 2015-Feb-25.
↑ 1964 and 1965 NCAA Championship Teams to be Honored

External links

1963–64 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com

UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball 1963–64 NCAA Champions

25 Gail Goodrich 32 Doug McIntosh 35 Fred Slaughter 42 Walt Hazzard (MOP) 44 Kenny Washington 50 Jack Hirsch 53 Keith Erickson Head Coach John Wooden Assistant Coach Jerry Norman

UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)

Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC

Culture & lore	Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin

People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players

Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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