1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	23
Finals site	Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
Champions	UCLA (2nd title, 2nd title game, 3rd Final Four)
Runner-up	Michigan (1st title game, 2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Princeton (1st Final Four) Wichita State (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	John Wooden (2nd title)
MOP	Bill Bradley Princeton
Attendance	140,673
Top scorer	Bill Bradley Princeton (177 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1964 1966»

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, 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 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.

UCLA finished the season with 28 wins and two defeats. In the championship game, the Bruins shot 56.9% with Gail Goodrich's 42 points and Kenny Washington's 17 points to become the fifth team to win consecutive championships.^[1]

Of note, this was the last NCAA Tournament for Henry Iba of Oklahoma State.

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

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Connecticut	Fred Shabel	First round	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	First round	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	Regional Runner-up	Princeton	L 109-69
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack Ramsay	Regional Fourth Place	North Carolina State	L 103-81
East	n/a	West Virginia	George King	First round	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	First round	DePaul	L 99-52
Mideast	n/a	Michigan	Dave Strack	Runner Up	UCLA	L 91-80
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	First round	Dayton	L 66-65
Mideast	n/a	Vanderbilt	Roy Skinner	Regional Runner-up	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	First round	Houston	L 99-98
Midwest	n/a	Oklahoma State	Henry Iba	Regional Runner-up	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	First round	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	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 101-93
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Michigan	W 91-80

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							N.C. State	48
							Princeton	66
		Princeton	60
		Penn State	58
												Princeton	109
												Providence	69
		St. Joseph's	67
		Connecticut	61
							St. Joseph's	73*
							Providence	81
		Providence	91
		West Virginia	67

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

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

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

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E	Princeton	76
	ME	Michigan	93
						ME	Michigan	80
						W	UCLA	91
	MW	Wichita State	89
	W	UCLA	108

National Third Place Game

	National Third Place Game [2]
	E	Princeton	118
	MW	Wichita State	82

Regional Third Place Games

East Regional Third Place       NC State 103 St. Joseph's 81

Mideast Regional Third Place       Dayton 75 DePaul 69

Midwest Regional Third Place       SMU 89 Houston 87

West Regional Third Place       Oklahoma City 112 BYU 102

See also

• 1964-65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
• 1965 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

1. New York Times, March 21, 1965
2. "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.