1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1967 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 23
Finals site Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky
Champions UCLA (3rd title, 3rd title game,
4th Final Four)
Runner-up Dayton (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Wooden (3rd title)
MOP Lew Alcindor UCLA
Attendance 159,570
Top scorer Elvin Hayes Houston
(128 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1966 1968»

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.

Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East College Park, Maryland Blacksburg, Virginia, Kingston, Rhode Island
Mideast Evanston, Illinois Lexington, Kentucky
Midwest Lawrence, Kansas Fort Collins, Colorado
West Corvallis, Oregon Fort Collins, Colorado
Finals Louisville, Kentucky

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a Boston College Bob Cousy Regional Runner-upNorth CarolinaL 96-80
East n/a Connecticut Fred Shabel First roundBoston CollegeL 48-42
East n/a North Carolina Dean Smith Fourth PlaceHoustonL 84-62
East n/a Princeton Butch van Breda Kolff Regional Third PlaceSt. John'sW 78-58
East n/a St. John's Lou Carnesecca Regional Fourth PlacePrincetonL 78-58
East n/a Temple Harry Litwack First roundSt. John'sL 57-53
East n/a West Virginia Bucky Waters First roundPrincetonL 68-57
Mideast
Mideast n/a Dayton Don Donoher Runner UpUCLAL 79-64
Mideast n/a Indiana Lou Watson Regional Third PlaceTennesseeW 51-44
Mideast n/a Tennessee Ray Mears Regional Fourth PlaceIndianaL 51-44
Mideast n/a Toledo Bob Nichols First roundVirginia TechL 82-76
Mideast n/a Virginia Tech Howie Shannon Regional Runner-upDaytonL 71-66
Mideast n/a Western Kentucky Johnny Oldham First roundDaytonL 69-67
Midwest
Midwest n/a Houston Guy Lewis Third PlaceNorth CarolinaW 84-62
Midwest n/a Kansas Ted Owens Regional Third PlaceLouisvilleW 70-68
Midwest n/a Louisville Peck Hickman Regional Fourth PlaceKansasL 70-68
Midwest n/a New Mexico State Lou Henson First roundHoustonL 59-58
Midwest n/a SMU Doc Hayes Regional Runner-upHoustonL 83-75
West
West n/a Pacific Dick Edwards Regional Runner-upUCLAL 80-64
West n/a Seattle Lionel Purcell First roundUTEPL 62-54
West n/a Texas Western Don Haskins Regional Third PlaceWyomingW 69-67
West n/a UCLA John Wooden ChampionDaytonW 79-64
West n/a Wyoming Bill Strannigan Regional Fourth PlaceTexas WesternL 69-67

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     North Carolina 78  
       Princeton 70*  
   Princeton 68
     West Virginia 57  
       North Carolina 96
     Boston College 80
     St. John's 57  
   Temple 53  
   St. John's 62
       Boston College 63  
   Boston College 48
     Connecticut 42  

Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Tennessee 52  
       Dayton 53  
   Dayton 69
     Western Kentucky 67*  
       Dayton 71
     Virginia Tech 66
          
        
   Indiana 70
       Virginia Tech 79  
   Virginia Tech 82
     Toledo 76  

Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     SMU 83  
       Louisville 81  
      
          
       SMU 75
     Houston 83
          
        
   Kansas 53
       Houston 66  
   Houston 59
     New Mexico State 58  

West region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     UCLA 109  
       Wyoming 60  
      
          
       UCLA 80
     Pacific 64
          
        
   Pacific 72
       Texas Western 63  
   Texas Western 62
     Seattle 54  

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E North Carolina 62
ME Dayton 76
ME Dayton 64
W UCLA 79
MW Houston 58
W UCLA 73

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game [1]
   
MW Houston 84
E North Carolina 62

Regional Third Place Games

East Regional Third Place
   
Princeton 68
St. John's 57
Mideast Regional Third Place
   
Indiana 51
Tennessee 44
Midwest Regional Third Place
   
Kansas 70
Louisville 68
West Regional Third Place
   
Texas Western 69
Wyoming 67

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
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