1967_NCAA_University_Division_Basketball_Tournament

1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 1967 NCAA University Division 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 Saturday, March 11, and ended two weeks later 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.

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UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 79–64 victory in the final game over Dayton, coached by Don Donoher. Sophomore center 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

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Teams

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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
Source:[1][2]

Final Four

National Semifinals
Friday, March 24 		Championship Game
Saturday, March 25
      
E North Carolina 62
ME Dayton 76
ME Dayton 64
W UCLA 79
MW Houston 58
W UCLA 73 Third Place Game[3]
MW Houston 84
E North Carolina 62
Source:[4]

Regional third place games

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "UCLA to face possible Wyoming stall". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 17, 1967. p. 1B.
  2. [2]
    Uhrhammer, Jerry (March 19, 1967). "Strong Tigers extend UCLA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. [3]
    "1954 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "UCLA, Dayton clash tonight for NCAA hoop title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 25, 1967. p. 1B.
  5. [5]
    Cawood, Neil (March 19, 1967). "Miners nip Wyoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
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