1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
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1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
| 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |||
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| AAWU Conference Title | |||
| NCAA National Championship Game vs. Duke, W, 98–83 |
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| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #1 | ||
| AP | #1 | ||
| 1963–64 record | 30–0 (15–0 Big Six) | ||
| Head coach | John R. Wooden | ||
| Assistant coach | Jerry Norman | ||
| Home arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
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| 1963–64 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its first NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John R. Wooden.
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.[2]
High scorers were Gail Goodrich, 27 points; Kenny Washington, 26; Jack Hirsch, 13; and Walt 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.
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Players
- Gail Goodrich, (21.5 ppg/5.2 rpg)
- Fred Slaughter, (7.9 ppg/8.1 rpg)
- Walt Hazzard, (18.6 ppg/4.7 rpg)
- Keith Erickson, (10.7 ppg/9.1 rpg)
- Jack Hirsch, (14.0 ppg/7.6 rpg)
- Doug McIntosh
- Kenny Washington
- Chuck Darrow
- Kim Stewart
- Mike Huggins
- Vaughn Hoffman
- Rich Levin
Schedule and results
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Notes
- 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.[3]
Draft list
- Walt Hazzard was number 1 draft pick in the NBA draft of 1964 by the Los Angeles Lakers.
See also
References
- ^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pacific-12 Conference. p. 67. http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/issue/45931. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
- ^ New York Times, March 22, 1964
- ^ 1964 and 1965 NCAA Championship Teams to be Honored
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