1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 23 | ||
| Finals site | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Champions | UCLA (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up | Dayton (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Houston (1st Final Four) North Carolina (3rd Final Four) |
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| Winning coach | John Wooden (3rd title) | ||
| MOP | Lew Alcindor UCLA | ||
| Attendance | 159,570 | ||
| Top scorer | Elvin Hayes Houston (128 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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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.
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Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| 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 |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | Boston College | Bob Cousy | Regional Runner-up | North Carolina | L 96-80 |
| East | n/a | Connecticut | Fred Shabel | First round | Boston College | L 48-42 |
| East | n/a | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Fourth Place | Houston | L 84-62 |
| East | n/a | Princeton | Butch van Breda Kolff | Regional Third Place | St. John's | W 78-58 |
| East | n/a | St. John's | Lou Carnesecca | Regional Fourth Place | Princeton | L 78-58 |
| East | n/a | Temple | Harry Litwack | First round | St. John's | L 57-53 |
| East | n/a | West Virginia | Bucky Waters | First round | Princeton | L 68-57 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | n/a | Dayton | Don Donoher | Runner Up | UCLA | L 79-64 |
| Mideast | n/a | Indiana | Lou Watson | Regional Third Place | Tennessee | W 51-44 |
| Mideast | n/a | Tennessee | Ray Mears | Regional Fourth Place | Indiana | L 51-44 |
| Mideast | n/a | Toledo | Bob Nichols | First round | Virginia Tech | L 82-76 |
| Mideast | n/a | Virginia Tech | Howard Shannon | Regional Runner-up | Dayton | L 71-66 |
| Mideast | n/a | Western Kentucky | Johnny Oldham | First round | Dayton | L 69-67 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | n/a | Houston | Guy Lewis | Third Place | North Carolina | W 84-62 |
| Midwest | n/a | Kansas | Ted Owens | Regional Third Place | Louisville | W 70-68 |
| Midwest | n/a | Louisville | Peck Hickman | Regional Fourth Place | Kansas | L 70-68 |
| Midwest | n/a | New Mexico State | Lou Henson | First round | Houston | L 59-58 |
| Midwest | n/a | SMU | Doc Hayes | Regional Runner-up | Houston | L 83-75 |
| West | ||||||
| West | n/a | Pacific | Dick Edwards | Regional Runner-up | UCLA | L 80-64 |
| West | n/a | Seattle | Lionel Purcell | First round | UTEP | L 62-54 |
| West | n/a | Texas Western | Don Haskins | Regional Third Place | Wyoming | W 69-67 |
| West | n/a | UCLA | John Wooden | Champion | Dayton | W 79-64 |
| West | n/a | Wyoming | Bill Strannigan | Regional Fourth Place | Texas Western | L 69-67 |
Bracket
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 | ||||||
| E | North Carolina | 62 | |||||||
| MW | Houston | 84 | |||||||
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