1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

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1962 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament

Season

1961–62

Teams

Finals site

Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky

Champions

Cincinnati Bearcats (2nd title, 2nd title game,
4th Final Four)

Runner-up

Ohio State Buckeyes (4th title game,
7th Final Four)

Semifinalists

UCLA Bruins (1st Final Four)
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1st Final Four)

Winning coach

Ed Jucker (2nd title)

MOP

Paul Hogue (Cincinnati)

Attendance

177,469

Top scorer

Len Chappell (Wake Forest)
(134 points)

NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1961	1963»

The 1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 12, 1962, and ended with the championship game on March 24 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 29 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game, which was won by Wake Forest.

For the second consecutive season, Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker, played Ohio State, coached by Fred Taylor, in the final game. Cincinnati won the national title with a 71–59 victory over Ohio State. Paul Hogue of Cincinnati was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

The total attendance for the tournament was 177,469, a new record.

Locations

Round	Region	Site	Venue
First Round	East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Palestra
	Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum
	Midwest	Dallas, Texas	SMU Coliseum
	West	Corvallis, Oregon	Oregon State Coliseum
Regionals	East	College Park, Maryland	Cole Field House
	Mideast	Iowa City, Iowa	Iowa Field House
	Midwest	Manhattan, Kansas	Ahearn Field House
	West	Provo, Utah	Smith Fieldhouse
Final Four		Louisville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Massachusetts	Matt Zunic	Yankee	First round	NYU	L 70–50
East	NYU	Lou Rossini	Metro NY	Regional third place	Saint Joseph's	W 94–85
East	Saint Joseph's	Jack Ramsay	Middle Atlantic	Regional Fourth Place	NYU	L 94–85
East	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Independent	Regional Runner-up	Wake Forest	L 79–69
East	Wake Forest	Bones McKinney	Atlantic Coast	Third Place	UCLA	W 82–80
East	West Virginia	George King	Southern	First round	Villanova	L 90–75
East	Yale	Joe Vancisin	Ivy League	First round	Wake Forest	L 92–82
Mideast
Mideast	Bowling Green	Harold Anderson	Mid-American	First round	Butler	L 56–55
Mideast	Butler	Tony Hinkle	Independent	Regional third place	Western Kentucky	W 87–86
Mideast	Detroit	Bob Calihan	Independent	First round	Western Kentucky	L 90–81
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Regional Runner-up	Ohio State	L 74–64
Mideast	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Big Ten	Runner Up	Cincinnati	L 71–59
Mideast	Western Kentucky	Ed Diddle	Ohio Valley	Regional Fourth Place	Butler	L 87–86
Midwest
Midwest	Air Force	Bob Spear	Independent	First round	Texas Tech	L 68–66
Midwest	Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	Missouri Valley	Champion	Ohio State	W 71–59
Midwest	Colorado	Sox Walseth	Big 8	Regional Runner-up	Cincinnati	L 73–46
Midwest	Creighton	Red McManus	Independent	Regional third place	Texas Tech	W 63–61
Midwest	Memphis State	Bob Vanatta	Independent	First round	Creighton	L 87–83
Midwest	Texas Tech	Gene Gibson	Southwest	Regional Fourth Place	Creighton	L 63–61
West
West	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Border	First round	Utah State	L 78–73
West	Oregon State	Slats Gill	Independent	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 88–69
West	Pepperdine	Duck Dowell	West Coast Athletic	Regional third place	Utah State	W 75–71
West	Seattle	Vince Cazzetta	Independent	First round	Oregon State	L 69–65
West	UCLA	John Wooden	AAWU	Fourth Place	Wake Forest	L 82–80
West	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	Mountain States	Regional Fourth Place	Pepperdine	L 75–71

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Saint Joseph's

85*

Wake Forest

Yale

82*

Wake Forest

Villanova

NYU

Massachusetts

NYU

Villanova

West Virginia

Mideast region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

				Kentucky	81

				Butler	60
	Butler	56

	Bowling Green	55
							Kentucky	64

							Ohio State	74



				Ohio State	93

				Western Kentucky	73
	Western Kentucky	90

	Detroit	81

Midwest region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

				Colorado	67

				Texas Tech	60
	Texas Tech	68

	Air Force	66
							Colorado	46

							Cincinnati	73



				Cincinnati	66

				Creighton	46
	Creighton	87

	Memphis State	83

West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Pepperdine

Oregon State

Seattle

65*

Oregon State

UCLA

Utah State

Utah State

Arizona State

Final Four

National Semifinals			National Championship Game

E	Wake Forest	68

ME	Ohio State	84
			ME	Ohio State	59

			MW	Cincinnati	71
MW	Cincinnati	72

W	UCLA	70

National Third-Place Game

National Third Place Game

E	Wake Forest	82

W	UCLA	80

Regional Third-Place Games

	East Regional third place

	NYU		94

	Saint Joseph's		85

	Mideast Regional third place

	Butler		87

	Western Kentucky		86

	Midwest Regional third place

	Creighton		63

	Texas Tech		61

	West Regional third place

	Pepperdine		75

	Utah State		71

References

Smith Barrier, "Unusual West Coast Watch Factory -- They Don't Make Any, Just Win Them", 1972 Official Collegiate Basketball Guide, Published by College Athletics Publishing Service
"1954 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.

v t e NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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Structure	Selection process Venues No. 1 seeds First Four Elite Eight Final four
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Records & statistics	Team records Bids by school Consecutive appearances Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Overall records Upsets Team appearances by seed
See also: Division I Women's Tournament, Division II Tournament, Division III Tournament

v t e 1961–62 NCAA University Division championships
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v t e Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball 1961–62 NCAA champions
20 Tony Yates 21 Ron Bonham 22 Paul Hogue (MOP) 25 Tom Thacker 32 George Wilson Head coach Ed Jucker Assistant coach Tay Baker

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball 1961–62 NCAA champions

Head coach: Ed Jucker

Assistant coach: Tay Baker

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