| 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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| NCAA tournament National champions AAWU regular season champions | |
| National Championship Game, W 98-83 vs. Duke | |
| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 30–0 (15–0 AAWU) |
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| Assistant coaches | |
| Captain | Walt Hazzard Jack Hirsch |
| Home arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
| Seasons← 1962–631964–65 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its first NCAA National Basketball Championship under head coach John R. Wooden in his 16th year at UCLA. Assistant coach Jerry Norman convinced a reluctant Wooden to use the zone press, which the team had never utilized before. The press quickened the pace of the game and was influential in the first two national titles won by the Bruins, who were undersized.
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.
High scorers were Gail Goodrich, 27 points; Kenny Washington, 26; Jack Hirsch, 13; and 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.
Roster
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Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| December 6, 1963* |
BYU | W 113–71 | 1–0 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| December 7, 1963* |
Butler | W 80–65 | 2–0 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| December 13, 1963* |
vs. Kansas State | W 78–75 | 3–0 |
Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS | |||||||
| December 14, 1963* |
vs. Kansas | W 74–54 | 4–0 |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
| December 20, 1963* |
No. 6 | vs. Baylor | W 112–61 | 5–0 |
Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA | ||||||
| December 21, 1963* |
No. 6 | vs. Creighton | W 112–61 | 6–0 |
Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA | ||||||
| December 26, 1963* |
No. 4 | Yale L.A. Classic |
W 95–65 | 7–0 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 27, 1963* |
No. 4 | No. 3 Michigan L.A. Classic |
W 98–80 | 8–0 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (14,241) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 28, 1963* |
No. 4 | Illinois L.A. Classic |
W 83–79 | 9–0 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 3, 1964 |
No. 2 | at Washington State | W 88–83 | 10–0 (1–0) |
Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA | ||||||
| January 4, 1964 |
No. 2 | at Washington State | W 121–77 | 11–0 (2–0) |
Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA | ||||||
| January 10, 1964 |
No. 1 | USC | W 79–59 | 12–0 (3–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 11, 1964 |
No. 1 | USC | W 78–71 | 13–0 (4–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 17, 1964 |
No. 1 | Stanford | W 84–71 | 14–0 (5–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 18, 1964 |
No. 1 | Stanford | W 80–61 | 15–0 (6–0) |
Santa Monica City College Santa Monica, CA | ||||||
| January 31, 1964* |
No. 1 | UC Santa Barbara | W 107–76 | 16–0 |
Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA | ||||||
| February 1, 1964* |
No. 1 | UC Santa Barbara | W 87–59 | 17–0 |
Santa Monica City College Santa Monica, CA | ||||||
| February 7, 1964 |
No. 1 | at California | W 87–67 | 18–0 (7–0) |
Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA | ||||||
| February 8, 1964 |
No. 1 | at California | W 58–56 | 19–0 (8–0) |
Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA | ||||||
| February 14, 1964 |
No. 1 | at Washington | W 73–58 | 20–0 (9–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 15, 1964 |
No. 1 | at Washington | W 88–60 | 21–0 (10–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| February 22, 1964 |
No. 1 | at Stanford | W 100–88 | 22–0 (11–0) |
Burnham Pavilion Stanford, CA | ||||||
| February 24, 1964 |
No. 1 | at Washington | W 78–64 | 23–0 (12–0) |
Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA | ||||||
| February 29, 1964 |
No. 1 | at Washington State | W 93–56 | 24–0 (13–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| March 2, 1964 |
No. 1 | at California | W 87–57 | 25–0 (14–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| March 6, 1964 |
No. 1 | at USC | W 91–81 | 26–0 (15–0) |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 13, 1964 |
No. 1 | vs. Seattle Regional semifinals |
W 95–90 | 27–0 |
Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| March 14, 1964 |
No. 1 | vs. San Francisco Regional Finals |
W 76–72 | 28–0 |
Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| March 20, 1964 |
No. 1 | vs. Kansas State National semifinals |
W 90–84 | 29–0 |
Municipal Auditorium Kansas, City, MO | ||||||
| March 21, 1964 |
No. 1 | vs. No. 3 Duke National Championship Game |
W 98–83 | 30–0 |
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. | |||||||||||
Source
Notes
- In the Los Angeles Basketball Classic, UCLA defeated then third-ranked Michigan, 98–80 in front of 14,241 in the Sports Arena.
- 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.
- Wooden was the UPI's Coach of the Year for the first time.
- The team will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2020 in 2021.
Draft list
- Walt Hazzard was number 1 draft pick in the NBA draft of 1964 by the Los Angeles Lakers.
References
- "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ Crowe, Jerry (March 19, 2007). "This right-hand man could use a pat on back". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015.
- Chortkoff, Mitch (March 13, 2014). "What Might Have Been For UCLA Basketball". Culver City Observer. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015.
- Florence, Mal (June 2, 1994). "Don't Press It: New Wrinkle Was Norman's". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015.
- Whicker, Mark (March 8, 2014). "UCLA's first reign-drop". Orange County Register. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015.
- New York Times, March 22, 1964
- "SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
- 1964 and 1965 NCAA Championship Teams to be Honored Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- 1963–64 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com
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