1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	23
Finals Site	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	UCLA (3rd title)
Runner-Up	Dayton (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Houston (1st Final Four) North Carolina (3rd Final Four)
Winning Coach	John Wooden (3rd title)
MOP	Lew Alcindor UCLA
Attendance	159,570
Top scorer	Elvin Hayes Houston (128 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1966  1968»

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.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Mideast region 3.3 Midwest region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
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

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Boston College	Bob Cousy	Elite Eight	North Carolina	L 96-80
East	n/a	UConn	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	Elite Eight	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	Elite Eight	Houston	L 83-75
West
West	n/a	Pacific	Dick Edwards	Elite Eight	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

[edit] Bracket

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							SMU	83
							Louisville	81
												SMU	75
												Houston	83
							Kansas	53
							Houston	66
		Houston	59
		New Mexico State	58

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							UCLA	109
							Wyoming	60
												UCLA	80
												Pacific	64
							Pacific	72
							Texas Western	63
		Texas Western	62
		Seattle	54

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		North Carolina	62
		Dayton	76
							Dayton	64
							UCLA	79
		Houston	58
		UCLA	73

[edit] See also

• 1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

[edit] External links

• 1967 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
  

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