Year: | 1967 |
Teams: | 23 |
Finalfourarena: | Freedom Hall |
Finalfourcity: | Louisville, Kentucky |
Champions: | UCLA Bruins |
Titlecount: | 3rd |
Champgamecount: | 3rd |
Champffcount: | 4th |
Runnerup: | Dayton Flyers |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 1st |
Semifinal1: | Houston Cougars |
Finalfourcount: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
Finalfourcount2: | 3rd |
Coach: | John Wooden |
Coachcount: | 3rd |
Mop: | Lew Alcindor |
Mopteam: | UCLA |
Attendance: | 159,570 |
Topscorer: | Elvin Hayes |
Topscorerteam: | Houston |
Points: | 128 |
The 1967 NCAA University Division 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 Saturday, March 11, and ended two weeks later 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. Sophomore center 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.
Round | Region | Site | Venue | Host | |
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First Round | East | Blacksburg, Virginia | Cassell Coliseum | Virginia Tech | |
East | Kingston, Rhode Island | Keaney Gymnasium | URI | ||
Mideast | Lexington, Kentucky | Memorial Coliseum | Kentucky | ||
Midwest & West | Fort Collins, Colorado | Colorado State Auditorium-Gymnasium | Colorado State | ||
Regionals | East | College Park, Maryland | Cole Field House | Maryland | |
Mideast | Evanston, Illinois | McGaw Memorial Hall | Northwestern | ||
Midwest | Lawrence, Kansas | Allen Fieldhouse | Kansas | ||
West | Corvallis, Oregon | Gill Coliseum | Oregon State | ||
Final Four | Louisville, Kentucky | Freedom Hall | Louisville |
Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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East | ||||||
East | Independent | Regional Runner-up | North Carolina | L 96–80 | ||
East | First round | Boston College | L 48–42 | |||
East | Fourth Place | Houston | L 84–62 | |||
East | Regional third place | St. John's | W 78–58 | |||
East | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Princeton | L 78–58 | ||
East | First round | St. John's | L 57–53 | |||
East | First round | Princeton | L 68–57 | |||
Mideast | ||||||
Mideast | Independent | Runner Up | UCLA | L 79–64 | ||
Mideast | Regional third place | Tennessee | W 51–44 | |||
Mideast | Regional Fourth Place | Indiana | L 51–44 | |||
Mideast | First round | Virginia Tech | L 82–76 | |||
Mideast | Independent | Regional Runner-up | Dayton | L 71–66 | ||
Mideast | First round | Dayton | L 69–67 | |||
Midwest | ||||||
Midwest | Independent | Third Place | North Carolina | W 84–62 | ||
Midwest | Regional third place | Louisville | W 70–68 | |||
Midwest | Regional Fourth Place | Kansas | L 70–68 | |||
Midwest | Independent | First round | Houston | L 59–58 | ||
Midwest | Regional Runner-up | Houston | L 83–75 | |||
West | ||||||
West | Regional Runner-up | UCLA | L 80–64 | |||
West | Independent | First round | Texas Western | L 62–54 | ||
West | Independent | Regional third place | Wyoming | W 69–67 | ||
West | Champion | Dayton | W 79–64 | |||
West | Regional Fourth Place | Texas Western | L 69–67 | |||
* – Denotes overtime period