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1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

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1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

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)
Head coach	John Wooden (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Norman Denny Crum
Captain	Walt Hazzard Jack Hirsch
Home arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Seasons ← 1962–63 1964–65 →

1963–64 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.1UCLA	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^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]^[4] The press quickened the pace of the game and was influential in the first two national titles won by the Bruins, who were undersized.^[2]^[5]

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.^[6]

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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1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	43	Steve Brucker	6ft4in (1.93 m)	—
G	25	Chuck Darrow	5ft11in (1.8 m)	—
F	53	Keith Erickson	6ft5in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	San Francisco, California
G	25	Gail Goodrich	6ft1in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Los Angeles, California
F	30	Kent Graham	6ft3in (1.91 m)	—
G	42	Walt Hazzard	6ft2in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Wilmington, Delaware
F	50	Jack Hirsch	6ft3in (1.91 m)	—	Sr	Brooklyn, New York
C	34	Vaughn Hoffman	6ft7in (2.01 m)	—
G	20	Mike Huggins	5ft11in (1.8 m)	—	Sr	Kalispell, Montana
F	52	Rich Levin	6ft4in (1.93 m)	—
C	32	Doug McIntosh	6ft7in (2.01 m)	—	So	Lily, Kentucky
C	35	Fred Slaughter	6ft5in (1.96 m)	—	Sr	Topeka, Kansas
F	54	Kim Stewart	6ft5in (1.96 m)	—
F	44	Kenny Washington	6ft3in (1.91 m)	—	So	Beaufort, South Carolina

Head coach

John Wooden (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 26 September 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
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^[7]

Notes

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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.^[8]
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

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Walt Hazzard was number 1 draft pick in the NBA draft of 1964 by the Los Angeles Lakers.

References

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^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

^ ^a ^b 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

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1963–64 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com

UCLA Bruins men's basketball 1963–64 NCAA champions

Head coach: John Wooden

Assistant coach: Jerry Norman

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NCAA Division I men's basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville (Vacated)
2014: UConn
2015: Duke
2016: Villanova
2017: North Carolina
2018: Villanova
2019: Virginia
2020: No tournament
2021: Baylor
2022: Kansas
2023: UConn
2024: UConn

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