1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament National champions AAWU regular season champions | |
Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 1 |
AP | No. 1 |
Record | 30–0 (15–0 AAWU) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches | |
Captain | Walt Hazzard Jack Hirsch |
Home arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
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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[1] |
The 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its first
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
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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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
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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
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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
- In the Los Angeles Basketball Classic, UCLA defeated then third-ranked 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 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
- 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.
- ^ 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
- 1963–64 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com