1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season

1964–65 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1	Michigan^[1]^[2]
NCAA Tournament	1965
Tournament dates	March 8 – 20, 1965
National Championship	Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
NCAA Champions	UCLA
Helms National Champions	UCLA
Other champions	St. John's (NIT)
Player of the Year (Helms)	Bill Bradley, Princeton, & Gail Goodrich, UCLA
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1964, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 20, 1965, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The UCLA Bruins won their second NCAA national championship with a 91–80 victory over the Michigan Wolverines.

Season headlines

The Associated Press (AP) Poll introduced a preseason Top 20, but during the season continued to rank only the Top 10 teams, as it had done since the 1961–62 season.^[3]
The NCAA tournament contracted from 25 to 23 teams.
The National Invitation Tournament expanded from 12 to 14 teams.
UCLA won its second consecutive national championship, as well as its second overall.

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The Top 20 from the AP Poll and the UPI Coaches Poll during the pre-season.^[4]^[5]

Associated Press
Ranking	Team
1	Michigan
2	UCLA
3	Wichita State
4	Davidson
5	Duke
6	Vanderbilt
7	Syracuse
8	Kansas State
9	San Francisco
10	St. John's
11 (tie)	Kentucky
11 (tie)	Minnesota
13	North Carolina
14	Bradley
15	Seattle
16	Villanova
17	Notre Dame
18	Kansas
19	BYU
20	DePaul

UPI Coaches
Ranking	Team
1	Michigan
2	UCLA
3	Davidson
4	Wichita State
5	Duke
6	Vanderbilt
7	San Francisco
8	North Carolina
9	Seattle
10	Minnesota
11	Kansas
12	Syracuse
13	Villanova
14	Kansas State
15 (tie)	Kentucky
15 (tie)	St. John's
17	BYU
18	Saint Louis
19	Notre Dame
20	DePaul

Conference membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Southeastern Conference	NCAA University Division independent
Louisville Cardinals	NCAA University Division independent	Missouri Valley Conference
Oregon Ducks	NCAA University Division independent	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Oregon State Beavers	NCAA University Division independent	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Saint Peter's Peacocks	NCAA College Division independent	NCAA University Division independent

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular season winner^[6]	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Athletic Association of Western Universities	UCLA	None selected	No Tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference	Duke	Billy Cunningham, North Carolina^[7]	1965 ACC men's basketball tournament	Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh, North Carolina)	NC State
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	None selected	No Tournament
Big Sky Conference	Weber State	None selected	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Michigan	None selected	No Tournament
Ivy League	Princeton	None selected	No Tournament
Mid-American Conference	Ohio	None selected	No Tournament
Middle Atlantic Conference	Saint Joseph's		No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	Wichita State	None selected	No Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference	Eastern Kentucky State	Clem Haskins, Western Kentucky State	1965 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament	Jefferson County Armory (Louisville, Kentucky)	Western Kentucky State
Southeastern Conference	Vanderbilt	Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt^[8]	No Tournament
Southern Conference	Davidson	Fred Hetzel, Davidson^[9]	1965 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina)	West Virginia^[10]
Southwest Conference	SMU & Texas	John Beasley, Texas A&M	No Tournament
West Coast Athletic Conference	San Francisco	Ollie Johnson, San Francisco	No Tournament
Western Athletic Conference	BYU	None selected	No Tournament
Yankee Conference	Connecticut	None selected	No Tournament

Informal championships

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Philadelphia Big 5	St. Joseph's	Jim Washington, Villanova	No Tournament

Statistical leaders

Post-season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Final Four

National semifinals			National finals

E	Princeton	76

ME	Michigan	93
			ME	Michigan	80

			W	UCLA	91
MW	Wichita State	89

W	UCLA	108

Third Place – Princeton 118, Wichita State 82

National Invitation tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals			Finals

	Villanova	91

	NYU	69
				Villanova	51

				St. John's	55
	St. John's	67

	Army	60

Third Place – Army 75, NYU 74

Awards

Consensus All-American teams

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Rick Barry	F	Senior	Miami (FL)
Bill Bradley	F	Senior	Princeton
Gail Goodrich	G	Senior	UCLA
Fred Hetzel	F	Senior	Davidson
Cazzie Russell	F	Junior	Michigan

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Bill Buntin	F	Senior	Michigan
Wayne Estes	F	Senior	Utah State
Clyde Lee	F	Junior	Vanderbilt
Dave Schellhase	G/F	Junior	Purdue
Dave Stallworth	F	Senior	Wichita State

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team	Former Coach	New Coach	Reason
Army	Tates Locke	Bob Knight	Locke left to become freshman coach at Miami (Ohio) and was replaced by his 24-year-old assistant, future Hall of Fame coach Knight.^[11]
Bradley	Chuck Orsborn	Joe Stowell	Orsborn was promoted to Bradley Athletic Director and passed on head coaching duties to assistant Stowell.^[12]
Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	Tay Baker
Georgia	Harbin Lawson	Ken Rosemond
Holy Cross	Frank Oftring	Jack Donohue	Oftring retired from coaching and was replaced with Donohue, who had been prized recruit Lew Alcindor's coach at Power Memorial Academy.^[13]
Indiana	Branch McCracken	Lou Watson
LSU	Jay McCreary	Frank Truitt
Mississippi State	Babe McCarthy	Joe Dan Gold
St. John's	Joe Lapchick	Lou Carnesecca
Wake Forest	Bones McKinney	Jack Murdock

References

^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 846. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "1978 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
^ sports-reference.com Matchup Finder
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 836. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "1977 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
^ 2008–09 ACC Men's Basketball Media Guide – Year by Year section Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2009-02-14
^ 2008–09 SEC Men's Basketball Record Book, Southeastern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-06
^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Honors Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
^ "Good Knight! He'll coach Army". The Akron Beacon Journal. May 18, 1965. p. 57. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Stowell named Bradley coach". The News-Palladium. February 26, 1965. p. 12. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Alcindor's coach takes H.C. coach job". The Boston Globe. April 13, 1965. p. 21. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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