1964 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
The 1964 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1963–64 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, with Evansville's Jerry Sloan named the Most Outstanding Player.
Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Evansville Purple Aces (3rd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Akron Zips (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Arad McCutchan (3rd title) | ||||
MOP | Jerry Sloan (Evansville) | ||||
Attendance | 31,915 | ||||
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Regional participants
School | Outcome | |
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Catholic | Fourth Place | |
Elizabethtown | Runner-up | |
Hofstra | Regional Champion | |
Philadelphia Textile | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Akron | Regional Champion | |
Ithaca | Fourth Place | |
Le Moyne | Runner-up | |
Youngstown State | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Adelphi | Regional Champion | |
Assumption | Third Place | |
Northeastern | Runner-up | |
Springfield | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Centre | Fourth Place | |
Fisk | Runner-up | |
Kentucky Wesleyan | Third Place | |
North Carolina A&T | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Abilene Christian | Runner-up | |
Colorado State College | Fourth Place | |
Lamar | Third Place | |
SE Missouri State | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Mankato State | Runner-up | |
Nebraska Wesleyan | Third Place | |
Northern Iowa | Regional Champion | |
Washington (MO) | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Cal Poly Pomona | Regional Champion | |
Fresno State | Runner-up | |
Nevada | Fourth Place | |
Seattle Pacific | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Ball State | Fourth Place | |
Evansville | Regional Champion | |
Jackson State | Third Place | |
Southern Illinois | Runner-up |
Regionals
East - Hempstead, New York
Location: Memorial Hall Host: Hofstra University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Elizabethtown | 74 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 73 | ||||||||
Elizabethtown | 61 | ||||||||
Hofstra | 74 | ||||||||
Hofstra | 92** | ||||||||
Catholic | 91 |
- Third Place - Philadelphia Textile 94, Catholic 64
Mideast - Akron, Ohio
Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Le Moyne | 64 | ||||||||
Youngstown State | 53 | ||||||||
Le Moyne | 39 | ||||||||
Akron | 62 | ||||||||
Akron | 94 | ||||||||
Ithaca | 77 |
- Third Place - Youngstown State 91, Ithaca 79
Northeast - Worcester, Massachusetts
Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Northeastern | 79 | ||||||||
Assumption | 68 | ||||||||
Northeastern | 66 | ||||||||
Adelphi | 68 | ||||||||
Adelphi | 75 | ||||||||
Springfield | 71 |
- Third Place - Assumption 64, Springfield 60
South Central - Owensboro, Kentucky
Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 5 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 6 | ||||||||
Fisk | 91 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 86 | ||||||||
Fisk | 87 | ||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 112 | ||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 86 | ||||||||
Centre | 68 |
- Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 91, Centre 71
Southwest - Beaumont, Texas
Location: Beaumont Civic Center Host: Lamar State College of Technology
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
SE Missouri State | 83 | ||||||||
Colorado State College | 79 | ||||||||
SE Missouri State | 90 | ||||||||
Abilene Christian | 87 | ||||||||
Abilene Christian | 73 | ||||||||
Lamar | 71 |
- Third Place - Lamar 116, Colorado State College 85
Midwest - Cedar Falls, Iowa
Location: West Gym Host: State College of Iowa
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Mankato State | 87 | ||||||||
Nebraska Wesleyan | 72 | ||||||||
Mankato State | 64 | ||||||||
Northern Iowa | 71* | ||||||||
Northern Iowa | 71 | ||||||||
Washington (MO) | 56 |
- Third Place - Washington (MO) 77, Nebraska Wesleyan 74
Pacific Coast - Fresno, California
Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 99 | ||||||||
Nevada | 71 | ||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 79 | ||||||||
Fresno State | 72 | ||||||||
Fresno State | 68 | ||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 53 |
- Third Place - Seattle Pacific 76, Nevada 74
Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 5 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 6 | ||||||||
Evansville | 97 | ||||||||
Jackson State | 69 | ||||||||
Evansville | 64 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 59 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 88 | ||||||||
Ball State | 81 |
- Third Place - Jackson State 92, Ball State 71
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 11 | National semifinals Final Four March 12 | National Championship March 13 | ||||||||||||
Hofstra | 58 | |||||||||||||
Akron | 77 | |||||||||||||
Akron | 57 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 48 | |||||||||||||
Adelphi | 80 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 83 | |||||||||||||
Akron | 59 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 72 | |||||||||||||
SE Missouri State | 85 | |||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 93 | |||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 67 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 82 | |||||||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 73 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 95 |
- Third Place - North Carolina A&T 91, Northern Iowa 72
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Buster Briley (Evansville)
- Larry Humes (Evansville)
- Maurice McHartley (North Carolina A&T)
- Jerry Sloan (Evansville)
- Bill Stevens (Akron)