1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1963–64 UCLA Bruins UCLA Logo 1964-1995.jpeg 1964_UCLA_Bruins.jpg 300px Athletic Association of Western Universities AAWU 1 1 30–0 15–0 John Wooden 16th Jerry Norman Walt Hazzard Jack Hirsch Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena NCAA tournament National championsNCAA regular season championsAAWU regular season champions National Championship Game W Won 98–83 vs. Duke The 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its first NCAA national championship in basketball 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.Crowe Jerry This right-hand man could use a pat on back March 19, 2007 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-19-sp-crowe19-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150723035643/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/19/sports/sp-crowe19 July 23, 2015 live Chortkoff Mitch What Might Have Been For UCLA Basketball March 13, 2014 Culver City Observer http://www.culvercityobserver.com/story/2014/03/13/sports/what-might-have-been-for-ucla-basketball/3522.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150723041054/http://www.culvercityobserver.com/story/2014/03/13/sports/what-might-have-been-for-ucla-basketball/3522.html July 23, 2015 live Florence Mal Don't Press It: New Wrinkle Was Norman's June 2, 1994 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-02-sp-64816-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150723041123/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-02/sports/sp-64816_1_jerry-norman July 23, 2015 live The press quickened the pace of the game and was influential in the first two national titles won by the Bruins, who were undersized.Whicker Mark UCLA's first reign-drop March 8, 2014 Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ucla-604826-bruins-wooden.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150722031640/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ucla-604826-bruins-wooden.html July 22, 2015 live In the national title game, the Bruins defeated Duke, coached by Vic Bubas, 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.New York Times, March 22, 1964 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, Erickson and Hazzard scored 28 and 19 points, respectively, to help UCLA to defeat Kansas State 90–84 on March 20. Roster 1963 UCLA Bruins men's y Steve Brucker 43 F 6 4 Chuck Darrow 25 G 5 11 Keith Erickson y 53 F 6 5 195 Jr San Francisco, California Gail Goodrich y 25 G 6 1 170 Jr Los Angeles, California Kent Graham 30 F 6 3 Walt Hazzard y 42 G 6 2 185 Sr Wilmington, Delaware Jack Hirsch y 50 F 6 3 Sr Brooklyn, New York Vaughn Hoffman 34 C 6 7 Mike Huggins 20 G 5 11 Sr Kalispell, Montana Rich Levin 52 F 6 4 Doug McIntosh y 32 C 6 7 So Lily, Kentucky Fred Slaughter y 35 C 6 5 Sr Topeka, Kansas Kim Stewart 54 F 6 5 Kenny Washington basketball y 44 F 6 3 So Beaufort, South Carolina https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ucla/1964.html 26 September 2017 John Wooden (Purdue) Jerry Norman Schedule yes 1963–64 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1963 yes |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins|Regular Season December 6, 1963 yes 1963 men BYU Cougars BYU Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 113–71 1–0 December 7, 1963 yes 1963 men Butler Bulldogs Butler Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 80–65 2–0 December 13, 1963 yes yes Kansas State Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS 78–75 3–0 December 14, 1963 yes yes Kansas Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS 74–54 4–0 December 20, 1963 yes yes 6 1963 men Baylor Bears Baylor Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA 112–61 5–0 December 21, 1963 yes yes 6 Creighton Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA 95-79 6–0 December 26, 1963 yes 4 1963 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA L.A. Classic 95–65 7–0 December 27, 1963 yes 4 Michigan 3 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA L.A. Classic 14,241 98–80 8–0 December 28, 1963 yes 4 Illinois Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA L.A. Classic 83–79 9–0 January 3, 1964 yes 2 Washington State Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA 88–83 10–0 1–0 January 4, 1964 yes 2 Washington State Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA 121–77 11–0 2–0 January 10, 1964 1 1963 men USC Trojans USC Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 79–59 12–0 3–0 January 11, 1964 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 78–71 13–0 4–0 January 17, 1964 1 1963 men Stanford Indians Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 84–71 14–0 5–0 January 18, 1964 1 Stanford Santa Monica City College Santa Monica, CA 80–61 15–0 6–0 January 31, 1964 yes 1 1963 men UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA 107–76 16–0 February 1, 1964 yes 1 UC Santa Barbara Santa Monica City College Santa Monica, CA 87–59 17–0 February 7, 1964 yes 1 1963 men California Golden Bears California Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA 87–67 18–0 7–0 February 8, 1964 yes 1 California Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA 58–56 19–0 8–0 February 14, 1964 yes 1 Washington Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 73–58 20–0 9–0 February 15, 1964 yes 1 Washington Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 88–60 21–0 10–0 February 22, 1964 yes 1 Stanford Burnham Pavilion Stanford, CA 100–88 22–0 11–0 February 24, 1964 yes 1 Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA 78–64 23–0 12–0 February 29, 1964 yes 1 Washington State Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 93–56 24–0 13–0 March 2, 1964 yes 1 California Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 87–57 25–0 14–0 March 6, 1964 yes 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 91–81 26–0 15–0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#UCLA Bruins 1;"| NCAA Tournament March 13, 1964 yes 1 1963 men Seattle Redhawks Seattle Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR Regional semifinals 95–90 27–0 March 14, 1964 yes 1 1963 men San Francisco Dons San Francisco Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR Regional Finals 76–72 28–0 March 20, 1964 yes 1 Kansas State Municipal Auditorium Kansas, City, MO National semifinals 90–84 29–0 March 21, 1964 yes 1 Duke 3 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO National Championship Game 98–83 30–0 AP Poll Pacific Time SourceSEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf UCLA Athletics September 26, 2017 December 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201229080204/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf dead Notes 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.1964 and 1965 NCAA Championship Teams to be Honored https://web.archive.org/web/20090130011159/http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012609aah.html 2009-01-30 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 External links 1963–64 UCLA Bruins at Sports-Reference.com Ucla Bruins Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Ucla UCLA Bruins UCLA Bruins Category:National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees