1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1967


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=23
FinalFourArena=Freedom Hall
FinalFourCity=Louisville, Kentucky
Champions=UCLA
TitleCount=3rd
RunnerUp=Dayton
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=Houston
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=North Carolina
FinalFourCount2=3rd
Coach=John Wooden
CoachCount=3rd
MOP=Lew Alcindor
MOPTeam=UCLA
Attendance=159,570
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Elvin Hayes
TopScorerTeam=Houston
Points=128

The 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1967, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 27 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 79-64 victory in the final game over Dayton, coached by Don Donoher. Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. This was the first of seven consecutive NCAA titles for UCLA, and the first of three consecutive Most Outstanding Player awards for Alcindor.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Princeton
RD1-score3=68
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=West Virginia
RD1-score4=57
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=St. John's
RD1-score5=57
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Temple
RD1-score6=53
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Boston College
RD1-score7=48
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Connecticut
RD1-score8=42
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=North Carolina
RD2-score1=78
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Princeton
RD2-score2=70*
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=St. John's
RD2-score3=62
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Boston College
RD2-score4=63
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=North Carolina
RD3-score1=96
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Boston College
RD3-score2=80

Mideast region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Dayton
RD1-score3=69
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Western Kentucky
RD1-score4=67*
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Virginia Tech
RD1-score7=82
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Toledo
RD1-score8=76
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Tennessee
RD2-score1=52
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Dayton
RD2-score2=53
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Indiana
RD2-score3=70
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Virginia Tech
RD2-score4=79
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Dayton
RD3-score1=71
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Virginia Tech
RD3-score2=66*

Midwest region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Houston
RD1-score7=59
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=New Mexico State
RD1-score8=58
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=SMU
RD2-score1=83
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Louisville
RD2-score2=81
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Kansas
RD2-score3=53
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Houston
RD2-score4=66
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=SMU
RD3-score1=75
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Houston
RD3-score2=83

West region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Texas Western
RD1-score7=62
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Seattle
RD1-score8=54
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=UCLA
RD2-score1=109
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Wyoming
RD2-score2=60
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Pacific
RD2-score3=72
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Texas Western
RD2-score4=63
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=UCLA
RD3-score1=80
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Pacific
RD3-score2=64

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Finals | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=North Carolina
RD1-score1=62
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Dayton
RD1-score2=76
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Houston
RD1-score3=58
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=UCLA
RD1-score4=73
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Dayton
RD2-score1=64
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=UCLA
RD2-score2=79

ee also

* 1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1967.htm 1967 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.