| 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 23 | ||
| Finals Site | Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon |
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| Champions | UCLA (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Michigan (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Princeton (1st Final
Four) Wichita State (1st Final Four) |
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| Winning Coach | John Wooden (2nd title) | ||
| MOP | Bill Bradley Princeton | ||
| Attendance | 140,673 | ||
| Top scorer | Bill Bradley Princeton (177 points) |
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NCAA Men's
Division I Tournaments
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The 1965 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 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon. 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 91-80 victory in the final game over Michigan, coached by Dave Strack. Bill Bradley of Princeton was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
UCLA finished the season with 28 wins and two defeats. In the championship game, the Bruins were shooting 56.9% with Gail Goodrich's 42 points and Kenny Washington's 17 points to become the fifth team to win consective championships[1].
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| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | College Park, Maryland | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mideast | Lexington, Kentucky | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Midwest | Manhattan, Kansas | Lubbock, Texas |
| West | Provo, Utah | Lubbock, Texas |
| Finals | Portland, Oregon |
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | UConn | Fred Shabel | First round | Saint Joseph's | L 67-61 |
| East | n/a | North Carolina State | Press Maravich | Regional Third Place | Saint Joseph's | W 103-81 |
| East | n/a | Pennsylvania State | John Egli | First round | Princeton | L 60-58 |
| East | n/a | Princeton | Butch van Breda Kolff | Third Place | Wichita State | W 118-82 |
| East | n/a | Providence | Joe Mullaney | Elite Eight | Princeton | L 109-69 |
| East | n/a | Saint Joseph's | Jack Ramsay | Regional Fourth Place | North Carolina State | L 103-81 |
| East | n/a | West Virginia | George King | First round | Providence | L 91-67 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | n/a | Dayton | Don Donoher | Regional Third Place | DePaul | W 75-69 |
| Mideast | n/a | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Regional Fourth Place | Dayton | L 75-69 |
| Mideast | n/a | Eastern Kentucky | Jim Baechtold | First round | DePaul | L 99-52 |
| Mideast | n/a | Michigan | Dave Strack | Runner Up | UCLA | L 91-80 |
| Mideast | n/a | Ohio | James Snyder | First round | Dayton | L 66-65 |
| Mideast | n/a | Vanderbilt | Roy Skinner | Elite Eight | Michigan | L 87-85 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | n/a | Houston | Guy Lewis | Regional Fourth Place | SMU | L 89-87 |
| Midwest | n/a | Notre Dame | Johnny Dee | First round | Houston | L 99-98 |
| Midwest | n/a | Oklahoma State | Henry Iba | Elite Eight | Wichita State | L 54-46 |
| Midwest | n/a | SMU | Doc Hayes | Regional Third Place | Houston | W 89-87 |
| Midwest | n/a | Wichita State | Gary Thompson | Fourth Place | Princeton | L 118-82 |
| West | ||||||
| West | n/a | BYU | Stan Watts | Regional Fourth Place | Oklahoma City | L 112-102 |
| West | n/a | Colorado State | Jim Williams | First round | Oklahoma City | L 70-68 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma City | Abe Lemons | Regional Third Place | BYU | W 112-102 |
| West | n/a | San Francisco | Peter Peletta | Elite Eight | UCLA | L 101-93 |
| West | n/a | UCLA | John Wooden | Champion | Michigan | W 91-80 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| N.C. State | 48 | ||||||||||||
| Princeton | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Princeton | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Penn State | 58 | ||||||||||||
| Princeton | 109 | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 69 | ||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 61 | ||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 73* | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 91 | ||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Michigan | 98 | ||||||||||||
| Dayton | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Dayton | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio U | 65 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan | 87 | ||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 85 | ||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 83 | ||||||||||||
| DePaul | 78* | ||||||||||||
| DePaul | 99 | ||||||||||||
| E Kentucky | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Wichita State | 86 | ||||||||||||
| SMU | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 54 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 99 | ||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 98 | ||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| UCLA | 100 | ||||||||||||
| BYU | 76 | ||||||||||||
| UCLA | 101 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 93 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 91 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 70 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| National Semifinals | National Championship Game | |||||||
| E | Princeton | 76 | ||||||
| ME | Michigan | 93 | ||||||
| ME | Michigan | 80 | ||||||
| W | UCLA | 91 | ||||||
| MW | Wichita State | 89 | ||||||
| W | UCLA | 108 | ||||||
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