1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1963 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 25
Finals Site Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky
Champions Loyola (Chicago) (1st title)
Runner-Up Cincinnati (3rd title game)
Semifinalists Duke (1st Final Four)
Oregon State (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach George Ireland (1st title)
MOP Art Heyman Duke
Attendance 153,065
Top scorer Mel Counts Oregon State
(123 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«1962  1964»

The 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 9, 1963, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Loyola, Illinois, coached by George Ireland, won the national title with a 60-58 victory in the final game over Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker. Art Heyman of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

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[edit] Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a UConn George Wigton First round West Virginia L 77-71
East n/a Duke Vic Bubas Third Place Oregon State W 85-63
East n/a NYU Lou Rossini Regional Fourth Place West Virginia L 83-73
East n/a Pittsburgh Bob Timmons First round NYU L 93-83
East n/a Princeton Butch van Breda Kolff First round Saint Joseph's L 82-81
East n/a Saint Joseph's Jack Ramsey Elite Eight Duke L 73-59
East n/a West Virginia George King Regional Third Place NYU W 83-73
Mideast
Mideast n/a Bowling Green Harold Anderson Regional Fourth Place Illinois L 70-67
Mideast n/a Illinois Harry Combes Elite Eight Loyola, Illinois L 79-64
Mideast n/a Loyola, Illinois George Ireland Champion Cincinnati W 60-58
Mideast n/a Mississippi State Babe McCarthy Regional Third Place Bowling Green W 65-60
Mideast n/a Notre Dame John Jordan First round Bowling Green L 77-72
Mideast n/a Tennessee Tech Johnny Oldham First round Loyola, Illinois L 111-42
Midwest
Midwest n/a Cincinnati Ed Jucker Runner Up Loyola, Illinois L 60-58
Midwest n/a Colorado Sox Walseth Elite Eight Cincinnati L 67-60
Midwest n/a Colorado State Jim Williams First round Oklahoma City L 70-67
Midwest n/a Oklahoma City Abe Lemons Regional Fourth Place Texas L 90-83
Midwest n/a Texas Harold Bradley Regional Third Place Oklahoma City W 90-83
Midwest n/a Texas Western Don Haskins First round Texas L 65-47
West
West n/a Arizona State Ned Wulk Elite Eight Oregon State L 83-65
West n/a Oregon State Slats Gill Fourth Place Duke L 85-63
West n/a San Francisco Peter Peletta Regional Third Place UCLA W 76-75
West n/a Seattle Clair Markey First round Oregon State L 70-66
West n/a UCLA John Wooden Regional Fourth Place San Francisco L 76-75
West n/a Utah State LaDell Andersen First round Arizona State L 79-75

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Duke 81  
       NYU 76  
   NYU 93
     Pittsburgh 83  
       Duke 73
     St. Joseph's 59
     West Virginia 77  
   Connecticut 71  
   West Virginia 88
       St. Joseph's 97  
   St. Joseph's 82
     Princeton 81*  

[edit] Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Illinois 70  
       Bowling Green 67  
   Bowling Green 77
     Notre Dame 72  
       Illinois 64
     Loyola-IL 79
          
        
   Mississippi State 51
       Loyola-IL 61  
   Loyola-IL 111
     Tennessee Tech 42  

[edit] Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Colorado 78  
       Oklahoma City 72  
   Oklahoma City 70
     Colorado State 67  
       Colorado 60
     Cincinnati 67
          
        
   Cincinnati 73
       Texas 68  
   Texas 65
     Texas Western 47  

[edit] West region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     UCLA 79  
       Arizona State 93  
   Arizona State 79
     Utah State 75*  
       Arizona State 65
     Oregon State 83
          
        
   San Francisco 61
       Oregon State 65  
   Oregon State 70
     Seattle 66  

[edit] Final Four

  National Semifinals National Finals
                 
   Duke 75  
   Loyola-IL 94  
       Loyola-IL 60
     Cincinnati 58*
   Cincinnati 80
   Oregon State 46  

[edit] Game summaries

In the Loyola vs. Mississippi State game in the regional semifinal, Mississippi State, an all-white team, played despite protests from the governor and state police of Mississippi. Mississippi State overcame an unwritten Mississippi rule against playing integrated teams. Loyola beats Mississippi State and went on to the championship game. Loyola started four African-Americans and Cincinnati started three. That was the first time that a majority of African-Americans participated in the championship game.

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