1963 NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

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.

Contents

Teams

Bracket

East region

Mideast region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

External links

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

Bracket

East region

Mideast region

Midwest region

West region

Final Four

External links

★ 1963 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)

★ HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.