1965 NCAA University Division basketball championship game
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| Date | March 20, 1965[1] | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Michigan[2] | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,204[3] | ||||||||||||
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| Network | Sports Network Incorporated | ||||||||||||
The 1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1964-65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 20, 1965, at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. It featured the second-ranked and defending national champion UCLA Bruins of the Athletic Association of Western Universities, and the top-ranked Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference.
The Bruins upset the top-ranked Wolverines to repeat as national champions. To date, this is the last national championship game to be played between the teams ranked #1 and #2 in both the final AP and Coaches polls.
Participating teams
[edit]UCLA Bruins
[edit]- West
- UCLA 100, BYU 76
- UCLA 101, San Francisco 93
- Final Four
- UCLA 108, Wichita State 89
Michigan Wolverines
[edit]- Mideast
- Michigan 98, Dayton 71
- Michigan 87, Vanderbilt 85
- Final Four
- Michigan 93, Princeton 76
Game summary
[edit]Source:[4]
Sports Network Inc.
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March 20, 1965
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| #2 UCLA Bruins 91, #1 Michigan Wolverines 80 | ||
| Scoring by half: 47-34, 44-46 | ||
| Pts: Gail Goodrich 42 Rebs: Edgar Lacey 7 Asts: Mike Lynn 2 |
Pts: Cazzie Russell 28 Rebs: Bill Buntin 6 Asts: Cazzie Russell, Bill Buntin 1 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "UCLA vs. Michigan Box Score (Men), March 20, 1965". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (March 21, 1965). "UCLA nabs 2nd straight NCAA title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Missildine, Harry (March 21, 1965). "Goodrich, bouncin' Bruins mow down Michigan 91-80". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
- ^ "UCLA vs. Michigan Box Score, March 20, 1965 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
- 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
- 1965 in sports in Oregon
- Basketball competitions in Oregon
- College sports tournaments in Oregon
- March 1965 sports events in the United States
- Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
- NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games
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