1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

1967 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams	23
Finals site	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	UCLA (3rd title, 3rd title game, 4th Final Four)
Runner-up	Dayton (1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	Houston (1st Final Four) North Carolina (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	John Wooden (3rd title)
MOP	Lew Alcindor (UCLA)
Attendance	159,570
Top scorer	Elvin Hayes Houston (128 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1966 1968»

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

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	College Park, Maryland	Blacksburg, Virginia, Kingston, Rhode Island
Mideast	Evanston, Illinois	Lexington, Kentucky
Midwest	Lawrence, Kansas	Fort Collins, Colorado
West	Corvallis, Oregon	Fort Collins, Colorado
Finals	Louisville, Kentucky

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Boston College	Bob Cousy	Regional Runner-up	North Carolina	L 96-80
East	n/a	Connecticut	Fred Shabel	First round	Boston College	L 48-42
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Fourth Place	Houston	L 84-62
East	n/a	Princeton	Butch van Breda Kolff	Regional Third Place	St. John's	W 78-58
East	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Regional Fourth Place	Princeton	L 78-58
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	First round	St. John's	L 57-53
East	n/a	West Virginia	Bucky Waters	First round	Princeton	L 68-57
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Dayton	Don Donoher	Runner Up	UCLA	L 79-64
Mideast	n/a	Indiana	Lou Watson	Regional Third Place	Tennessee	W 51-44
Mideast	n/a	Tennessee	Ray Mears	Regional Fourth Place	Indiana	L 51-44
Mideast	n/a	Toledo	Bob Nichols	First round	Virginia Tech	L 82-76
Mideast	n/a	Virginia Tech	Howie Shannon	Regional Runner-up	Dayton	L 71-66
Mideast	n/a	Western Kentucky	Johnny Oldham	First round	Dayton	L 69-67
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Third Place	North Carolina	W 84-62
Midwest	n/a	Kansas	Ted Owens	Regional Third Place	Louisville	W 70-68
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	Peck Hickman	Regional Fourth Place	Kansas	L 70-68
Midwest	n/a	New Mexico State	Lou Henson	First round	Houston	L 59-58
Midwest	n/a	SMU	Doc Hayes	Regional Runner-up	Houston	L 83-75
West
West	n/a	Pacific	Dick Edwards	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 80-64
West	n/a	Seattle	Lionel Purcell	First round	UTEP	L 62-54
West	n/a	Texas Western	Don Haskins	Regional Third Place	Wyoming	W 69-67
West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Champion	Dayton	W 79-64
West	n/a	Wyoming	Bill Strannigan	Regional Fourth Place	Texas Western	L 69-67

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							North Carolina	78
							Princeton	70*
		Princeton	68
		West Virginia	57
												North Carolina	96
												Boston College	80
		St. John's	57
		Temple	53
							St. John's	62
							Boston College	63
		Boston College	48
		Connecticut	42

Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Tennessee

52

Dayton

53

Dayton

69

Western Kentucky

67*

Dayton

71

Virginia Tech

66

Indiana

70

Virginia Tech

79

Virginia Tech

82

Toledo

76

Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							SMU	83
							Louisville	81
												SMU	75
												Houston	83
							Kansas	53
							Houston	66
		Houston	59
		New Mexico State	58

West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							UCLA	109
							Wyoming	60
												UCLA	80
												Pacific	64
							Pacific	72
							Texas Western	63
		Texas Western	62
		Seattle	54

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E	North Carolina	62
	ME	Dayton	76
						ME	Dayton	64
						W	UCLA	79
	MW	Houston	58
	W	UCLA	73

National Third Place Game

	National Third Place Game
	MW	Houston	84
	E	North Carolina	62

Regional Third Place Games

	East Regional Third Place
	Princeton		68
	St. John's		57

	Mideast Regional Third Place
	Indiana		51
	Tennessee		44

	Midwest Regional Third Place
	Kansas		70
	Louisville		68

	West Regional Third Place
	Texas Western		69
	Wyoming		67

See also

• 1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament