🏀 The 1963-64 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 18 conferences · 25-team tournament

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1963-64 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

UCLA

30-0Final AP #1

Title gameDuke 83, UCLA 98 (Mar 21)

Final FourUCLADukeKansas StateMichigan

The 1964 NCAA tournament

25 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

25-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Temple48

VMI60

Second Round

Duke87

Regional Finals

Duke101

East region

First Round

Temple48

VMI60

Second Round

Duke87

Regional Finals

Duke101

Mideast region

First Round

Loyola-Chicago101

Murray State91

Louisville69

Ohio71

Second Round

Loyola-Chicago80

Michigan84

Kentucky69

Ohio85

Regional Finals

Michigan69

Ohio57

Midwest region

First Round

Second Round

Regional Finals

West region

First Round

Arizona State90

Utah State92

Oregon State57

Seattle61

Second Round

San Francisco64

Utah State58

Seattle90

UCLA95

Regional Finals

San Francisco72

UCLA76

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Duke91

Michigan80

East vs Mideast · Mar 20

Kansas State84

UCLA90

Midwest vs West · Mar 20

Championship game: UCLA

Duke83

UCLA98

East vs West · Mar 21

Third-place games

Kentucky91

Loyola-Chicago100

Regional Third Place · Mideast · Mar 14

Creighton52

Texas Western63

Regional Third Place · Mar 14

Seattle88

Utah State78

Regional Third Place · West · Mar 14

Princeton62

Villanova74

Regional Third Place · East · Mar 14

Kansas State90

Michigan100

Third Place Game · Midwest vs Mideast · Mar 21

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 2 conference tournaments held in 1963-64.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	Duke 80-59, Mar 7	Wake Forest	80-59, Mar 7
Southern	VMI 61-56, Feb 29	George Washington	61-56, Feb 29

The 1963-64 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Dec3	10	17	24	31	Jan7	14	21	28	Feb4	11	18	25	Mar3	10
UCLA			6	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Michigan	8	7	3	3	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Duke	4	3	5	8	9	9	10	8	8	7	5	4	4	4	3
Kentucky	9	5	2	2	1	2	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	4
Wichita	5							10	7	4	6	6	5	5	5
Oregon State	10	9		9	8	6	7	10			9	7	6	6	6
Villanova					10	10	9	7	6	6	8	5	8	7	7
Loyola-Chicago	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	10	9			10	9	8
DePaul								9	9	10	10	9	9	8	9
Davidson			10	7	7	5	5	4	3	5	4	8	7	10	10
Drake												10
Vanderbilt			8	6	6	7	6	6	5	8	7
Cincinnati	3	6	4	5	4	8	8
NYU	2	2	7	10
Toledo			9
Arizona State	6	4
Ohio State	7	8
Kansas		10

Tap a rank to read it.

1964 final AP Top 10

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1964 final AP Top 10AP

1UCLA30-0
2Michigan23-5
3Duke26-5
4Kentucky21-6
5Wichita23-6

1964 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1964 standings by conference18 conferences

AAWU6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	30-0	15-0	★ NCAA AP 1
Stanford	15-10	9-6
California	13-14	8-7
USC	10-16	6-9
Washington	9-17	5-10
Washington State	5-21	2-13

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Duke	26-5	13-1	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 3
Wake Forest	16-11	9-5
Clemson	13-12	8-6
South Carolina	10-14	7-7
North Carolina	12-12	6-8
Maryland	9-17	5-9
North Carolina State	8-11	4-10
Virginia	8-16	4-10

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas State	22-7	12-2	★ NCAA
Colorado	15-10	9-5
Kansas	13-12	8-6
Oklahoma State	15-10	7-7
Missouri	13-11	7-7
Iowa State	9-16	5-9
Nebraska	7-18	5-9
Oklahoma	7-18	3-11

Big Sky6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Montana State	16-9	8-2	★
Weber State	17-8	7-3
Idaho State	11-13	5-5
Gonzaga	10-15	5-5
Idaho	7-19	4-6
Montana	6-17	1-9

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan	23-5	11-3	★ NCAA AP 2
Ohio State	16-8	11-3	★
Minnesota	17-7	10-4
Michigan State	14-10	8-6
Purdue	12-12	8-6
Illinois	13-11	6-8
Northwestern	8-13	6-8
Indiana	9-15	5-9
Iowa	8-15	3-11
Wisconsin	8-16	2-12

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	20-9	12-2	★ NCAA
Yale	16-8	11-3
Pennsylvania	14-10	10-4
Cornell	15-10	9-5
Harvard	12-10	6-8
Columbia	11-12	6-8
Brown	6-19	2-12
Dartmouth	2-23	0-14

Mid-American7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ohio	21-6	10-2	★ NCAA
Miami (OH)	17-7	9-3
Bowling Green	14-9	7-5
Western Michigan	10-14	6-6
Kent State	11-13	5-7
Toledo	13-11	4-8
Marshall	6-17	1-11

Middle Atlantic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Temple	17-8	6-1	★ NCAA
St. Joseph's	18-10	5-1
La Salle	16-9	5-1
Delaware	13-10	4-3
Lafayette	15-8	4-4
Gettysburg	15-9	4-5
Bucknell	8-13	3-7
Lehigh	5-17	1-10

Missouri Valley7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wichita	23-6	10-2	★ NCAA AP 5
Drake	21-7	10-2	★
Bradley	23-6	7-5
Cincinnati	17-9	6-6
Saint Louis	13-12	6-6
Tulsa	10-15	2-10
North Texas	7-17	1-11

Ohio Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Murray State	16-9	11-3	★ NCAA
Eastern Kentucky	15-9	9-5
East Tennessee State	12-10	8-6
Austin Peay	14-9	7-7
Tennessee Tech	11-11	7-7
Morehead State	10-11	6-8
Middle Tennessee State	11-10	5-9
Western Kentucky State	5-16	3-11

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	21-6	11-3	★ NCAA AP 4
Tennessee	16-8	9-5
Georgia Tech	17-9	9-5
Vanderbilt	19-6	8-6
LSU	12-13	8-6
Georgia	12-14	8-6
Alabama	14-12	7-7
Mississippi	10-12	7-7
Florida	12-10	6-8
Auburn	11-12	6-8
Mississippi State	9-17	4-10
Tulane	1-22	1-13

Southern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Davidson	22-4	9-2	★ AP 10
West Virginia	18-10	11-3
Virginia Tech	16-7	7-3
VMI	12-12	7-7	🏆 NCAA
Furman	11-15	7-8
George Washington	11-15	5-7
William & Mary	9-13	5-9
Citadel	11-10	4-8
Richmond	6-16	4-12

Southland5 teams

School	W-L	Note
Lamar	19-6	★
Abilene Christian	18-9
Arkansas State	16-9
Texas-Arlington	4-21
Trinity	3-21

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas A&M	18-7	13-1	★ NCAA
Texas Tech	16-7	11-3
Rice	15-9	8-6
Texas	15-9	8-6
SMU	12-12	8-6
Arkansas	9-14	6-8
Baylor	7-17	2-12
TCU	4-20	0-14

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
San Francisco	23-5	12-0	★ NCAA
Pacific	15-11	7-5
San Jose State	14-10	6-6
Loyola Marymount	12-13	6-6
St. Mary's	7-19	5-7
Pepperdine	6-19	3-9
Santa Clara	6-20	3-9
UC Santa Barbara	18-11

Western Athletic6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
New Mexico	23-6	7-3	★
Arizona State	16-11	7-3	★ NCAA
BYU	13-12	5-5
Utah	19-9	4-6
Arizona	15-11	4-6
Wyoming	12-14	3-7

Yankee6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Rhode Island	19-8	8-2	★
Connecticut	16-11	8-2	★ NCAA
Massachusetts	15-9	5-5
Vermont	11-10	4-6
Maine	12-11	3-7
New Hampshire	8-15	2-8

Independent54 teams

School	W-L	Note
Texas Western	25-3	NCAA
Oregon State	25-4	NCAA AP 6
Villanova	24-4	NCAA AP 7
DePaul	21-4	AP 9
Loyola-Chicago	22-6	NCAA AP 8
Seattle	22-6	NCAA
Providence	20-6	NCAA
Creighton	22-7	NCAA
Iona	15-5
Miami (FL)	20-7
Army	19-7
Utah State	21-8	NCAA
Boston University	16-7
Duquesne	16-7
Penn State	16-7
Pittsburgh	17-8
Syracuse	17-8
Centenary	16-8
St. Bonaventure	16-8
Portland	17-9
Holy Cross	15-8
Colorado State	16-9
NYU	17-10
Houston	16-10
Xavier	16-10
Dayton	15-10
Georgetown	15-10
Louisville	15-10	NCAA
West Texas A&M	13-9
Oklahoma City	15-11	NCAA
Regis	12-9
Detroit	14-11
Memphis State	14-11
St. John's	14-11
Oregon	14-12
Seton Hall	13-12
Butler	13-13
Loyola (LA)	12-12
Manhattan	11-11
Air Force	11-12
Boston College	10-11
Navy	10-12
Fordham	9-11
Florida State	11-14
Canisius	10-14
Notre Dame	10-14
St. Francis (PA)	10-14
Niagara	8-12
St. Francis (NY)	10-16
New Mexico State	8-15
Colgate	7-16
Denver	6-20
Rutgers	5-17
Marquette	5-21

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1964 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1964 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Saint Louis 67, Kentucky 60
Mar 2 · regular season · 5.5% win chance
West Texas A&M 56, Oklahoma City 54
Feb 15 · regular season · 6.2% win chance
Marquette 98, Xavier 95
Mar 7 · regular season · 7.6% win chance
North Texas 66, Houston 65
Jan 30 · regular season · 7.8% win chance
BYU 74, USC 67
Dec 7 · regular season · 7.8% win chance
VMI 68, West Virginia 64
Dec 13 · regular season · 8.2% win chance
Kansas 51, Cincinnati 47
Dec 7 · regular season · 8.4% win chance
Nebraska 55, Iowa State 52
Jan 6 · regular season · 9.1% win chance
Syracuse 86, Miami (FL) 85
Dec 28 · regular season · 9.3% win chance
Wyoming 74, Washington 61
Dec 13 · regular season · 10.6% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.