1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1963 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams	25
Finals site	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	Loyola (Chicago) (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Runner-up	Cincinnati (3rd title game, 5th Final Four)
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 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 University Chicago, coached by George Ireland, won the national title with a 60-58 overtime victory in the final game, over the University of Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker. Art Heyman, of Duke University, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. This tournament marked the last time that a city was host to two straight Final Fours.

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Connecticut	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 Ramsay	Regional Runner-up	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	Mississippi State	L 65-60
Mideast	n/a	Illinois	Harry Combes	Regional Runner-up	Loyola U. Chicago	L 79-64
Mideast	n/a	Loyola U. Chicago	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 U. Chicago	L 111-42
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	Runner Up	Loyola U. Chicago	L 60-58
Midwest	n/a	Colorado	Sox Walseth	Regional Runner-up	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	Regional Runner-up	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

* – Denotes overtime period

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*

Mideast region

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

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

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

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E	Duke	75
	ME	Loyola U. Chicago	94
						ME	Loyola U. Chicago	60
						MW	Cincinnati	58
	MW	Cincinnati	80
	W	Oregon State	46

National Third Place Game

	National Third Place Game
	E	Duke	85
	W	Oregon St.	63

Regional Third Place Games

	East Regional Third Place
	West Virginia		83
	NYU		73

	Mideast Regional Third Place
	Mississippi St.		65
	Bowling Green		60

	Midwest Regional Third Place
	Texas		90
	Oklahoma City		83

	West Regional Third Place
	San Francisco		76
	UCLA		75

Noteworthy

In the Loyola vs. Mississippi State game at East Lansing, Michigan in a Mideast regional semifinal, Mississippi State, an all-white team, played despite protests from the governor and state police of Mississippi. Mississippi State overcame a state prohibition against playing integrated teams. Loyola beat Mississippi State and went on to the Mideast Region Championship game. In the National Championship game, Loyola started four African-Americans and Cincinnati started three, marking the first time that a majority of African-Americans participated in the championship game.

Loyola's first-round regional victory over Tennessee Tech, 111-42, continues to be a record margin of victory for an NCAA men's basketball tournament game.

See also

• 1963 National Invitation Tournament - (NIT)
• 1963 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• Black participation in college basketball