1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

The 1962 NCAA University Division 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. The 24th annual edition of the tournament began on March 12, 1962, and ended with the championship game on March 24, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 29 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game, which was won by Wake Forest.

1962 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament

Season	1961–62
Teams	25
Finals site	Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	Cincinnati Bearcats (2nd title, 2nd title game, 4th Final Four)
Runner-up	Ohio State Buckeyes (4th title game, 7th Final Four)
Semifinalists	UCLA Bruins (1st Final Four) Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Ed Jucker (2nd title)
MOP	Paul Hogue (Cincinnati)
Attendance	177,469
Top scorer	Len Chappell (Wake Forest) (134 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1961 1963»

For the second consecutive season, Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker, played Ohio State, coached by Fred Taylor, in the final game. Cincinnati won the national title with a 71–59 victory over Ohio State. Paul Hogue of Cincinnati was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

The total attendance for the tournament was 177,469, a new record.^[1]

Locations

Round	Region	Site	Venue
First Round	East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Palestra
	Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum
	Midwest	Dallas, Texas	SMU Coliseum
	West	Corvallis, Oregon	Oregon State Coliseum
Regionals	East	College Park, Maryland	Cole Field House
	Mideast	Iowa City, Iowa	Iowa Field House
	Midwest	Manhattan, Kansas	Ahearn Field House
	West	Provo, Utah	Smith Fieldhouse
Final Four		Louisville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Massachusetts	Matt Zunic	Yankee	First round	NYU	L 70–50
East	NYU	Lou Rossini	Metro NY	Regional third place	Saint Joseph's	W 94–85
East	Saint Joseph's	Jack Ramsay	Middle Atlantic	Regional Fourth Place	NYU	L 94–85
East	Villanova	Jack Kraft	Independent	Regional Runner-up	Wake Forest	L 79–69
East	Wake Forest	Bones McKinney	Atlantic Coast	Third Place	UCLA	W 82–80
East	West Virginia	George King	Southern	First round	Villanova	L 90–75
East	Yale	Joe Vancisin	Ivy League	First round	Wake Forest	L 92–82
Mideast
Mideast	Bowling Green	Harold Anderson	Mid-American	First round	Butler	L 56–55
Mideast	Butler	Tony Hinkle	Independent	Regional third place	Western Kentucky	W 87–86
Mideast	Detroit	Bob Calihan	Independent	First round	Western Kentucky	L 90–81
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Regional Runner-up	Ohio State	L 74–64
Mideast	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Big Ten	Runner Up	Cincinnati	L 71–59
Mideast	Western Kentucky	Ed Diddle	Ohio Valley	Regional Fourth Place	Butler	L 87–86
Midwest
Midwest	Air Force	Bob Spear	Independent	First round	Texas Tech	L 68–66
Midwest	Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	Missouri Valley	Champion	Ohio State	W 71–59
Midwest	Colorado	Sox Walseth	Big 8	Regional Runner-up	Cincinnati	L 73–46
Midwest	Creighton	Red McManus	Independent	Regional third place	Texas Tech	W 63–61
Midwest	Memphis State	Bob Vanatta	Independent	First round	Creighton	L 87–83
Midwest	Texas Tech	Gene Gibson	Southwest	Regional Fourth Place	Creighton	L 63–61
West
West	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Border	First round	Utah State	L 78–73
West	Oregon State	Slats Gill	Independent	Regional Runner-up	UCLA	L 88–69
West	Pepperdine	Duck Dowell	West Coast Athletic	Regional third place	Utah State	W 75–71
West	Seattle	Vince Cazzetta	Independent	First round	Oregon State	L 69–65
West	UCLA	John Wooden	AAWU	Fourth Place	Wake Forest	L 82–80
West	Utah State	LaDell Andersen	Mountain States	Regional Fourth Place	Pepperdine	L 75–71

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Saint Joseph's

85*

Wake Forest

96

Wake Forest

92

Yale

82*

Wake Forest

79

Villanova

69

NYU

70

Massachusetts

50

NYU

76

Villanova

79

Villanova

90

West Virginia

75

Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Kentucky	81
							Butler	60
		Butler	56
		Bowling Green	55
												Kentucky	64
												Ohio State	74
							Ohio State	93
							Western Kentucky	73
		Western Kentucky	90
		Detroit	81

Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Colorado	67
							Texas Tech	60
		Texas Tech	68
		Air Force	66
												Colorado	46
												Cincinnati	73
							Cincinnati	66
							Creighton	46
		Creighton	87
		Memphis State	83

West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Pepperdine

67

Oregon State

69

Oregon State

69

Seattle

65*

Oregon State

69

UCLA

88

UCLA

73

Utah State

62

Utah State

78

Arizona State

73

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E	Wake Forest	68
	ME	Ohio State	84
						ME	Ohio State	59
						MW	Cincinnati	71
	MW	Cincinnati	72
	W	UCLA	70

National Third-Place Game

	National Third Place Game [2]
	E	Wake Forest	82
	W	UCLA	80

Regional Third-Place Games

East Regional third place       NYU 94 Saint Joseph's 85

Mideast Regional third place       Butler 87 Western Kentucky 86

Midwest Regional third place       Creighton 63 Texas Tech 61

West Regional third place       Pepperdine 75 Utah State 71

See also

• 1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
• 1962 National Invitation Tournament
• 1962 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament