1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team

The 1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. They played their home games at the University of Wichita Field House. They were in their 20th season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and 59th season overall. They were led by first-year head coach Gary Thompson. The Shockers finished the season 21–9, 11–3 in Missouri Valley play to finish in first place. They received a bid to the 1965 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the first Final Four in school history.

1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball
Missouri Valley Conference Champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
Record	21–9 (11–3 MVC)
Head coach	Gary Thompson (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Verlyn Anderson Ron Heller
Home arena	WSU Field House (10,506)
Seasons ← 1963–64 1965–66 →

1964–65 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wichita State	11	–	3		.786			21	–	9		.700
Bradley	9	–	5		.643			18	–	9		.667
Saint Louis	9	–	5		.643			18	–	9		.667
Louisville	8	–	6		.571			15	–	10		.600
Tulsa	7	–	7		.500			14	–	11		.560
Drake	6	–	8		.429			15	–	10		.600
Cincinnati	5	–	9		.357			14	–	12		.538
North Texas State	1	–	13		.071			7	–	19		.269
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown C 12 Nate Bowman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Kirkpatrick Fort Worth, Texas G 30 Kelly Pete 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr     F 42 Dave Stallworth 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr James Madison Dallas, Texas	Head coach Gary Thompson (Wichita State) Assistant coach(es) Ron Heller Verlyn Anderson Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 5, 1964*	No. 3	Long Beach State	W 114–78	1–0	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Dec 9, 1964*	No. 2	UTEP	W 73–55	2–0	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Dec 11, 1964*	No. 2	BYU	W 93–76	3–0	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Dec 12, 1964*	No. 2	BYU	W 81–65	4–0	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Dec 14, 1964*	No. 2	at No. 1 Michigan	L 85–87	4–1	Cobo Arena  Detroit, Michigan
Dec 19, 1964	No. 1	at Drake	W 71–60	5–1 (1–0)	Veterans Memorial Auditorium  Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 26, 1964*	No. 2	vs. Pittsburgh Quaker City Invitational	W 109–58	6–1	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 28, 1964*	No. 2	vs. Villanova Quaker City Invitational	W 86–74	7–1	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 29, 1964*	No. 2	at No. 10 Saint Joseph's Quaker City Invitational	L 69–76	7–2	Hagan Arena  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 2, 1965	No. 2	North Texas	W 107–88	8–2 (2–0)	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Jan 4, 1965	No. 2	at Bradley	W 85–79	9–2 (3–0)	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, Illinois
Jan 9, 1965	No. 5	at Cincinnati	W 65–61	10–2 (4–0)	Armory Fieldhouse  Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 11, 1965*	No. 5	Southern Illinois	W 94–81	11–2	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Jan 16, 1965	No. 3	Saint Louis	W 75–64	12–2 (5–0)	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Jan 29, 1965*	No. 5	at Loyola-Chicago	L 92–93	12–3	Alumni Gym  Chicago, Illinois
Jan 30, 1965	No. 5	Louisville	W 96–76	13–3 (6–0)	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Feb 6, 1965	No. 8	at Saint Louis	W 72–64	14–3 (7–0)	Kiel Auditorium  St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 8, 1965*	No. 8	at Duquesne	L 72–75	14–4	Civic Arena  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 13, 1965*	No. 9	Cincinnati	W 79–64	15–4 (8–0)	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Feb 15, 1965*	No. 9	Loyola-Chicago	W 80–77	16–4	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Feb 18, 1965	No. 10	at Tulsa	L 64–75	16–5 (8–1)	Expo Square Pavilion  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Feb 20, 1965	No. 10	at North Texas	W 69–67	17–5 (9–1)	North Texas Men's Gym  Denton, Texas
Feb 27, 1965		Bradley	L 73–77	17–6 (9–2)	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Mar 1, 1965*		Tulsa	W 59–48	18–6 (10–2)	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
Mar 3, 1965		at Louisville	L 70–79	18–7 (10–3)	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 6, 1965		Drake	W 76–74	19–7 (11–3)	WSU Field House  Wichita, Kansas
1965 NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1965*		vs. SMU Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 86–81	20–7	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 13, 1965*		vs. Oklahoma State Midwest Regional final – Elite Eight	W 54–46	21–7	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 19, 1965*		vs. No. 2 UCLA National semifinal – Final Four	L 89–108	21–8	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, Oregon
Mar 20, 1965*		vs. Princeton National 3rd-place game	L 82–118	21–9	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, Oregon
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

Main article: 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	3	2	1	2	2	5	3	4	5	8	9	10	—	—	—
Coaches	4	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	8	7	10	13	14

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Awards and honors

• Dave Stallworth – Consensus Second-team All-American

NBA draft

Main article: 1965 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Dave Stallworth	New York Knicks
1	7	Nate Bowman	Cincinnati Royals

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