1962 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

    

Play In Round       Sweet 16   Elite 8   Final 4   NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

Teams

Region Team Coach
East    
East Massachusetts Matt Zunic
East NYU Lou Rossini
East Saint Joseph's Jack Ramsay
East Villanova Jack Kraft
East Wake Forest Bones McKinney
East West Virginia George King
East Yale Joe Vancisin
Mideast  
Mideast Bowling Green Harold Anderson
Mideast Butler Tony Hinkle
Mideast Detroit Bob Calihan
Mideast Kentucky Adolph Rupp
Mideast Ohio State Fred Taylor
Mideast Western Kentucky Ed Diddle
Midwest  
Midwest Air Force Bob Spear
Midwest Cincinnati Ed Jucker
Midwest Colorado Sox Walseth
Midwest Creighton Red McManus
Midwest Memphis State Bob Vanatta
Midwest Texas Tech Gene Gibson
West  
West Arizona State Ned Wulk
West Oregon State Slats Gill
West Pepperdine Duck Dowell
West Seattle Vince Cazzetta
West UCLA John Wooden
West Utah State LaDell Andersen

 

Play In Round -March 8

East  REGIONALThe PalestraPhiladelphia

Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Wake Forest 92,
  Yale 82 (OT)
   
New York University 70,   Massachusetts 50    
      Villanova 90,   West Virginia 75    

 Mideast  REGIONALMemorial ColiseumLexington, Kentucky

Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Butler 56,

  Bowling Green 55
Western Kentucky 90,   Detroit 81

Midwest REGIONALSMU ColiseumDallas, Texas

Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
      Texas Tech 68
  , Air Force 66    
Creighton 87,
  Memphis State 83    

West REGIONALOregon State ColiseumCorvallis, Oregon

Favorite Site Team Team

 Score

Star Efforts

Oregon State 69,   Seattle 65 (OT)
      Utah State 78,   Arizona State 73


Sweet 16-March 15 -16

 East REGIONAL at Cole Field HouseCollege Park, Maryland

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Wake Forest 96,
  St. Joseph's 85 (OT)    
Villanova 79,   New York University 76    

  Mideast  REGIONAL Iowa Field HouseIowa City, Iowa

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Kentucky 81,
  Butler 60    
Ohio State 93,   Western Kentucky 73    

 Midwest REGIONAL at  Ahearn Field HouseManhattan, Kansas

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Colorado 67,
  Texas Tech 60    
    Cincinnati 66,   Creighton 46    

 West  REGIONAL at  Smith FieldhouseProvo, Utah

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Oregon State 69,   Pepperdine 67    
    UCLA 73,   Utah State 62    

Elite 8

 East  REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Wake Forest 79,   Villanova 69

 

 

   Mideast REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team

Score

Star Efforts

Ohio State 74,

  Kentucky 64

 

 

 Midwest REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
    Cincinnati 73,   Colorado 46

 West REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
   

UCLA 88,

 
  Oregon State 69

 

 

Regional Third Place
East: New York Univ. 94, St. Joseph's 85
Mideast: Butler 87, Western Kentucky 86 (OT)

Midwest: Creighton 63, Texas Tech 61
West: Pepperdine 75, Utah State 71




Final 4

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NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts

National Semifinals
Ohio State 84,

   Wake Forest 68

 

 
    Cincinnati 72,   UCLA 70

 

 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

National Third Place
Wake Forest 82, UCLA 80


at Freedom HallLouisville, Kentucky March 24

 

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Cincinnati 71,   Ohio State 59    
Top 10 Teams
Rank
W-L Post-Season Result
1. Ohio State 26-2 NCAA 2nd Place
2. Cincinnati 29-2 NCAA 1st Place
3 Kentucky 23-3 Lost NCAA regionals
4. Mississippi St. 24-1 DNP
5. Bradley 21-7 Lost NIT quarterfinals
6. Kansas State 22-3 DNP
7. Utah 23-3 Probation
8. Bowling Green 21-4 Lost NCAA regionals
9. Colorado 15-10 Lost NCAA regionals
10. Duke 20-5 DNP
All-America Team
Pos Name Cl. School
F Terry Dischinger Sr. Purdue
C Len Chappell Sr. Wake Forest
F Chet Walker Sr. Bradley
C Jerry Lucas Sr. Ohio State
C Bill McGill Sr. Utah
All NCAA Tournament Team
Name Cl. Pos Team
Len Chappell Sr. F-C Wake Forest
John Havlicek Sr. F Ohio State
Paul Hogue (MVP) Sr. C Cincinnati
Jerry Lucas Sr. C Ohio State
Tom Thacker Jr. F-G Cincinnati

Cincinnati leaders: F Ron Bonham, So.; F-C George Wilson, So.; C Paul Hogue, Sr.; G-F Tom Thacker, Jr.; G Tony Yates, Jr.

Team Offense

Loyola (Chicago), 90.2

Team Defense

Santa Clara, 52.1

Individual Scoring
1. Bill McGill Utah 38.8
2. Jack Foley Holy Cross 33.3
3. Nick Werkman Seton Hall 33.0
4. Terry Dischinger Purdue 30.3
5. Len Chappell Wake Forest 30.1
6. Jimmy Rayl Indiana 29.8
Individual Rebounding
1. Jerry Lucas Ohio State .2112
2. Paul Silas Creighton .2108
3. Glur Furman .209
Notes
  • NIT 1st Place: Dayton def. St. John's, 73-67.
  • Wichita State def. Cincinnati 52-51 to snap the Bearcats' 27-game win streak.
  • North Carolina coach Dean Smith began his career, finishing 8-9, his only losing season.
  • Kansas' leading scorer and rebounder the previous two seasons left school to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, following the footsteps of Wilt Chamberlain.