1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
| 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament National champions AAWU regular season champions | |
| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 30–0 (15–0 AAWU) |
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| Assistant coach | Jerry Norman |
| Captains | |
| Home arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 UCLA | 15 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 9 | – | 6 | .600 | 15 | – | 10 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 6 | – | 9 | .400 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 10 | .333 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1963–64 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its first NCAA national championship in basketball under head coach John R. Wooden in his 16th year at UCLA. Assistant coach Jerry Norman convinced a reluctant Wooden to use the zone press, which the team had never utilized. The press quickened the pace of the game and was influential in the first two national titles won by the Bruins, who were undersized.
In the national title game, the Bruins defeated Duke, coached by Vic Bubas, 98–83. Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. It was the team's 30th consecutive win, played before 10,684 fans in Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, March 21, 1964.
High scorers were Gail Goodrich, 27 points; Kenny Washington, 26; Jack Hirsch, 13; and Hazzard, 11. Hazzard, Keith Erickson, and Duke's Jeff Mullins fouled out of the game.
In the semi-final, Erickson and Hazzard scored 28 and 19 points, respectively, to help UCLA to defeat Kansas State 90–84 on March 20.