1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament - wikipedia 1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament Teams 25 Finals site Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky Champions Loyola -- Chicago Ramblers ( 1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four ) Runner - up Cincinnati Bearcats ( 3rd title game, 5th Final Four ) Semifinalists Duke Blue Devils ( 1st Final Four ) Oregon State Beavers ( 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 Division I Men 's Tournaments `` 1962 1964 '' The 1963 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. 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. Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Mideast region 3.3 Midwest region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 3.6 National Third Place Game 3.7 Regional Third Place Games 4 Noteworthy 5 See also 6 References Locations Philadelphia Evanston Lubbock Eugene College Park East Lansing Lawrence Provo Louisville First round ( green ), Regionals ( blue ), and Final Four ( red ) Round Region Location Venue First Round East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Palestra Mideast Evanston, Illinois McGaw Memorial Hall Midwest Lubbock, Texas Lubbock Municipal Coliseum West Eugene, Oregon McArthur Court Regionals East College Park, Maryland Cole Field House Mideast East Lansing, Michigan Jenison Fieldhouse Midwest Lawrence, Kansas Allen Fieldhouse West Provo, Utah Smith Fieldhouse Final Four Louisville, Kentucky Freedom Hall For the fourth time, Louisville and Freedom Hall hosted the Final Four, the last time a host repeated in back - to - back years. Like the preceding year, all nine venues were either on - campus arenas or the primary off - campus arena for college teams. The tournament saw three new venues being used. For the first time, the tournament came to the state of Michigan, when Jenison Fieldhouse on the campus of Michigan State University hosted games for the first and only time. ( All other games held in the state have been in the Detroit metropolitan area. ) Texas saw its third host city become Lubbock, when the Municipal Coliseum at Texas Technological College hosted games for the first time. And for the first time, the University of Oregon hosted the tournament at historic McArthur Court, something it would do twice more. Of the nine venues used, only Jenison Fieldhouse would not be used again. Teams Region Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score East East Connecticut George Wigton First round West Virginia L 77 -- 71 East Duke Vic Bubas Third Place Oregon State W 85 -- 63 East NYU Lou Rossini Regional Fourth Place West Virginia L 83 -- 73 East Pittsburgh Bob Timmons First round NYU L 93 -- 83 East Princeton Butch van Breda Kolff First round Saint Joseph 's L 82 -- 81 East Saint Joseph 's Jack Ramsay Regional Runner - up Duke L 73 -- 59 East West Virginia George King Regional Third Place NYU W 83 -- 73 Mideast Mideast Bowling Green Harold Anderson Regional Fourth Place Mississippi State L 65 -- 60 Mideast Illinois Harry Combes Regional Runner - up Loyola -- Chicago L 79 -- 64 Mideast Loyola -- Chicago George Ireland Champion Cincinnati W 60 -- 58 Mideast Mississippi State Babe McCarthy Regional Third Place Bowling Green W 65 -- 60 Mideast Notre Dame John Jordan First round Bowling Green L 77 -- 72 Mideast Tennessee Tech Johnny Oldham First round Loyola -- Chicago L 111 -- 42 Midwest Midwest Cincinnati Ed Jucker Runner Up Loyola -- Chicago L 60 -- 58 Midwest Colorado Sox Walseth Regional Runner - up Cincinnati L 67 -- 60 Midwest Colorado State Jim Williams First round Oklahoma City L 70 -- 67 Midwest Oklahoma City Abe Lemons Regional Fourth Place Texas L 90 -- 83 Midwest Texas Harold Bradley Regional Third Place Oklahoma City W 90 -- 83 Midwest Texas Western Don Haskins First round Texas L 65 -- 47 West West Arizona State Ned Wulk Regional Runner - up Oregon State L 83 -- 65 West Oregon State Slats Gill Fourth Place Duke L 85 -- 63 West San Francisco Pete Peletta Regional Third Place UCLA W 76 -- 75 West Seattle Clair Markey First round Oregon State L 70 -- 66 West UCLA John Wooden Regional Fourth Place San Francisco L 76 -- 75 West 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 Saint Joseph 's 59 West Virginia 77 Connecticut 71 West Virginia 88 Saint Joseph 's 97 Saint Joseph 's 82 Princeton 81 * Mideast region Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Illinois 70 Bowling Green 67 Bowling Green 77 Notre Dame 72 Illinois 64 Loyola -- Chicago 79 Mississippi State 51 Loyola -- Chicago 61 Loyola -- 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 Duke 75 ME Loyola -- Chicago 94 ME Loyola -- Chicago 60 MW Cincinnati 58 MW Cincinnati 80 Oregon State 46 National Third Place Game National Third Place Game Duke 85 Oregon State 63 Regional Third Place Games East Regional Third Place West Virginia 83 NYU 73 Mideast Regional Third Place Mississippi State 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 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament 1963 National Invitation Tournament 1963 NAIA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament Black participation in college basketball References Jump up ^ `` 1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket ''. Retrieved October 14, 2011. NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament Tournaments 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Structure Selection process Venues # 1 seeds Opening Round Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game Champions & awards Champions Most Outstanding Player Media & culture Bracketology Broadcasting Tournament Final Four March Madness pools `` One Shining Moment '' Records & statistics All - time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Upsets Loyola Ramblers men 's basketball 1962 -- 63 NCAA champions 11 Johnny Egan 14 Pablo Robertson 15 Jerry Harkness 40 Vic Rouse 41 Les Hunter 42 Ron Miller Head coach George Ireland Assistant coach Jerry Lyne Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1963_NCAA_University_Division_Basketball_Tournament&oldid=843136841 '' Categories : NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament 1962 -- 63 NCAA University Division men 's basketball season Sports competitions in Louisville, Kentucky Basketball in Lubbock, Texas 1963 in sports in Kentucky Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 27 May 2018, at 03 : 46. 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Question: who did loyola beat for the national championship in 1963
Answer: University of Cincinnati