# 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.

## 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. ||||||

## Rankings

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

## Awards and honors

* Dave Stallworth – Consensus Second-team All-American

## NBA draft

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