1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
The 1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on Saturday, March 11, and ended two weeks later with the championship game on March 25 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 27 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.
| Season | 1966–67 | ||||
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| Teams | 23 | ||||
| Finals site | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||
| Champions | UCLA Bruins (3rd title, 3rd title game, 4th Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Dayton Flyers (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
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| Winning coach | John Wooden (3rd title) | ||||
| MOP | Lew Alcindor (UCLA) | ||||
| Attendance | 159,570 | ||||
| Top scorer | Elvin Hayes (Houston) (128 points) | ||||
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UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 79–64 victory in the final game over Dayton, coached by Don Donoher. Sophomore center Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. This was the first of seven consecutive NCAA titles for UCLA and the first of three consecutive Most Outstanding Player awards for Alcindor.