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1962-63 Season Summary

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National Champion: Loyola (IL)
Final Four: Cincinnati, Duke, Loyola (IL) and Oregon State

Consensus Player of the Year: Art Heyman

AP Preseason #1: Cincinnati ▪ AP Final #1: Cincinnati

Conference Summary

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Rk Conference Schls W L W-L% AP NCAA FF Regular Season Champ Tournament Champ
1 Athletic Association of Western Universities 5 82 51 .617 0 1 0 Stanford
UCLA
2 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 102 91 .528 1 1 1 Duke Duke
3 Big Eight Conference 8 105 96 .522 1 1 0 Colorado
Kansas State
4 Big Ten Conference 10 124 114 .521 2 1 0 Illinois
Ohio State
5 Independent 56 779 604 .563 1 9 2 Loyola (IL)
6 Ivy Group 8 97 92 .513 0 1 0 Princeton
7 Metropolitan New York Conference 5 70 49 .588 1 1 0 Fordham
8 Mid-American Conference 7 79 88 .473 0 1 0 Bowling Green State
9 Middle Atlantic Conference 9 114 100 .533 0 1 0 Saint Joseph's
10 Missouri Valley Conference 7 116 67 .634 2 1 1 Cincinnati
11 Ohio Valley Conference 7 79 75 .513 0 1 0 Morehead State
Tennessee Tech
12 Southeastern Conference 12 166 129 .563 1 1 0 Mississippi State
13 Southern Conference 9 108 118 .478 0 1 0 West Virginia West Virginia
14 Southwest Conference 8 90 103 .466 0 1 0 Texas
15 West Coast Conference 7 89 89 .500 0 1 0 San Francisco
16 Western Athletic Conference 6 90 68 .570 1 1 0 Arizona State
17 Yankee Conference 6 70 75 .483 0 1 0 Connecticut

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/25 1/1 1/8 1/15 1/22 1/29 2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26 3/5 Final
Cincinnati MVC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Duke ACC 2 2 2 2 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Loyola (IL) Ind 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 3
Arizona State WAC         6 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Wichita State MVC   10       8 8 7 8 10 9   7 8 6 5
Mississippi State SEC 6 5 5 5 10     9 9 9 8 6 8 7 7 6
Ohio State Big Ten     3 3 2 5 4 8       9 5 5 3 7
Illinois Big Ten 8   10 8 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 8 8
New York University Metro NY                         10 9   9
Colorado Big 8     8 6           8 7 7       10
School Conf Pre 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/25 1/1 1/8 1/15 1/22 1/29 2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26 3/5 Final
Auburn SEC           10             9      
Georgia Tech SEC             7 6 7 6 6 10   10    
Indiana Big Ten   8                            
Kentucky SEC 3 9   9 5 6                    
North Carolina ACC             10                  
Oregon State Ind 7 7 9         10                
Providence Ind                             10  
Seattle Ind       10                        
Southern California AAWU         7                      
St. Bonaventure Ind 9                              
Stanford AAWU         9       10 7 10 8     9  
UCLA AAWU           9                    
West Virginia Southern 5 3 6 7     9   6              
Wisconsin Big Ten 10 6 7                          

Consensus All-America Teams

1st Team
Art Heyman (Duke)
Barry Kramer (New York University)
Jerry Harkness (Loyola (IL))
Ron Bonham (Cincinnati)
Tom Thacker (Cincinnati) 		2nd Team
Bill Green (Colorado State)
Cotton Nash (Kentucky)
Gary Bradds (Ohio State)
Nate Thurmond (Bowling Green State)
Rod Thorn (West Virginia)