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1964-65 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: UCLA

Final Four: Michigan, Princeton, UCLA and Wichita State

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Bradley

AP Preseason #1: Michigan

AP Final #1: Michigan

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	139	102	.577	9.65	7.82	0	1	1	Michigan
2	Missouri Valley Conference	8	122	89	.578	7.29	5.53	0	1	1	Wichita State
3	Western Athletic Conference	6	103	57	.644	9.82	4.33	0	1	0	Brigham Young
4	Yankee Conference	6	73	67	.521	-15.96	-12.06	0	1	0	Connecticut
5	Big Eight Conference	8	102	99	.507	4.92	4.91	0	1	0	Oklahoma State
6	Athletic Association of Western Universities	8	108	97	.527	5.99	4.96	0	1	1	UCLA
7	Southeastern Conference	11	147	135	.521	0.82	0.87	0	1	0	Vanderbilt
8	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	107	92	.538	3.42	3.02	0	1	0	Duke	NC State
9	Southwest Conference	8	96	98	.495	-2.70	-1.51	0	1	0	Southern Methodist, Texas
10	Independent	53	748	568	.568	-2.08	-0.48	0	8	0
11	Southern Conference	9	110	112	.495	-2.81	-2.13	0	1	0	Davidson	West Virginia
12	Big Sky Conference	6	79	74	.516	-8.97	-5.50	0	0	0	Weber State
13	Mid-American Conference	7	82	85	.491	-3.95	-1.39	0	1	0	Ohio
14	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	97	110	.469	-5.28	-2.83	0	1	0	San Francisco
15	Middle Atlantic Conference	8	100	83	.546	-10.10	-7.77	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's
16	Ohio Valley Conference	8	99	95	.510	-8.78	-7.48	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky
17	Ivy League	8	96	98	.495	-7.39	-5.40	0	1	1	Princeton

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Arizona	WAC										14		19
BYU	WAC	17	9	20	18	17	20	16		18	19	14	15	15	9	6
Bradley	MVC			18			20
Colorado State	Ind				18
Davidson	Southern	3	11	13	10	10	10	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7
Dayton	Ind															20
DePaul	Ind	20					18		14	18	20
Duke	ACC	5	7	6	6	7	5	11	10	9	8	7	5	5	6	9
Illinois	Big Ten		14	15	9	8	9	12	12	12	12	10	14	13	11	16
Indiana	Big Ten			10	8	6	3	4	5	10	10	9	9	9	14	18
Iowa	Big Ten										13	11
Kansas	Big 8	11	18			16	16	14	15				19	18	20
Kansas State	Big 8	14				18
Kentucky	SEC	15	10	9	16	19	18	18
Miami (FL)	Ind		16						19			18	19	17
Miami (OH)	MAC							19		20						19
Michigan	Big Ten	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Minnesota	Big Ten	10	5	4	3	3	11	15		15		18	11	7	8	8
NC State	ACC								18	15	18	18	18		20	12
Nebraska	Big 8			17
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
New Mexico	WAC				18	19	17	13	15	13	14	13	13	14	14
Notre Dame	Ind	19	17	19
Oklahoma State	Big 8								17	15	14		17	18	18	13
Penn State	Ind			14											18
Providence	Ind						12	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Saint Louis	MVC	18	4	8	7	9	15	17
San Francisco	WCAC	7	6	3	4	4	7	7	6	6	9	12	12	11	10	10
Seattle	Ind	9				19
St. Bonaventure	Ind								19		20
St. John's (NY)	Ind	15	13	11	12		8	8	9	8	11	16		16
St. Joseph's	Mid-Atl		15	12	12	11	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Syracuse	Ind	12
Tennessee	SEC				15	14		20	13	13	17	15	10	12	17	17
UCLA	AAWU	2	8	5	5	5	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
UConn	Yankee														16	15
UNC	ACC	8	19
Utah	WAC				16	15	14
Utah State	Ind		20
Vanderbilt	SEC	6	2	6	11	12	12	10	11	11	7	5	8	8	5	5
Villanova	Ind	13	12	16	12	13						17	16	18	12	11
Wichita State	MVC	4	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	8	7	10	13	14

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

Season Leaders

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