Men's collegiate basketball season
The 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1965, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 19, 1966, at Cole Field House in College Park , Maryland. The Texas Western Miners won their first NCAA national championship with a 72–65 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats .
After introducing a preseason Top 20 the previous season , the Associated Press (AP) Poll contracted its preseason poll to a Top 10, aligning with the Top 10 format for in-season polls it had used since the 1961–62 season .[ 3] The NCAA tournament contracted from 23 to 22 teams. On March 19, 1966, Texas Western became both the first team to begin an NCAA tournament final game with an all-African American starting lineup and the first team with an all-African American starting line-up to win the NCAA championship. The players were Orsten Artis , Harry Flournoy , Bobby Joe Hill , David Lattin , and Willie Worsley .[ 4] The Metropolitan Collegiate Conference , consisting of schools in the New York City-New Jersey area, began play. The Top 10 from the AP Poll and Top 20 from the Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[ 5] [ 6]
Conference membership changes [ edit ] NOTES: East Carolina did not begin University Division play until the 1966–1967 season . Fairleigh Dickinson did not begin University Division play until the 1967–1968 season . Hofstra did not begin University Division play until the 1966–1967 season. Long Island did not begin University Division play until the 1968–1969 season . Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ] Conference Regular [ 7] Conference Conference Tournament Tournament Athletic Association of Western Universities Oregon State None selected No Tournament Atlantic Coast Conference Duke Steve Vacendak ,Duke [ 8] 1966 ACC men's basketball tournament Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina )Duke Big Eight Conference Kansas None selected No Tournament Big Sky Conference Gonzaga & Weber State None selected No Tournament Big Ten Conference Michigan None selected No Tournament Ivy League Penn None selected No Tournament Metropolitan Collegiate Conference Manhattan No Tournament Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) None selected No Tournament Middle Atlantic Conference Saint Joseph's No Tournament Missouri Valley Conference Cincinnati None selected No Tournament Ohio Valley Conference Western Kentucky State Clem Haskins , Western Kentucky State 1966 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Jefferson County Armory Louisville, Kentucky )Western Kentucky State Southeastern Conference Kentucky Clyde Lee , Vanderbilt (UPI selection), &Pat Riley , Kentucky (AP selection) [ 9] No Tournament Southern Conference Davidson Dick Snyder , Davidson [ 10] 1966 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina )Davidson [ 11] Southwest Conference SMU John Beasley , Texas A&M No Tournament West Coast Athletic Conference Pacific Keith Swagerty , Pacific No Tournament Western Athletic Conference Utah None selected No Tournament Yankee Conference Connecticut & Rhode Island None selected No Tournament
Conference standings [ edit ] 1965–66 Big Sky men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Weber State 8 – 2 .800 20 – 5 .800 Gonzaga 8 – 2 .800 19 – 7 .731 Montana 6 – 5 .545 14 – 10 .583 Montana State 5 – 5 .500 7 – 15 .318 Idaho 2 – 8 .200 12 – 14 .462 Idaho State 1 – 9 .100 7 – 19 .269
1965–66 Ivy League men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Pennsylvania 12 – 2 .857 19 – 6 .760 Columbia 10 – 4 .714 18 – 6 .750 Cornell 10 – 4 .714 15 – 9 .625 Princeton 9 – 5 .643 16 – 7 .696 Yale 6 – 8 .429 9 – 12 .429 Harvard 6 – 8 .429 10 – 14 .417 Brown 3 – 11 .214 9 – 17 .346 Dartmouth 0 – 14 .000 3 – 21 .125 Rankings from AP Poll
1965–66 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 1 Kentucky 15 – 1 .938 27 – 2 .931 No. 8 Vanderbilt 13 – 3 .813 22 – 4 .846 Tennessee 10 – 6 .625 18 – 8 .692 Mississippi State 10 – 6 .625 14 – 11 .560 Alabama 9 – 7 .563 16 – 10 .615 Florida 9 – 7 .563 16 – 10 .615 Auburn 8 – 8 .500 16 – 10 .615 Georgia 5 – 11 .313 10 – 15 .400 Tulane 5 – 11 .313 9 – 16 .360 LSU 2 – 14 .125 6 – 20 .231 Ole Miss 2 – 14 .125 5 – 18 .217 Rankings from AP Poll [ 15]
1965–66 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT SMU 11 – 3 .786 17 – 9 .654 Texas A&M 10 – 4 .714 15 – 9 .625 Texas Tech 8 – 6 .571 13 – 11 .542 Arkansas 7 – 7 .500 13 – 10 .565 Texas 7 – 7 .500 12 – 12 .500 Baylor 6 – 8 .429 8 – 16 .333 TCU 6 – 8 .429 8 – 16 .333 Rice 1 – 13 .071 1 – 22 .043 Rankings from AP Poll
1965–66 WAC men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Utah 7 – 3 .700 23 – 8 .742 BYU 6 – 4 .600 20 – 5 .800 Wyoming 5 – 5 .500 17 – 9 .654 Arizona 5 – 5 .500 15 – 11 .577 New Mexico 4 – 6 .400 16 – 8 .667 Arizona State 3 – 7 .300 12 – 14 .462 Rankings from AP Poll [ 17]
University Division independents [ edit ] A total of 49 college teams played as University Division independents . Among them, Texas Western (28–1) had both the best winning percentage (.966) and the most wins.[ 18]
Saint Joseph's finished with a 4–0 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
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Post-season tournaments [ edit ] National Semi-finals National finals E Duke 79 ME Kentucky 83 ME Kentucky 65 MW Texas Western 72 MW Texas Western 85 W Utah 78 Third place E Duke 79 W Utah 77
National Invitation tournament [ edit ] Semi-finals and Finals [ edit ] Semi-finals Finals BYU 66 Army 60 BYU 97 NYU 84 NYU 69 Villanova 63 Third place Army 65 Villanova 76
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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