and maybe some hope for the future:
1963 Second Top 10
Taken from final UPI coaches' poll. 1963
11 Stanford 16–9 Howie Dallmar same
12 Texas 18–6 Harold Bradley 20–7
13 Providence 21–4 Joe Mullaney 24–4
14 Oregon St. 19–7 Slats Gill 22–9
15 UCLA 20–7 John Wooden 20–9
16 St. Joe's, PA 21–4 Jack Ramsay 23–5
West Virginia 21–7 George King 23–8
18 Bowling Green 18–6 Harold Anderson 19–8
19 Kansas St. 16–9 Tex Winter same
Seattle 21–5 Vince Cazzetta & Clair Markey 21–6
Note: Providence won the NIT.
1963 NCAA Tournament (25 teams)
Mideast Regional
First Round Bowling Green 77, Notre Dame 72
Loyola-IL 111, Tennessee Tech 42
Semifinals Illinois 70, Bowling Green 67
Loyola-IL 61, Mississippi St. 51
Third Place Mississippi St. 65, Bowling Green 60
Final Loyola-IL 79, Illinois 64
FINAL FOUR
at Freedom Hall, Louisville
Semifinals Loyola-IL 94, Duke 75
Cincinnati 80, Oregon St. 46
Third Place Duke 85, Oregon St. 63
Championship *****Loyola-IL 60, Cincinnati 58 (OT)
Most Outstanding Player Art Heyman, Duke
All-Tournament Heyman, Duke
Les Hunter, Loyola-IL
Tom Thacker, George Wilson and Ron Bonham, Cincinnati
***** BGSU BEAT Loyola-IL at Memorial Hall
1964 - - Seven players averaged better than 30 points a game in 1964, led by Bowling Green's Howie Komives, who averaged 36.7.
Consensus All-America - 1963
(By position, in alphabetical order)
First Team:
Ron Bonham, Cincinnati
Jerry Harkness, Loyola
Art Heyman, Duke
Barry Kramer, NYU
Tom Thacker, Cincinnati
Second Team:
Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green
Gary Bradds, Ohio St.
Bill Green, Colorado St.
Cotton Nash, Kentucky
Rod Thorn, West Virginia
