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1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team


The 1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1964–65 season. The team played its home games at Fielding H. Yost Field House (renamed Yost Ice Arena in 1973) on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Under the direction of head coach Dave Strack, the team won the Big Ten Conference Championship.[1][2]

1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
Big Ten regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Runner Up
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record24–4 (13–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPCazzie Russell
CaptainLarry Tregoning
Home arenaFielding H. Yost Field House
Seasons
1964–65 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Michigan 13 – 1   .929 24 – 4   .857
No. 7 Minnesota 11 – 3   .786 19 – 5   .792
Illinois 10 – 4   .714 18 – 6   .750
Indiana 9 – 5   .643 19 – 5   .792
Iowa 8 – 6   .571 14 – 10   .583
Ohio State 6 – 3   .667 12 – 12   .500
Purdue 5 – 9   .357 12 – 12   .500
Wisconsin 4 – 10   .286 9 – 13   .409
Northwestern 3 – 11   .214 7 – 17   .292
Michigan State 1 – 13   .071 5 – 18   .217
Rankings from AP Poll

Season review edit

This was the second of three consecutive Big Ten titles and Michigan's second visit to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament final four.[2][3] The team earned the Big Ten team statistical championships for both scoring offense (92.9) and scoring margin (12.2).[4] Junior Cazzie Russell averaged 25.7 points per game and senior Bill Buntin added 20.1.[2] The team spent the entire 15-week season ranked in the Associated Press Top Ten Poll, starting and ending the season ranked number one and holding that position in ten of the fifteen weeks of the poll.[5] The team also finished the season ranked number one in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.[6] Larry Tregoning served as team captain, while Russell and Buntin shared team MVP.[7]

The team was the first Michigan team to defeat the number one ranked team in the country when it beat Wichita State on December 14 by an 87–85 margin. As of 2010 only two Michigan teams have done so.[8] On March 20, 1965, Oliver Darden went 11 for 11 in free throw attempts against UCLA, which was a school single-game record for most without a miss until Craig Dill made 12 on February 18, 1966.[9]

Schedule edit

1964-65 Overall: 24-4 Big Ten: 13-1 (1st | Champions)[10] Postseason: NCAA (Mideast) (Final Four; Runner-up) Head Coach: Dave Strack Staff: James Skala & Tom Jorgensen (Freshmen) Captain: Larry Tregoning Home Arena: Yost Field House (7,500)

Date Rk Opponent H/A W/L Score +/-
12/1/1964 #1 Ball State H W 92-70 +22
12/5/1964 #1 at #5 Duke A W 86-79 +7
12/7/1964 #1 Missouri H W 91-61 +30
12/9/1964 #1 Indiana State H W 102-64 +38
12/12/1964 #1 at Nebraska A L 73-74 -1
12/14/1964 #1 vs. #2 Wichita State N1 W 87-85 +2
12/23/1964 #1 Butler H W 99-81 +18
12/28/1964 #1 vs. Manhattan N2 W 90-77 +13
12/30/1964 #1 vs. Princeton N2 W 80-78 +2
1/2/1965 #1 vs. St. John’s N2 L 74-75 -1
1/9/1965 #3 Illinois+ H W 89-83 +6
1/16/1965 #2 at Northwestern+ A W 90-68 +22
1/23/1965 #2 Purdue+ H W 103-84 +19
1/26/1965 #2 at Michigan State+ (OT) A W 103-98 +5
1/30/1965 #2 at Purdue+ A W 98-81 +17
2/8/1965 #1 Iowa+ H W 81-66 +15
2/13/1965 #1 Michigan State+ H W 98-83 +15
2/15/1965 #1 at #8 Indiana+ (2OT) A W 96-95 +1
2/20/1965 #1 Ohio State+ H W 100-61 +39
2/23/1965 #1 at #8 Minnesota+ A W 91-78 +13
2/27/1965 #1 at Illinois+ A W 80-79 +1
3/2/1965 #1 Wisconsin+ H W 98-75 +23
3/6/1965 #1 #6 Minnesota+ H W 88-85 +3
3/8/1965 #1 at Ohio State+ A L 85-93 -8
3/12/1965 #1 vs. Dayton N3 W 98-71 +27
3/13/1965 #1 vs. #5 Vanderbilt N3 W 87-85 +2
3/19/1965 #1 vs. Princeton N4 W 93-76 +17
3/20/1965 #1 vs. #2 UCLA N4 L 80-91 -11

(1) Played in Detroit, Mich. (Cobo Arena) (2) Holiday Festival, New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) (3) NCAA Tournament, Lexington, Ky. (Memorial Coliseum) (4) NCAA Tournament, Portland, Ore. (Memorial Coliseum)

Postseason edit

In the 23-team 1965 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Michigan improved upon its 1964 tournament final four appearance by reaching the national championship game against the UCLA Bruins where they were upset, 91–80. As it had the year before the team had an opening round bye. Then it defeated the Dayton Flyers 98–71 and the Vanderbilt Commodores 87–85 to win the Mideast region. In the Final Four, Michigan defeated the Bill Bradley-led Princeton Tigers team 93–76, before they were upset by UCLA in the National Championship game.[3] In the championship game, Michigan had three players disqualified, which was an NCAA tournament championship game record that stood until March 31, 1997.[11][12][13] The season marked John Wooden's second consecutive championship as UCLA coach and the second of what would become nine championships in ten seasons.[14]

NCAA tournament summary edit

  • Mideast
    • Michigan 98, Dayton 71
    • Michigan 87, Vanderbilt 85
  • Final Four
    • Michigan 93, Princeton 76
    • UCLA 91, Michigan 80

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Accomplishments edit

Various members of the team earned significant recognitions: Strack earned the UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year.[2] Russell won the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball as Big Ten MVP.[2][16] Russell and Buntin were both 1965 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.[17] Following the season Bill Buntin became the first Wolverine selected in the NBA draft.[2]

That season, Buntin surpassed John Tidwell and established the Michigan career scoring record with 1725 and a 21.8 average, but Russell would end his career the following year with superior numbers.[18] Russell eclipsed his own single-season point total record of 670 with a total of 694 ( a number he would surpass the following season).[18] Buntin also surpassed, M. C. Burton, Jr.'s 1957–59 career rebound total of 831 and average of 12.59 with 1037 and 13.13, but Rudy Tomjanovich would set the current standards by surpassing both of these in 1970.[19] However, Buntin's total of 58 career point-rebound double doubles remains a Michigan record.[20] While Russell eclipsed Buntin's single-season school free throw record of 151 by one, Buntin set the school's career total record of 385, but both of these marks would be eclipsed by Russell the following season.[9] The team continues to hold the single-season Big Ten Conference rebounding record with 1521, a total that was tied by the national champion 2000 Michigan State Spartans[21] The team set the single-season team points per game Big Ten Conference record with 92.9 (1,300 in 14 conference games). The record would be broken the following season by the Wolverines.[22] The team set the school single-season free throws made record of 494, which would last until 1977.[23] On December 1, 1964, the team began a 17-game home winning streak against the Ball State that continued through a January 29, 1966, victory over Wisconsin. This surpassed the 16-game streak from February 22, 1947 – February 7, 1949, and stood as the longest home winning streak in school history until a 22-game streak that started on January 12, 1976.[24]

Statistics edit

The team posted the following statistics:[25]

Name GP GS Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% OR DR RB Avg Ast Avg PF DQ TO Stl Blk Pts Avg
Cazzie Russell 27 27 271 558 0.486 -- -- 152 186 0.817 208 7.7 66 3 694 25.7
Bill Buntin 28 28 221 454 0.487 -- -- 122 159 0.767 323 11.5 87 8 564 20.1
Oliver Darden 28 25 152 322 0.472 -- -- 59 95 0.621 246 8.8 88 4 363 13.0
Larry Tregoning 28 28 133 292 0.455 -- -- 44 63 0.698 211 7.5 73 2 310 11.1
George Pomey 28 20 86 194 0.443 -- -- 37 57 0.649 104 3.7 59 0 209 7.5
John Thompson 23 11 52 119 0.437 -- -- 18 25 0.720 29 1.3 43 0 122 5.3
Jim Myers 26 0 44 140 0.314 -- -- 14 23 0.609 117 4.5 35 0 102 3.9
Craig Dill 20 0 32 66 0.485 -- -- 30 42 0.714 54 2.7 27 0 94 4.7
John Clawson 16 0 22 48 0.458 -- -- 6 11 0.545 23 1.4 21 1 50 3.1
Tom Ludwig 11 0 5 17 0.294 -- -- 4 4 1.000 7 0.6 9 0 14 1.3
Dennis Bankey 7 0 0 6 0.000 -- -- 5 6 0.833 5 0.7 5 0 5 0.7
Dan Brown 6 0 1 7 0.143 -- -- 1 3 0.333 8 1.3 6 0 3 0.5
Van Tillotson 3 0 0 1 0.000 -- -- 2 5 0.400 4 1.3 2 0 2 0.7
TEAM 28 173 6.2 26
Charles Adams 1 0 0 1 0.000 -- -- 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Season Total 28 1019 2225 0.458 494 679 0.728 1512 54.0 521 18 2532 90.4
Opponents 28 876 1979 0.443 -- -- 448 651 0.688 1156 41.3 514 20 2200 78.6

Rankings edit

Main article: 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
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Team players drafted into the NBA edit

Five players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.[26][27][28]

Year Round Pick Overall Player NBA Club
1965 1 Territorial 2 Bill Buntin Detroit Pistons
1965 15 3 103 George Pomey St. Louis Hawks
1966 1 1 1 Cazzie Russell New York Knicks
1966 3 2 22 Oliver Darden Detroit Pistons
1967 4 11 42 Craig Dill San Diego Rockets

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d e f 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 11.
  3. ^ a b "The Final Four" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 8. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  4. ^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 36. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  6. ^ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 85. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
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  8. ^ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 63–66. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  9. ^ a b 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 174.
  10. ^ "University of Michigan Basketball: All-Time Records" (PDF). MoGoBlue.com. August 8, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  11. ^ "The Final Four" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 13. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  12. ^ "1965 Men's College Basketball Bracket". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  13. ^ "1965 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  14. ^ "Division I Championship" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 3. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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  16. ^ "College headlines". Chicago Tribune.
  17. ^ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 4–7. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  18. ^ a b 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 162.
  19. ^ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 166.
  20. ^ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 169.
  21. ^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 29. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  22. ^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 31. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  23. ^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 14. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  24. ^ "Through The Years". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 7. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  25. ^ "Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  26. ^ "1965 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  27. ^ "1966 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  28. ^ "1967 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
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