1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team

1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball
1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball
Missouri Valley Conference Champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
Record	21–9 (11–3 MVC)
Head coach	Gary Thompson (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Verlyn Anderson; Ron Heller;
Home arena	WSU Field House (10,506)
	Seasons ← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. They played their home games at the University of Wichita Field House. They were in their 20th season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and 59th season overall. They were led by first-year head coach Gary Thompson. The Shockers finished the season 21–9, 11–3 in Missouri Valley play to finish in first place. They received a bid to the 1965 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the first Final Four in school history.

1964–65 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wichita State	11	–	3	.786	21	–	9	.700
Bradley	9	–	5	.643	18	–	9	.667
Saint Louis	9	–	5	.643	18	–	9	.667
Louisville	8	–	6	.571	15	–	10	.600
Tulsa	7	–	7	.500	14	–	11	.560
Drake	6	–	8	.429	15	–	10	.600
Cincinnati	5	–	9	.357	14	–	12	.538
North Texas State	1	–	13	.071	7	–	19	.269

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	12	Nate Bowman	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Kirkpatrick	Fort Worth, Texas
G	30	Kelly Pete	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr
F	42	Dave Stallworth	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr	James Madison	Dallas, Texas

Head coach

Gary Thompson (Wichita State)

Assistant coach(es)

Ron Heller
Verlyn Anderson

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 5, 1964*	No. 3	Long Beach State	W 114–78	1–0	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Dec 9, 1964*	No. 2	UTEP	W 73–55	2–0	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Dec 11, 1964*	No. 2	BYU	W 93–76	3–0	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Dec 12, 1964*	No. 2	BYU	W 81–65	4–0	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Dec 14, 1964*	No. 2	at No. 1 Michigan	L 85–87	4–1	Cobo Arena Detroit, Michigan
Dec 19, 1964	No. 1	at Drake	W 71–60	5–1 (1–0)	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 26, 1964*	No. 2	vs. Pittsburgh Quaker City Invitational	W 109–58	6–1	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 28, 1964*	No. 2	vs. Villanova Quaker City Invitational	W 86–74	7–1	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 29, 1964*	No. 2	at No. 10 Saint Joseph's Quaker City Invitational	L 69–76	7–2	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 2, 1965	No. 2	North Texas	W 107–88	8–2 (2–0)	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Jan 4, 1965	No. 2	at Bradley	W 85–79	9–2 (3–0)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, Illinois
Jan 9, 1965	No. 5	at Cincinnati	W 65–61	10–2 (4–0)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 11, 1965*	No. 5	Southern Illinois	W 94–81	11–2	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Jan 16, 1965	No. 3	Saint Louis	W 75–64	12–2 (5–0)	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Jan 29, 1965*	No. 5	at Loyola-Chicago	L 92–93	12–3	Alumni Gym Chicago, Illinois
Jan 30, 1965	No. 5	Louisville	W 96–76	13–3 (6–0)	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Feb 6, 1965	No. 8	at Saint Louis	W 72–64	14–3 (7–0)	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 8, 1965*	No. 8	at Duquesne	L 72–75	14–4	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 13, 1965*	No. 9	Cincinnati	W 79–64	15–4 (8–0)	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Feb 15, 1965*	No. 9	Loyola-Chicago	W 80–77	16–4	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Feb 18, 1965	No. 10	at Tulsa	L 64–75	16–5 (8–1)	Expo Square Pavilion Tulsa, Oklahoma
Feb 20, 1965	No. 10	at North Texas	W 69–67	17–5 (9–1)	North Texas Men's Gym Denton, Texas
Feb 27, 1965		Bradley	L 73–77	17–6 (9–2)	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Mar 1, 1965*		Tulsa	W 59–48	18–6 (10–2)	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
Mar 3, 1965		at Louisville	L 70–79	18–7 (10–3)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 6, 1965		Drake	W 76–74	19–7 (11–3)	WSU Field House Wichita, Kansas
1965 NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1965*		vs. SMU Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 86–81	20–7	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 13, 1965*		vs. Oklahoma State Midwest Regional final – Elite Eight	W 54–46	21–7	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 19, 1965*		vs. No. 2 UCLA National semifinal – Final Four	L 89–108	21–8	Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
Mar 20, 1965*		vs. Princeton National 3rd-place game	L 82–118	21–9	Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time.