1965-66 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Texas-El Paso

Final Four: Duke, Kentucky, UTEP and Utah

Consensus Player of the Year: Cazzie Russell

AP Preseason #1: UCLA

AP Final #1: Kentucky

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Western Athletic Conference	6	103	55	.652	10.32	5.12	0	1	1	Utah
2	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	115	91	.558	7.34	5.68	1	1	1	Duke	Duke
3	Missouri Valley Conference	8	123	88	.583	5.62	4.50	1	1	0	Cincinnati
4	Big Ten Conference	10	126	114	.525	4.89	4.38	1	1	0	Michigan
5	Athletic Association of Western Universities	8	112	95	.541	4.63	3.82	0	1	0	Oregon State
6	Big Eight Conference	8	98	103	.488	2.94	2.90	1	1	0	Kansas
7	Southeastern Conference	11	159	124	.562	1.05	1.20	2	1	1	Kentucky
8	Independent	49	707	526	.573	-1.01	-0.45	2	8	1
9	Ohio Valley Conference	8	104	89	.539	-2.22	-1.23	1	1	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
10	Ivy League	8	99	92	.518	-3.22	-3.31	0	0	0	Pennsylvania
11	Southwest Conference	8	87	105	.453	-3.68	-2.01	0	1	0	Southern Methodist
12	Mid-American Conference	7	81	85	.488	-5.21	-2.25	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
13	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	102	108	.486	-6.09	-3.46	0	1	0	Pacific
14	Southern Conference	8	89	110	.447	-7.94	-3.64	0	1	0	Davidson	Davidson
15	Big Sky Conference	6	79	72	.523	-8.40	-4.31	0	0	0	Gonzaga, Weber State
16	Middle Atlantic Conference	8	101	95	.515	-9.90	-7.09	1	1	0	Saint Joseph's
17	Metropolitan Collegiate Conference	7	72	94	.434	-10.33	-3.66	0	0	0	Manhattan
18	Yankee Conference	6	71	71	.500	-11.49	-8.94	0	1	0	Connecticut, Rhode Island

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Duke	3	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2
Kentucky	-	-	-	10	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	9	-
UCLA	1	1	8	-	-	10	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wichita State	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loyola (IL)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	5	3	4	4	4	6
UTEP	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	6	6	4	3	3	2	3
Western Kentucky	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
South Carolina	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	2	2	3	3	7	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	10	-	9
Iowa	-	-	-	9	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	8	7	4	-	-	-	10	6	9	7	7	7	6	6	4
Vanderbilt	5	4	5	4	2	3	3	5	4	3	5	5	5	5	8
Providence	6	8	7	7	10	6	6	4	3	4	6	6	9	8	-
Kansas State	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	7	5	6	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cincinnati	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	10	7
Bradley	9	9	9	5	3	5	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BYU	-	-	-	-	6	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Joseph's	4	3	2	2	8	4	4	3	5	8	8	8	7	7	5

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

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