1962-63 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Loyola (IL)

Final Four: Cincinnati, Duke, Loyola (IL) and Oregon State

Consensus Player of the Year: Art Heyman

AP Preseason #1: Cincinnati

AP Final #1: Cincinnati

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Eight Conference	8	105	96	.522	5.01	4.88	1	1	0	Colorado, Kansas State
2	Big Ten Conference	10	124	114	.521	7.15	6.43	1	1	0	Illinois, Ohio State
3	Mid-American Conference	7	79	88	.473	-2.29	-0.04	0	1	0	Bowling Green State
4	Athletic Association of Western Universities	5	82	51	.617	9.55	6.69	0	1	0	Stanford, UCLA
5	Missouri Valley Conference	7	116	67	.634	8.70	5.84	0	1	1	Cincinnati
6	Southwest Conference	8	90	103	.466	-1.61	0.01	0	1	0	Texas
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	70	49	.588	-0.03	-0.34	0	1	0	Fordham
8	Western Athletic Conference	6	90	68	.570	3.07	3.39	0	1	0	Arizona State
9	Yankee Conference	6	70	75	.483	-14.79	-11.16	0	1	0	Connecticut
10	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	102	91	.528	1.42	1.31	0	1	1	Duke	Duke
11	Independent	56	779	604	.563	-1.13	-0.17	0	9	2
12	Southeastern Conference	12	166	129	.563	0.00	-0.39	0	1	0	Mississippi State
13	Ohio Valley Conference	7	79	75	.513	-9.32	-7.42	0	1	0	Morehead State, Tennessee Tech
14	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	89	89	.500	-3.20	-1.10	0	1	0	San Francisco
15	Ivy League	8	97	92	.513	-7.82	-6.51	0	1	0	Princeton
16	Middle Atlantic Conference	9	114	100	.533	-11.23	-8.74	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's
17	Southern Conference	9	108	118	.478	-4.24	-2.86	0	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
School	Conf	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Cincinnati	MVC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Duke	ACC	2	2	2	2	10	9	6	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Arizona State	WAC	15	16	16	9	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3
Loyola (IL)	Ind	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	4
Illinois	Big Ten	13	7	7	7	5	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	8	5
Wichita State	MVC					16	8	9	7	8	10	11	17	6	9	6	6
Mississippi State	SEC	7	6	6	5	9	11	8	9	7	11	9	7	11	7	7	7
Ohio State	Big Ten		17	17	4	3	6	5	8	13	14	14	12	7	6	4	8
Colorado	Big 8				11	17		17	12	11	8	7	6	9	13		9
Stanford	AAWU	10	11	11	8	4	17	19	16	9	7	8	8	7	8	9	10
NYU	Metro NY	16	15	15									19	12	10	10	11
Texas	SWC								18		19	16	13	14	11	11	12
Providence	Ind													20	17	13	13
Oregon State	Ind	6	5	5	13		10	11	10	12	9	10	10	13	19	15	14
UCLA	AAWU	17	12	12	16	11	5	10	13	14	12	13	14	19	16		15
St. Joseph's	Mid-Atl						17	18					20		20	18	16
West Virginia	Southern	4	4	4	10	12	20	13	14	10	17	19				20	16
Bowling Green State	MAC	10	10	10	6	7										17	18
Kansas State	Big 8	14	9	9												13	19
Seattle	Ind				14	13										19	19
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
School	Conf	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Colorado State	Ind	18					16	14	11	16	16	15	16	18	14	12
UTEP	Ind													20	15	16
Georgia Tech	SEC					18	13	7	6	6	6	6	9	10	12
Auburn	SEC						12	16		16		19		15	17
Oklahoma State	Big 8												15	16
Utah State	Ind							19	20	15	13		11	17
Bradley	MVC												18
Utah	WAC											12
Notre Dame	Ind				16				14			16
DePaul	Ind									16		18
Niagara	Ind								18	19	15
Miami (FL)	Ind						15			19	18
Indiana	Big Ten	20	18	18							19
Oregon	Ind										19
Saint Louis	MVC										19
Kentucky	SEC	3	14	14	12	8	7	15	17
UNC	ACC					20	14	12
Wisconsin	Big Ten	9	8	8	18			19
California	AAWU							19
Kansas	Big 8						19
Virginia Tech	Southern					14
USC	AAWU		20	20		15
Princeton	Ivy				20	19
Minnesota	Big Ten				15
Marquette	Ind				19
Creighton	Ind	19	12	12
Dayton	Ind	12	19	19

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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