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1965-66 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: UTEP

Final Four: Duke, Kentucky, UTEP and Utah

Consensus Player of the Year: Cazzie Russell

AP Preseason #1: UCLA

AP Final #1: Kentucky

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

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	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
BYU	WAC	10	9	9	8	3	5	6	11	17	17	17	14			19
Boston College	Ind	15	18											20	20
Bradley	MVC	9	10	11	11	4	7	5	6	8	13	19
Cincinnati	MVC				15	16	12		14	10	10	11	12	11	10	9
Colorado State	Ind				19
Davidson	Southern															18
Dayton	Ind	14	20		17	18		14		18	15	14	20		16	19
DePaul	Ind						18
Duke	ACC	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Florida	SEC			18
Houston	Ind												16	15		14
Illinois	Big Ten											18
Iowa	Big Ten	20	12	12	9	6	9	12	19	20
Kansas	Big 8	8	7	4	12	12	9	10	7	9	7	6	7	5	5	4
Kansas State	Big 8	12
Kentucky	SEC		13	13	9	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Louisville	MVC	17	14					17
Loyola (IL)	Ind						14	11	9	7	5	3	5	4	4	5
Michigan	Big Ten	2	2	5	5	9	16		13		9	10	10	9	9	7
Michigan State	Big Ten								17	11		20			20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	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
Minnesota	Big Ten	3	5	6	4	10	15
NC State	ACC	13	15	19	17	14			20
Nebraska	Big 8								18	13	12	9	9	10	13	11
New Mexico	WAC	20	16	16		19	18	13	15		18
Ohio State	Big Ten		16
Oklahoma City	Ind			15							19		18	18	19	13
Oregon State	AAWU						20							19	14	15
Pacific	WCAC														18	17
Princeton	Ivy	20
Providence	Ind	7	8	7	6	8	6	7	4	3	4	4	4	8	8	10
Saint Louis	MVC			16
San Francisco	WCAC	11	11		19				15	16	16	11	11	13	12
South Carolina	ACC			14
St. John's (NY)	Ind	15								15	13	15	17	17
St. Joseph's	Mid-Atl	4	3	2	2	7	4	4	3	5	8	8	6	7	6	6
Syracuse	Ind				14	13	13			20		15	13	16	15	16
Temple	Mid-Atl							19
Tennessee	SEC	17	19											20
Texas A&M	SWC							19
Tulsa	MVC							15		18	19
UCLA	AAWU	1	1	8	13	11	8	8	12	14
UNC	ACC					20
UTEP	Ind						11	9	8	6	6	5	3	3	3	3
Utah	WAC			20	15	14	17	15	10	12	11	13	14	12	11	12
Vanderbilt	SEC	6	6	3	3	2	3	3	5	4	3	7	8	6	7	8
West Virginia	Southern	17
Western Kentucky	OVC							18					19	14	17
Wichita State	MVC			10	7	16

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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