| 1964 | 1965 | 1966 |
| Champion | Second Place | Third place | Fourth place |
| UCLA | Michigan | Princeton | Wichita State |
| John Wooden | Dave Strack | Butch Van Breda Kolff | Gary Thompson |
Active coaches (10+ games)
| Rank | Coach, Current school (*=non-Div I) |
Yrs | W-L | Pct. | Latest | Final | ||||
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| All | Trn | 1965 | All | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | Ed Jucker, Cincinnati | 12 | 3 | 11-1 | .917 | 1963 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2 | Phil Woolpert, San Diego | 12 | 4 | 13-2 | .867 | 1958 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Fred Taylor, Ohio State | 7 | 3 | 10-2 | .833 | 1962 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Branch McCracken, Indiana | 32 | 4 | 9-2 | .818 | 1958 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | Frank McGuire, South Carolina | 15 | 4 | 10-3 | .769 | 1959 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 6 | Vic Bubas, Duke | 6 | 3 | 8-3 | .727 | 1964 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Harry Litwack, Temple | 13 | 3 | 7-3 | .700 | 1964 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| T8 | Doggie Julian, Dartmouth | 29 | 5 | 9-4 | .692 | 1959 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| T8 | Harry Combes, Illinois | 18 | 4 | 9-4 | .692 | 1963 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Hank Iba, Oklahoma State | 36 | 8 | 1-1 | 15-7 | .682 | 1965 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Adolph Rupp, Kentucky | 34 | 14 | 23-11 | .676 | 1964 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 12 | Forddy Anderson, Michigan State | 19 | 4 | 9-5 | .643 | 1959 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13 | John Wooden, UCLA | 19 | 7 | 4-0 | 11-9 | .550 | 1965 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Abe Lemons, Oklahoma City | 10 | 5 | 2-1 | 7-6 | .538 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T15 | Jack Gardner, Utah | 22 | 7 | 10-10 | .500 | 1961 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| T15 | Tex Winter, Kansas State | 14 | 5 | 7-7 | .500 | 1964 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| T15 | Lou Rossini, NYU | 15 | 4 | 6-6 | .500 | 1963 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| T15 | Peck Hickman, Louisville | 21 | 4 | 5-5 | .500 | 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Ben Carnevale, Navy | 21 | 6 | 6-7 | .462 | 1960 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | Doc Hayes, SMU | 18 | 4 | 1-1 | 5-6 | .455 | 1965 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T21 | Ray Meyer, DePaul | 23 | 6 | 1-2 | 6-9 | .400 | 1965 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T21 | Buster Brannon, TCU | 21 | 5 | 4-6 | .400 | 1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T21 | Steve Belko, Oregon | 14 | 6 | 4-6 | .400 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Jack Ramsay, St. Joseph's | 10 | 6 | 1-2 | 6-10 | .375 | 1965 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Everett Shelton, Cal State Sacramento* | 28 | 8 | 4-12 | .250 | 1958 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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Frank McGuire becomes head coach of South Carolina, returning to the active list at .769 in fifth place. McGuire won the championship with North Carolina in 1957. |
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Oklahoma State wins one and loses one, dropping Hank Iba below .700 for the first time ever to .682, good for tenth place. |
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John Wooden becomes the fifth coach to win back-to-back titles as UCLA wins again. The eight wins in a row over two years finally pulls Wooden above .500 for the first time at .550. |
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Abe Lemons also moves above .500 to .538 as Oklahoma City win two games. |
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SMU coach Doc Hayes wins one and loses one to debut on the list at 455. |
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DePaul manages one win, but loses two, dropping Ray Meyer to .400. |
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St. Joseph's wins one, but loses two, dropping Jack Ramsay slightly to .375. |
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