That spring, 24-year-old Johnson was the tenth overall selection in the
1963 NBA draft and went on to a
hall of fame career with the
Baltimore Bullets. Cipriano also moved on to coach at
Nebraska for seventeen until his death. Without Johnson (and White), the Vandals fell to in and were in the new
Big Sky Conference, fifth place in the six-team league. They had a dismal record through and lost every game against their Northwest rivals, a collective vs UW, WSU, UO, OSU, Seattle U., and Gonzaga. High scorer White became a hall of fame
high school head coach in
Anchorage, Alaska; but both Cipriano and Johnson died before age fifty, due to Team captain Lyle Parks earned a degree in
chemical engineering, and sophomore Chuck Kozak graduated from the
UI's law school ==Roster==