1961 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- South Dakota State Jackrabbits (1st Final Four)
- Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (2nd Final Four)
NCAA Division II men's tournaments | |
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«1960 | 1962» |
The 1961 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1960-61 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Wittenberg University and South Dakota State's Don Jacobson was the Most Outstanding Player.
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Regional participants
School | Outcome | |
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Austin Peay | Regional Champion | |
Belmont Abbey | Runner-up | |
Chattanooga | Fourth Place | |
Kentucky Wesleyan | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Albright | Runner-up | |
Fairfield | Fourth Place | |
Mount St. Mary's | Regional Champion | |
Virginia Union | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Bates | Runner-up | |
Rochester | Third Place | |
Springfield | Fourth Place | |
Williams | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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South Carolina State | Fourth Place | |
Wabash | Runner-up | |
Wittenberg | Regional Champion | |
Youngstown State | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Chicago | Regional Champion | |
Evansville | Third Place | |
Lincoln (MO) | Runner-up | |
MacMurray | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Colorado College | Fourth Place | |
SE Missouri State | Regional Champion | |
Southern Illinois | Runner-up | |
Trinity (TX) | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Cornell (IA) | Third Place | |
Prairie View | Runner-up | |
South Dakota State | Regional Champion | |
Wisconsin–Superior | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Chapman | Third Place | |
Long Beach State | Runner-up | |
Nevada | Fourth Place | |
UC Santa Barbara | Regional Champion |
Regionals
South – Clarksville, Tennessee
Location: Memorial Health Building Host: Austin Peay State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Belmont Abbey | 74 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 62 | ||||||||
Belmont Abbey | 63 | ||||||||
Austin Peay | 70 | ||||||||
Austin Peay | 77 | ||||||||
Chattanooga | 69 |
- Third place – Kentucky Wesleyan 111, Chattanooga 80
East – Reading, Pennsylvania
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 83 | ||||||||
Virginia Union | 80 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 82 | ||||||||
Albright | 76 | ||||||||
Albright | 85 | ||||||||
Fairfield | 67 |
- Third place – Virginia Union 70, Fairfield 66
Northeast – Springfield, Massachusetts
Location: Judd Gymnasia Host: Springfield College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Williams | 74 | ||||||||
Rochester | 72 | ||||||||
Williams | 75 | ||||||||
Bates | 68 | ||||||||
Bates | 75 | ||||||||
Springfield | 63 |
- Third place – Rochester 82, Springfield 68
Mideast – Crawfordsville, Indiana
Location: Chadwick Court Host: Wabash College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 43 | ||||||||
Youngstown State | 28 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 48 | ||||||||
Wabash | 42 | ||||||||
Wabash | 94 | ||||||||
South Carolina State | 83 |
- Third place – Youngstown State 96, South Carolina State 82
Great Lakes – Chicago, Illinois
Location: Henry Crown Field House Host: University of Chicago
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Lincoln (MO) | 90 | ||||||||
Evansville | 77 | ||||||||
Lincoln | 42 | ||||||||
Chicago | 55 | ||||||||
Chicago | 64 | ||||||||
MacMurray | 59 |
- Third place – Evansville 98, MacMurray 97*
Southwest – Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
SE Missouri State | 99 | ||||||||
Colorado College | 68 | ||||||||
SE Missouri State | 88 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 84 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 96 | ||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 82 |
- Third place – Trinity 75, Colorado College 58
Midwest – Brookings, South Dakota
Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Prairie View | 79 | ||||||||
Wisconsin–Superior | 68 | ||||||||
Prairie View | 84 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 88 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 90 | ||||||||
Cornell (IA) | 71 |
- Third place – Cornell 83, Wisconsin–Superior 72
Pacific Coast – Santa Barbara, California
Location: Robertson Gymnasium Host: University of California, Santa Barbara
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Long Beach State | 70 | ||||||||
Chapman | 66 | ||||||||
Long Beach State | 54 | ||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 58 | ||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 78 | ||||||||
Nevada | 57 |
- Third place – Chapman 68, Nevada 63
*denotes each overtime played
National finals – Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
National quarterfinals Elite Eight March 16 | National semifinals Final Four March 17 | National championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 78 | |||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 96 | |||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 49 | |||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 65 | |||||||||||||
Williams | 51 | |||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 64 | |||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 42 | |||||||||||||
SE Missouri State | 38 | |||||||||||||
Chicago | 41 | |||||||||||||
SE Missouri State | 67 | |||||||||||||
SE Missouri State | 81 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 69 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 79 | |||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 65 |
- Third place – South Dakota State 77, Mount St. Mary's 76
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- George Fisher (Wittenberg)
- Don Jacobsen (South Dakota State)
- John O'Reilly (Mount Saint Mary's)
- Vivian Reed (Southeast Missouri State)
- Carl Ritter (Southeast Missouri State)
See also
References
Sources
- 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
- 1961 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com
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