1960 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1960 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Evansville (2nd title)
Runner-Up Chapman (1st title game)
Semifinalists Kentucky Wesleyan (2nd Final Four)
Cornell (IA) (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach Arad McCutchan (Evansville (2nd title))
Most Outstanding Player Ed Smallwood Evansville
Attendance 27,836
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1959  1961»

The 1960 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1959-60 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

School Outcome
Assumption Third Place
Le Moyne Fourth Place
St. Anselm Runner-up
St. Michael's Regional Champion
School Outcome
Austin Peay Runner-up
Belmont Abbey Third Place
Johnson C. Smith Fourth Place
Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion
School Outcome
American Regional Champion
Drexel Fourth Place
Fairfield Runner-up
Upsala Third Place
School Outcome
Arkansas State Fourth Place
Buffalo Third Place
Evansville Regional Champion
Wabash Runner-up
School Outcome
Augustana (IL) Fourth Place
Lincoln (MO) Runner-up
Milwaukee Third Place
Wheaton (IL) Regional Champion
School Outcome
Chapman Regional Champion
Fresno State Runner-up
San Francisco State Fourth Place
Trinity (TX) Third Place
School Outcome
Cornell (IA) Regional Champion
Prairie View Runner-up
South Dakota State Third Place
Wartburg Fourth Place
School Outcome
Abilene Christian Runner-up
Colorado College Fourth Place
Lamar Third Place
Truman Regional Campion

Regionals

  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 St. Michael's 73  
 Assumption 50  
     St. Michael's 99
   St. Anselm 95
 St. Anselm 108
 Le Moyne 75  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Kentucky Wesleyan 108  
 Johnson C. Smith 80  
     Kentucky Wesleyan 83
   Austin Peay 69
 Austin Peay 74
 Belmont Abbey 63  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Fairfield 56  
 Drexel 44  
     Fairfield 74
   American 75
 American 83
 Upsala 74  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Evansville 91  
 Arkansas State 74  
     Evansville 89
   Wabash 68
 Wabash 76
 Buffalo 65  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Wheaton (IL) 82  
 Augstana (IL) 67  
     Wheaton 78
   Lincoln 59
 Lincoln (MO) 100
 Milwaukee 92  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Fresno State 62  
 San Francisco State 49  
     Fresno State 62
   Chapman 70
 Chapman 73
 Trinity (TX) 52  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Cornell (IA) 72  
 Wartburg 67  
     Cornell 93
   Prairie View 79
 Prairie View 78
 South Dakota State 65  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Truman 82  
 Lamar 81  
     Truman 79
   Abilene Christian 76
 Abilene Christian 109
 Colorado College 65  

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
   St. Michael's 55  
 Kentucky Wesleyan 99  
   Kentucky Wesleyan 69  
   Evansville 76  
 American 91
   Evansville 101  
     Evansville 90
   Chapman 69
   Wheaton 67  
 Chapman 73  
   Chapman 79
   Cornell 64  
 Cornell 83
   Truman 81  

*denotes each overtime played

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