1962 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1962 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Mount St. Mary's (1st title)
Runner-Up	Sacramento State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Southern Illinois (1st Final Four) Nebraska Wesleyan (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach	Jim Phelan (Mount St. Mary's (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player	Ron Roohrer Sacramento State
Attendance	7,749
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments «1961  1963»

The 1962 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 1961-2 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Mount St. Mary's University and Sacramento State's Ron Rohrer was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Regional participants 2 Regionals 3 National Finals 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources

Regional participants

School Outcome Fairfield Runner-up Northeastern Regional Champion Rochester Fourth Place St. Anselm Third Place

School Outcome Evansville Runner-up North Carolina A&T Third Place Southern Illinois Regional Champion Union (TN) Fourth Place

School Outcome Albright Third Place C. W. Post Fourth Place Hofstra University Runner-up Mount St. Mary's Regional Champion

School Outcome Florida A&M Runner-up Gannon Fourth Place Wittenberg Regional Champion Youngstown State Third Place

School Outcome Cal Poly Pamona Runner-up Fresno State Fourth Place Sacramento State Regional Champion Seattle Third Place

School Outcome Concordia (IL) Runner-up Illinois State Fourth Place Kentucky State Third Place Valparaiso Regional Champion

School Outcome Abilene Christian Fourth Place Arkansas State Runner-up Lamar Third Place SE Missouri State Regional Champion

School Outcome Grinnell Fourth Place Hamline Third Place Nebraska Weslyan Regional Champion Northern Iowa Runner-up

Regionals

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Northeastern		88
	St. Anselm		78
						Northeastern		80
						Fairfield		69
	Fairfield		86
	Rochester		75

• Third Place - St. Anselm 83, Rochester 64

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Southern Illinois		70
	Union (TN)		56
						Southern Illinois		88
						Evansville		83
	Evansville		97
	North Carolina A&T		82

• Third Place - North Carolina A&T 84, Union 80

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Mount St. Mary's		67*
	Albright		64
						Mount St. Mary's		66
						Hofstra		54
	Hofstra		56
	C. W. Post		55

• Third Place - Albright 65, C. W. Post 59

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Florida A&M		74
	Youngstown State		60
						Florida A&M		33
						Wittenberg		35
	Witenberg		69
	Gannon		43

• Third Place - Youngstown State 58, Gannon 52

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Cal Poly Pamona		88
	Fresno State		81
						Cal Poly Pamona		65
						Sacramento State		73
	Sacramento State		68
	Seattle Pacific		57

• Third Place - Seattle Pacific 73, Fresno State 68

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Concordia (IL)		79
	Illinois State		61
						Concordia		72
						Valparaiso		75
	Valparaiso		75
	Kentucky State		61

• Third Place - Kentucky State 77, Illinois State 72

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	SE Missouri State		57
	Abilene Christian		55
						SE Missouri State		76
						Arkansas State		64
	Arkansas State		66
	Lamar		65

• Third Place - Lamar 83, Abilene Christian 74

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Northern Iowa		81
	Hamline		68
						Northern Iowa		77
						Nebraska Wesleyan		78
	Nebraska Wesleyan		71
	Grinnell		65

• Third Place - Hamline 76, Grinnell 68

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Northeastern

57

Southern Illinois

73

Southern Illinois

57

Mount St. Mary's

58

Mount St. Mary's

43

Wittenberg

39

Mount St. Mary's

58*

Sacramento State

57

Sacramento State

61

Valparaiso

54

Sacramento State

74**

Nebraska Wesleyan

73

SE Missouri State

61

Nebraska Wesleyan

71*

• Third Place - Southern Illinois 98, Nebraska Wesleyan 81

*denotes each overtime played

See also

• 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1962 National Invitation Tournament
• 1962 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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