1963 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1963 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions South Dakota State (1st title)
Runner-Up Wittenberg (2nd title game)
Semifinalists Oglethorpe (1st Final Four)
Southern Illinois (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach Jim Iverson (South Dakota State (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Wayne Rasmussen South Dakota State
Attendance 18,526
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1962  1964»

The 1963 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 1962-3 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by South Dakota State University and South Dakota State's Wayne Rasmussen was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

School Outcome
Austin Peay Fourth Place
Bellarmine Third Place
Oglethorpe Regional Champion
Tennessee Runner-up
School Outcome
Bloomsburg Runner-up
Hofstra Third Place
Mount St. Mary's Fourth Place
Philadelphia U Regional Champion
School Outcome
Buffalo Fourth Place
South Carolina State Runner-up
Wittenberg Regional Champion
Youngstown State Third Place
School Outcome
Assumption Third Place
Fairleigh Dickinson Fourth Place
Northeastern Regional Champion
Springfield Runner-up
School Outcome
Augustana (IL) Fourth Place
Concorda (IL) Third Place
Evansville Regional Champion
Washington-St. Louis Runner-up
School Outcome
Arkansas State Third Place
Lamar Runner-up
SE Missouri State Fourth Place
Southern Illinois Regional Champion
School Outcome
Cornell (IA) Fourth Place
Michigan Tech Third Place
Nebraska Wesleyan Runner-up
South Dakota State Regional Champion
School Outcome
Chapman Runner-up
Fresno State Regional Champion
San Francisco State Fourth Place
UC Santa Barbara Third Place

Regionals

  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Tennessee State 119  
 Austin Peay 94  
     Tennessee State 51
   Oglethorpe 55
 Oglethorpe 57
 Bellarmine 49  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Bloomsburg 76  
 Mount St. Mary's 61  
     Bloomsburg 48
   Philadelphia U 54
 Philadelphia U 60
 Hofstra 55  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 South Carolia State 80  
 Buffalo 63  
     South Carolina State 63
   Wittenberg 70
 Wittenberg 38
 Youngstown State 31  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Springfield 66  
 Fairleigh Dickinson 54  
     Sprigfield 45
   Northeastern 47
 Northeastern 74
 Assumption 60  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Evansville 66  
 Concordia (IL) 56  
     Evansville 85
   Washington-St. Louis 76
 Washington-St. Louis 71
 Augustana 66  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Lamar 89  
 Arkansas State 88  
     Lamar 84
   Southern Illinois 93
 Southern Illinois 87
 SE Missouri State 79  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Nebraska Wesleyan 86  
 Michigan Tech 69  
     Nebraska Wesleyan 75
   South Dakota State 77
 South Dakota State 71
 Cornell (IA) 64  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Chapman 53  
 San Francisco State 50  
     Chapman 59
   Fresno State 71
 Fresno State 68
 UC Santa Barbara 60  

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
   Oglethorpe 36  
 Philadelphia U 34  
   Oglethorpe 37  
   Wittenberg 46  
 Wittenberg 48
   Northeastern 47  
     Wittenberg 42
   South Dakota State 44
   Evansville 73  
 Southern Illinois 86  
   Southern Illinois 76
   South Dakota State 80  
 South Dakota State 84
   Fresno State 71  

*denotes each overtime played

See also

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