1973 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1973 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams	42
Finals Site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Kentucky Wesleyan (4th title)
Runner-Up	Tennessee State (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Assumption (1st Final Four) Brockport State (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach	Bob Jones (Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player	Mike Williams Kentucky Wesleyan
Attendance	18,318
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments «1972  1974»

The 1973 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 42 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 1972-3 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentuck Wesleyan's Mike Williams 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 Coe Regional Champion South Dakota State Runner-up Southern Colorado Fourth Place SW Missouri State Third Place

School Outcome Assumption Regional Champion Bentley Runner-up Bridgeport Third Place Hartford Fifth Place* St. Michael's Fourth Place Stonehill Fifth Place*

School Outcome Akron Regional Champion Cheyney Third Place Hiram Fifth Place* Lebanon Valley Fifth Place* Philadelphia U Fourth Place Steubenville Runner-up

School Outcome Albany State Fifth Place Chattanooga Third Place SE Louisiana Runner-up Tennessee State Regional Champion Transylvania Fourth Place

School Outcome Capital Third Place Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion Valparaiso Runner-up Wooster Fourth Place

School Outcome Eckerd Fifth Place* Fayetteville State Third Place Loyola (MD) Fourth Place Old Dominion Runner-up Roanoke Regional Champion St. Thomas Fifth Place*

School Outcome Brockport State Regional Champion C. W. Post Third Place Hartwick Runner-up New Jersey City Fifth Place* Potsdam State Fourth Place RPI Fifth Place*

School Outcome Cal State Bakersfield Runner-up Puget Sound Fourth Place San Diego Third Place Sonoma State Fifth Place UC Riverside Regional Champion

*denotes tie

Regionals

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Coe		65
	Sothern Colorado		63
						Coe		107
						South Dakota State		104
	South Dakota State		85
	SW Missouri State		74

• Third Place - SW Missouri State 76, Southern Colorado 62

First Round

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Assumption

81

St. Michael's

79

St. Michael's

108

Hartford

97

Assumption

87

Bentley

85

Bridgeport

77

Stonehill

74

Bridgeport

106

Bentley

109***

• Third Place - Bridgeport 93, St. Michael's 75

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							Akron	99
							Cheyney	71
		Cheyney	74
		Lebanon Valley	56
												Akron	49
												Steubenville	47
		Steubenville	54
		Hiram	51
							Steubenville	61
							Philadelphia U	51

• Third Place - Cheyney 70, Philadelphia U 63

First Round

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Tennessee State

53

Transylvania

45

Transylvania

72*

Albany State

71

Tennessee State

62*

SE Louisiana

54

SE Louisiana

67

Chattanooga

64

• Third Place - Chattanooga 99, Transylvania 86

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Kentucky Wesleyan		93
	Wooster		56
						Kentucky Wesleyan		74
						Valparaiso		66
	Valparaiso		69
	Capital		64

• Third Place - Capital 75, Wooster 47

First Round

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Old Dominion

80

Fayetteville State

74

Fayetteville State

95

Eckerd

66

Old Dominion

87

Roanoke

88*

Loyola (MD)

82*

St. Thomas

79

Loyola

63

Roanoke

84

• Third Place - Fayetteville State 81, Loyola 66

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							C. W. Post	77
							Brockport State	93
		Brockport State	78
		New Jersey City	68
												Brockport State	70
												Hartwick	62
		Potsdam State	54
		RPI	52
							Postsdam State	58
							Hartwick	75

• Third Place - C. W. Post 79, Postdam State 75

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							Puget Sound	51
							UC Riverside	71
		UC Riverside	70
		Sonoma State	68
												UC Riverside	61
												Cal State Bakersfield	54
							Cal State Bakersfield	50
							San Diego	44

• Third Place - San Diego 80, Puget Sound 73

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		Coe	96
		Assumption	102
							Assumption	76
							Tennessee State	106
		Akron	50
		Tennessee State	54
												Tennessee State	76
												Kentucky Wesleyan	78*
		Kentucky Wesleyan	87
		Roanoke	63
							Kentucky Wesleyan	96
							Brockport State	90
		Brockport State	79
		Cal State Bakersfield	70

• Third Place - Assumption 94, Brockport State 90

*denotes each overtime played

See also

• 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1973 National Invitation Tournament
• 1973 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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