1961 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

1961 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Wittenberg (1st title)
Runner-Up Southeast Missouri State (1st title game)
Semifinalists South Dakota State (1st Final Four)
Mount St. Mary's (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach Ray Mears (Wittenberg (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Don Jacobson South Dakota State
Attendance 13,002
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1960  1962»

The 1961 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 1960-1 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Wittenberg University and South Dakota State's Don Jacobson was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants

School Outcome
Austin Peay Regional Champion
Belmont Abbey Runner-up
Chattanooga Fourth Place
Kentucky Wesleyan Third Place
School Outcome
Albright Runner-up
Fairfield Fourth Place
Mount St. Mary's Regional Champion
Virginia Union Third Place
School Outcome
Bates Runner-up
Rochester Third Place
Springfield Fourth Place
Williams Regional Champion
School Outcome
South Carolina State Fourth Place
Wabash Runner-up
Wittenberg Regional Champion
Youngstown State Third Place
School Outcome
Chicago Regional Champion
Evansville Third Place
Lincoln (MO) Runner-up
MacMurray Fourth Place
School Outcome
Colorado College Fourth Place
SE Missouri State Regional Champion
Southern Illinois Runner-up
Trinity (TX) Third Place
School Outcome
Cornell (IA) Third Place
Prairie View Runner-up
South Dakota State Regional Champion
Wisconsin–Superior Fourth Place
School Outcome
Chapman Third Place
Long Beach State Runner-up
Nevada Fourth Place
UC Santa Barbara Regional Champion

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Belmont Abbey 74
Kentucky Wesleyan 62
Belmont Abbey 63
Austin Peay 70
Austin Peay 77
Chattanooga 69
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Mount St. Mary's 83
Virginia Union 80
Mount St. Mary's 82
Albright 76
Albright 85
Fairfield 67
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Williams 74
Rochester 72
Williams 75
Bates 68
Bates 75
Springfield 63
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Wittenberg 43
Youngstown State 28
Wittenberg 48
Wabash 42
Wabash 94
South Carolina State 83
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Lincoln (MO) 90
Evansville 77
Lincoln 42
Chicago 55
Chicago 64
MacMurray 59
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
SE Missouri State 99
Colorado College 68
SE Missouri State 88
Southern Illinois 84
Southern Illinois 96
Trinity (TX) 82
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Prairie View 79
Wisconsin–Superior 68
Prairie Vew 84
South Dakota State 88
South Dakota State 90
Cornell (IA) 71
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Long Beach State 70
Chapman 66
Long Beach State 54
UC Santa Barbara 58
UC Santa Barbara 78
Nevada 57

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
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

*denotes each overtime played

See also

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