1968 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1968 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 36 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 1967-8 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the Kentucky Wesleyan College and Indiana State's Jerry Newsom was the Most Outstanding Player. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the NAIA (1946 and 1948), the NCAA Division I (1979) and the NCAA Division II (1968).
Regional participants
*indicates a tie
Regionals
| First Round
| | | Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Bridgeport
| 86
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| Springfield
| 62
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| | Bridgeport
| 67
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| | American International
| 77
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| American International
| 80
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| Assumption
| 78
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| | American International
| 79
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| | Buffalo State
| 64
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| Buffalo State
| 83
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| Le Moyne
| 66
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| | Buffalo State
| 79
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| | Rochester
| 67
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| Rochester
| 75
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| Northeastern
| 67
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- Consolation- Assumption 94, Springfield 75
- Consolation- Northeastern 67, Le Moyne 54
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 86
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| Oglethorpe
| 59
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 66
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| | Union
| 58
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| Union (TN)
| 81
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| Bethune-Cookman
| 67
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- Third Place - Oglethorpe 82, Bethune-Cookman 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cheyney
| 94
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| Muhlenberg
| 67
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| | Cheyney
| 72
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| | Wagner
| 57
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| Wagner
| 98
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| Philadelphia U
| 84
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- Third Place -Philadelphia U 105, Muhlenberg 94
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Norfolk State
| 108
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| Denison
| 86
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| | Norfolk State
| 51
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| | Ashland
| 61
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| Ashland
| 71
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| Roanoke
| 46
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- Third Place - Denison 90, Roanoke 77
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Evansville
| 95
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 80
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| | Evansville
| 79
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| | SW Missouri State
| 73
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| SW Missouri State
| 69
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| Southern Colorado
| 68
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- Third Place - Lincoln 92, Southern Colorado 77
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Texas-Pan American
| 96
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| Jackson State
| 73
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| | Texas-Pan American
| 83
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| | Trinity
| 87*
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| Trinity (TX)
| 95
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| McNeese State
| 78
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- Third Place - Jackson State 75, McNeese State 71
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Indiana State
| 101
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| South Dakota State
| 83
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| | Indiana State
| 98
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| | Illinois State
| 93
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| Illinois State
| 83
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| DePauw
| 81
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- Third Place - South Dakota State 86, DePauw 84
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| UNLV
| 96
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| UC Davis
| 91
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| | UNLV
| 79
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| | UC Irvine
| 74
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| UC Irvine
| 78
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| San Diego State
| 69
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- Third Place - San Diego State 79, UC Davis 72
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| American International
| 78
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 90
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 45
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| | Ashland
| 32
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| Cheyney
| 30
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| Ashland
| 45
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| | Kentucky Weslayan
| 63
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| | Indiana State
| 52
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| Evansville
| 77
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| Trinity (TX)
| 93
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| | Trinity
| 67
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| | Indiana State
| 77
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| Indiana State
| 94
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| UNLV
| 75
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- Third Place - Trinity 68, Ashland 52
*denotes each overtime played
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