1960 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament
1960 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament |
Teams |
32 |
Finals Site |
Evansville, Indiana |
Champions |
Evansville (2nd title) |
Runner-Up |
Chapman (1st title game) |
Semifinalists |
Kentucky Wesleyan (2nd Final Four) Cornell (IA) (1st Final Four) |
Winning Coach |
Arad McCutchan (Evansville (2nd title)) |
Most Outstanding Player |
Ed Smallwood Evansville |
Attendance |
27,836 |
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
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The 1960 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 1959-60 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| St. Michael's
| 73
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| Assumption
| 50
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| | St. Michael's
| 99
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| | St. Anselm
| 95
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| St. Anselm
| 108
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| Le Moyne
| 75
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- Third Place - Assumption 94, Le Moyne 68
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 108
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| Johnson C. Smith
| 80
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 83
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| | Austin Peay
| 69
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| Austin Peay
| 74
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| Belmont Abbey
| 63
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- Third Place - Belmont Abbey 70, Johnson C. Smith 59
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Fairfield
| 56
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| Drexel
| 44
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| | Fairfield
| 74
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| | American
| 75
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| American
| 83
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| Upsala
| 74
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- Third Place - Upsala 74, Drexel 69
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Evansville
| 91
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| Arkansas State
| 74
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| | Evansville
| 89
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| | Wabash
| 68
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| Wabash
| 76
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| Buffalo
| 65
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- Third Place - Buffalo 53, Arkansas State 52
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wheaton (IL)
| 82
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| Augstana (IL)
| 67
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| | Wheaton
| 78
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| | Lincoln
| 59
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 100
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| Milwaukee
| 92
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- Third Place - Milwaukee 109, Augustana 82
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Fresno State
| 62
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| San Francisco State
| 49
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| | Fresno State
| 62
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| | Chapman
| 70
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| Chapman
| 73
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| Trinity (TX)
| 52
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- Third Place - Trinity 72, San Francisco State 64
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cornell (IA)
| 72
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| Wartburg
| 67
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| | Cornell
| 93
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| | Prairie View
| 79
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| Prairie View
| 78
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| South Dakota State
| 65
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- Third Place - South Dakota State 93,Wartburg 77
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Truman
| 82
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| Lamar
| 81
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| | Truman
| 79
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| | Abilene Christian
| 76
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| Abilene Christian
| 109
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| Colorado College
| 65
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- Third Place - Lamar 88, Colorado College 67
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| St. Michael's
| 55
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 99
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 69
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| | Evansville
| 76
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| American
| 91
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| Evansville
| 101
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| | Evansville
| 90
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| | Chapman
| 69
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| Wheaton
| 67
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| Chapman
| 73
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| | Chapman
| 79
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| | Cornell
| 64
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| Cornell
| 83
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| Truman
| 81
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- Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 86, Cornell 76
*denotes each overtime played
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