1969 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
The 1969 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1968–69 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Kentucky Wesleyan's George Tinsley named the Most Outstanding Player.
American International College's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants
*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals
Location:
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Oglethorpe
| 68
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| Old Dominion
| 60
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| | Oglethorpe
| 74
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| | Mount St. Mary's
| 56
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 95
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| Norfolk State
| 80
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- Third Place - Norfolk State 113, Old Dominion 102
Location: Owensboro Sportscenter
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Alcorn State
| 76
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| Bellarmine
| 75
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| | Alcorn State
| 79
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 83
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 77
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| Transylvania
| 61
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- Third Place - Transylvania 65, Bellarmine 64
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| San Francisco State
| 81
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| UC Irvine
| 55
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| | San Francisco State
| 77
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| | UNLV
| 72
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| UNLV
| 84
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| UC Davis
| 81
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- Third Place -UC Irvine 82, UC Davis 70
Location: Butova Gymnasium
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Springfield
| 91
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| Central Connecticut State
| 80
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| | Springfield
| 68
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| | American International
| 91
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| American International
| 79
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| Assumption
| 77
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- Third Place - Assumption 98, Central Connecticut State 77
Location: Henninger Athletic Center
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wagner
| 109
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| Albany
| 64
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| | Wagner
| 78
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| | Montclair State
| 101
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| Montclair State
| 79
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| Le Moyne
| 75
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- Third Place - Albany 71, Le Moyne 70
Location: McDonald Hall and Arena
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| South Dakota State
| 79
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 77
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| | South Dakota State
| 74
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| | SW Missouri State
| 87
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| SW Missouri State
| 75
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| St. Olaf
| 47
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- Third Place - Lincoln 77, St. Olaf 72
Location: Athletics–Recreation Center
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Illinois State
| 87
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| North Park
| 82
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| | Illinois State
| 103
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| | Valparaiso
| 87
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| Valparaiso
| 91
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| Concordia (IL)
| 81
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- Third Place - North Park 90, Concordia 73
Location: Kates Gymnasium
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cheyney
| 84
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| Wittenberg
| 70
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| | Cheyney
| 56
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| | Ashland
| 66
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| Ashland
| 43
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| Philadelphia Textile
| 40
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- Third Place - Philadelphia Textile 76, Wittenberg 74
*denotes each overtime played
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| Oglethorpe
| 68
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 82
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 83*
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| | American International
| 82
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| San Francisco State
| 75
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| American International
| 80
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| | Kentucky Weslayan
| 75
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| | SW Missouri State
| 71
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| Montcair State
| 76
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| SW Missouri State
| 92
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| | SW Missouri State
| 58
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| | Ashland
| 48
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| Illinois State
| 35
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| Ashland
| 41
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- Third Place - American International 53, Ashland 51
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Mert Bancroft (Southwest Missouri State)
- Tommy Hobgood (Kentucky Wesleyan)
- Curtis Perry (Southwest Missouri State)
- Bob Rutherford (American International)
- George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan)
See also
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