1963 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 1963 100px 32 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1st Wittenberg Tigers 2nd Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels 1st Southern Illinois Salukis 2nd Jim Iverson 1st Wayne Rasmussen South Dakota State 18,526 The 1963 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 1962–63 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by South Dakota State University, with South Dakota State's Wayne Rasmussen named Most Outstanding Player. USA 450 right 1963 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA cyan pog.svg 40.8 -82 left Akron University of Akron Municipal University of Akron USA cyan pog.svg 38.5 -90.3 left St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis USA cyan pog.svg 40.4 -76.3 bottom Reading Albright College USA cyan pog.svg 42.3 -71.1 top Boston Cabot Center USA cyan pog.svg 44.4 -97 top Brookings South Dakota State College USA cyan pog.svg 37.3 -89.4 bottom Cape Girardeau Southeast Missouri State College USA cyan pog.svg 36.6 -119.6 bottom Fresno Fresno State College USA cyan pog.svg 38.2 -85.6 right Louisville Bellarmine College USA red pog.svg 38.15 -87.35 top Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium Regional participants SchoolOutcomeAustin PeayFourth PlaceBellarmineThird PlaceOglethorpeRegional ChampionTennessee StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeBloomsburgRunner-upHofstraThird PlaceMount St. Mary'sFourth PlacePhiladelphia TextileRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBuffaloFourth PlaceSouth Carolina StateRunner-upWittenbergRegional ChampionYoungstown StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeAssumptionThird PlaceFairleigh DickinsonFourth PlaceNortheasternRegional ChampionSpringfieldRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAugustana (IL)Fourth PlaceConcordia (IL)Third PlaceEvansvilleRegional ChampionWashington (MO)Runner-up SchoolOutcomeArkansas StateThird PlaceLamarRunner-upSE Missouri StateFourth PlaceSouthern IllinoisRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeCornell (IA)Fourth PlaceMichigan TechThird PlaceNebraska WesleyanRunner-upSouth Dakota StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeChapmanRunner-upFresno StateRegional ChampionSan Francisco StateFourth PlaceUC Santa BarbaraThird Place Regionals South Central - Louisville, Kentucky Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Tennessee State 119 Austin Peay 94 Oglethorpe 57 Bellarmine 49 Tennessee State 51 Oglethorpe 55 Third Place - Bellarmine 96, Austin Peay 86 East - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Bloomsburg 76 Mount St. Mary's 61 Philadelphia Textile 60 Hofstra 55 Bloomsburg 48 Philadelphia Textile 54 Third Place - Hofstra 78, Mount St. Mary's 71 Mideast - Akron, Ohio Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 South Carolina State 80 Buffalo 63 Wittenberg 38 Youngstown State 31 South Carolina State 63 Wittenberg 70 Third Place—Youngstown State 65, Buffalo 53 Northeast—⁣Boston, Massachusetts Location: Cabot Center Host: Northeastern University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Springfield 66 Fairleigh Dickinson 54 Northeastern 74 Assumption 60 Springfield 45 Northeastern 47 Third Place—Assumption 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 51 Great Lakes - St. Louis, Missouri Location: Washington Field House Host: Washington University in St. Louis Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Evansville 66 Concordia (IL) 56 Washington (MO) 71 Augustana (IL) 66 Evansville 85 Washington (MO) 76 Third Place—Concordia 92, Augustana (IL) 84 Southwest - Cape Girardeau, Missouri Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Lamar 89 Arkansas State 88 Southern Illinois 87 SE Missouri State 79 Lamar 84 Southern Illinois 93 Third Place—Arkansas State 77, SE Missouri State 75 Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Nebraska Wesleyan 86 Michigan Tech 69 South Dakota State 71 Cornell (IA) 64 Nebraska Wesleyan 75 South Dakota State 77 Third Place - Michigan Tech 71, Cornell 61 Pacific Coast - Fresno, California Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Chapman 53 San Francisco State 50 Fresno State 68 UC Santa Barbara 60 Chapman 59 Fresno State 71 Third Place—UC Santa Barbara 58, San Francisco State 56 *denotes each overtime played National Finals—⁣Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College National QuarterfinalsElite EightMarch 13 National semifinalsFinal FourMarch 14 National ChampionshipMarch 15 Oglethorpe 36 Philadelphia Textile 34 Wittenberg 48 Northeastern 47 Evansville 73 Southern Illinois 86 South Dakota State 84 Fresno State 71 Oglethorpe 37 Wittenberg 46 Southern Illinois 76 South Dakota State 80 Wittenberg 42 South Dakota State 44 Third Place—Oglethorpe 68, Southern Illinois 64 *denotes each overtime played All-tournament team Tom Black (South Dakota State) Bob Cherry (Wittenberg) Bill Fisher (Wittenberg) Wayne Rasmussen (South Dakota State) Al Thrasher (Wittenberg) See also 1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1963 NAIA Basketball Tournament References Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1963 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com Category:NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament Tournament NCAA College Division basketball tournament NCAA College Division basketball tournament