1968 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 1968 100px 36 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers 2nd Indiana State Sycamores 1st Trinity (TX) Tigers 1st Ashland Eagles 1st Bob Daniels 1st Jerry Newsom Indiana State 33,899 The 1968 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 36 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 1967–68 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Indiana State's Jerry Newsom named Most Outstanding Player. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the (1946 and 1948) NAIA Tournaments, the (1979) NCAA Division I Tournament, and the 1968 NCAA College Division Tournament. USA 450 right 1968 NCAA Division II Men's sites - first 2 rounds (white) regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA white pog.svg 42.25 -71.8 top Worcester Assumption University (Worcester) USA white pog.svg 43.15 -77.65 left Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology USA cyan pog.svg 40.9 -82.25 bottom Ashland Ashland University USA cyan pog.svg 35.65 -88.58 left Jackson Union University USA cyan pog.svg 40.4 -76.3 right Reading Cheyney State College USA cyan pog.svg 42.15 -73 bottom Springfield American International College USA cyan pog.svg 30.4 -92.8 right Lake Charles McNeese State University USA cyan pog.svg 40.37 -88.7 top Normal Illinois State University at Normal USA red pog.svg 38.15 -87.5 bottom Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium USA cyan pog.svg 32.8 -116.9 right San Diego San Diego State College USA cyan pog.svg 37.4 -93.3 left Springfield Southwest Missouri State College Regional participants 25em SchoolOutcomeAmerican InternationalRegional ChampionAssumptionFifth Place*BridgeportThird Place*Buffalo StateRunner-upLe MoyneSeventh Place*NortheasternFifth Place*RochesterThird Place*SpringfieldSeventh Place* SchoolOutcomeBethune–CookmanFourth PlaceKentucky WesleyanRegional ChampionOglethorpeThird PlaceUnion (TN)Runner-up SchoolOutcomeCheyneyRegional ChampionMuhlenbergFourth PlacePhiladelphia TextileThird PlaceWagnerRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAshlandRegional ChampionDenisonThird PlaceNorfolk StateRunner-upRoanokeFourth Place SchoolOutcomeEvansvilleRegional ChampionLincoln (MO)Third PlaceSouthern ColoradoFourth PlaceSW Missouri StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeJackson StateThird PlaceMcNeese StateFourth PlacePan AmericanRunner-upTrinity (TX)Regional Champion SchoolOutcomeDePauwFourth PlaceIllinois StateRunner-upIndiana StateRegional ChampionSouth Dakota StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeNevada SouthernRegional ChampionSan Diego StateThird PlaceUC DavisFourth PlaceUC IrvineRunner-up *indicates a tie Regionals Northeast Locations: Assumption College Gymnasium (Section A), University of Rochester Palestra (Section B) and Henry A. Butova Gymnasium (Regional final) Hosts: Assumption College (Section A), University of Rochester (Section B) and American International College (Regional final) First roundRound of 36March 5 Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional Final - Butova Gymnasium, Springfield, MASweet 16March 8 Section A—Worcester, MA Section B—Rochester, NY Bridgeport 86 Springfield 62 American International 80 Assumption 78 Buffalo State 83 Le Moyne 66 Rochester 75 Northeastern 67 Bridgeport 67 American International 77 Buffalo State 79 Rochester 67 American International 79 Buffalo State 64 Consolation- Assumption 94, Springfield 75 Consolation- Northeastern 67, Le Moyne 54 Notes The right to host the regional final was given to team emerging from the games played in Worcester, unless that team was Bridgeport, whose home court was either unavailable or deemed unsuitable to host the regional final.https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/syracuse/syracuse-post-standard/1968/02-29/page-29 Dolphins Get Official Word The Post-Standard Syracuse, New York Reddy Ed 29 February 29, 1968 April 25, 2024 South - Jackson, Tennessee Location: unknown Host: Union University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Kentucky Wesleyan 86 Oglethorpe 59 Union (TN) 81 Bethune–Cookman 67 Kentucky Wesleyan 66 Union 58 Third Place - Oglethorpe 82, Bethune-Cookman 70 East - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Cheyney 94 Muhlenberg 67 Wagner 98 Philadelphia Textile 84 Cheyney 72 Wagner 57 Third Place -Philadelphia Textile 105, Muhlenberg 94 Mideast - Ashland, Ohio Location: Kates Gymnasium Host: Ashland University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Norfolk State 108 Denison 86 Ashland 71 Roanoke 46 Norfolk State 51 Ashland 61 Third Place - Denison 90, Roanoke 77 Midwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Evansville 95 Lincoln (MO) 80 SW Missouri State 69 Southern Colorado 68 Evansville 79 SW Missouri State 73 Third Place - Lincoln 92, Southern Colorado 77 Southwest - Lake Charles, Louisiana Location: Memorial Gym Host: McNeese State University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Pan American 96 Jackson State 73 Trinity (TX) 95 McNeese State 78 Pan American 83 Trinity (TX) 87* Third Place - Jackson State 75, McNeese State 71 Great Lakes - Normal, Illinois Location: Horton Field House Host: Illinois State University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Indiana State 101 South Dakota State 83 Illinois State 83 DePauw 81 Indiana State 98 Illinois State 93 Third Place - South Dakota State 86, DePauw 84 Pacific Coast - San Diego, California Location: Peterson Gym Host: San Diego State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Nevada Southern 96 UC Davis 91 UC Irvine 78 San Diego State 69 Nevada Southern 79 UC Irvine 74 Third Place - San Diego State 79, UC Davis 72 *denotes each overtime played National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville National QuarterfinalsElite EightMarch 13 National semifinalsFinal FourMarch 14 National ChampionshipMarch 15 American International 78 Kentucky Wesleyan 90 Cheyney 30 Ashland 45 Evansville 77 Trinity (TX) 93 Indiana State 94 Nevada Southern 75 Kentucky Wesleyan 45 Ashland 32 Trinity (TX) 67 Indiana State 77 Kentucky Wesleyan 63 Indiana State 52 Third Place - Trinity 68, Ashland 52 *denotes each overtime played All-tournament team Fred Hardman (Indiana State) Larry Jeffries (Trinity (TX)) Jerry Newsom (Indiana State) Dallas Thornton (Kentucky Wesleyan) George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan) See also 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1968 NAIA Basketball Tournament References Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1968 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