1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 1962 100px 32 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers 1st Sacramento State Hornets 1st Southern Illinois Salukis 1st Nebraska Wesleyan Plainsmen 1st Jim Phelan 1st Ron Roohrer Sacramento State 7,749 The 1962 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 1961–62 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Mount St. Mary's University and Sacramento State's Ron Rohrer was the Most Outstanding Player. USA 450 right 1962 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA cyan pog.svg 38.15 -87.35 left Evansville Evansville College USA cyan pog.svg 41.1 -81.5 right Akron Municipal University of Akron USA cyan pog.svg 40.4 -76.3 bottom Reading Albright College USA cyan pog.svg 43.15 -77.65 top Rochester University of Rochester USA cyan pog.svg 40.7 -96.62 left Lincoln Nebraska Wesleyan College USA cyan pog.svg 35.6 -90.7 left Jonesboro Arkansas State College USA cyan pog.svg 38.45 -121.4 right Sacramento Sacramento State College USA red pog.svg 38.15 -86.75 left Roberts Municipal Stadium USA cyan pog.svg 41.36 -87.1 left Valparaiso Valparaiso University Regional participants SchoolOutcomeFairfieldRunner-upNortheasternRegional ChampionRochesterFourth PlaceSt. AnselmThird Place SchoolOutcomeEvansvilleRunner-upNorth Carolina A&TThird PlaceSouthern IllinoisRegional ChampionUnion (TN)Fourth Place SchoolOutcomeAlbrightThird PlaceC. W. PostFourth PlaceHofstra UniversityRunner-upMount St. Mary'sRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeFlorida A&MRunner-upGannonFourth PlaceWittenbergRegional ChampionYoungstown StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeCal Poly PomonaRunner-upFresno StateFourth PlaceSacramento StateRegional ChampionSeattle PacificThird Place SchoolOutcomeConcordia (IL)Runner-upIllinois StateFourth PlaceKentucky StateThird PlaceValparaisoRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeAbilene ChristianFourth PlaceArkansas StateRunner-upLamarThird PlaceSE Missouri StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeGrinnellFourth PlaceHamlineThird PlaceNebraska WesleyanRegional ChampionNorthern IowaRunner-up Regionals Northeast - Rochester, New York Location: Louis Alexander Palestra Host: University of Rochester Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 9 Regional FinalSweet 16March 10 Northeastern 88 St. Anselm 78 Fairfield 86 Rochester 75 Northeastern 80 Fairfield 69 Third Place - St. Anselm 83, Rochester 64 South Central - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Southern Illinois 70 Union (TN) 56 Evansville 97 North Carolina A&T 82 Southern Illinois 88 Evansville 83 Third Place - North Carolina A&T 84, Union 80 East - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Mount St. Mary's 67* Albright 64 Hofstra 56 C. W. Post 55 Mount St. Mary's 66 Hofstra 54 Third Place - Albright 65, C. W. Post 59 Mideast - Akron, Ohio Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Florida A&M 74 Youngstown State 60 Wittenberg 69 Gannon 43 Florida A&M 33 Wittenberg 35 Third Place - Youngstown State 58, Gannon 52 Pacific Coast - Sacramento, California Location: Hornet Gym Host: Sacramento State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Cal Poly Pomona 88 Fresno State 81 Sacramento State 68 Seattle Pacific 57 Cal Poly Pomona 65 Sacramento State 73 Third Place - Seattle Pacific 73, Fresno State 68 Great Lakes - Valparaiso, Indiana Location: Athletics-Recreation Center Host: Valparaiso University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 Concordia (IL) 79 Illinois State 61 Valparaiso 75 Kentucky State 61 Concordia 72 Valparaiso 75 Third Place - Kentucky State 77, Illinois State 72 Southwest - Jonesboro, Arkansas Location: Indian Fieldhouse Host: Arkansas State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 8 Regional FinalSweet 16March 9 SE Missouri State 57 Abilene Christian 55 Arkansas State 66 Lamar 65 SE Missouri State 76 Arkansas State 64 Third Place - Lamar 83, Abilene Christian 74 Midwest - Lincoln, Nebraska Location: Ira J. Taylor Gymnasium Host: Nebraska Wesleyan College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 9 Regional FinalSweet 16March 10 Northern Iowa 81 Hamline 68 Nebraska Wesleyan 71 Grinnell 65 Northern Iowa 77 Nebraska Wesleyan 78 Third Place - Hamline 76, Grinnell 68 *denotes each overtime played National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College National QuarterfinalsElite EightMarch 15 National semifinalsFinal FourMarch 16 National ChampionshipMarch 17 Northeastern 57 Southern Illinois 73 Mount St. Mary's 43 Wittenberg 39 Sacramento State 61 Valparaiso 54 SE Missouri State 61 Nebraska Wesleyan 71* Southern Illinois 57 Mount St. Mary's 58 Sacramento State 74** Nebraska Wesleyan 73 Mount St. Mary's 58* Sacramento State 57 Third Place - Southern Illinois 98, Nebraska Wesleyan 81 *denotes each overtime played All-tournament team Jim Mumford (Nebraska Wesleyan) John O'Reilly (Mount Saint Mary's) Ed Pfeiffer (Mount Saint Mary's) Ron Rohrer (Sacramento State) Ed Spila (Southern Illinois) See also 1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1962 NAIA Basketball Tournament References Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1962 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