1961 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 1961 100px 32 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana Wittenberg Tigers 1st Southeast Missouri State Bears 1st South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1st Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers 2nd Ray Mears 1st Don Jacobson South Dakota State 13,002 The 1961 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 1960-61 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Wittenberg University and South Dakota State's Don Jacobson was the Most Outstanding Player. USA 450 right 1961 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA cyan pog.svg 36.3 -87.3 right Clarksville Austin Peay State College USA cyan pog.svg 41.9 -87.75 right Chicago University of Chicago USA cyan pog.svg 40.4 -76.3 bottom Reading Albright College USA cyan pog.svg 42.15 -72.4 top Springfield Springfield College USA cyan pog.svg 44.4 -97 top Brookings South Dakota State College USA cyan pog.svg 37.3 -89.4 left Cape Girardeau Southeast Missouri State College USA cyan pog.svg 34.33 -119.5 right Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara USA red pog.svg 38.15 -87.35 left Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium USA cyan pog.svg 40.1 -86.58 left Crawfordsville Wabash College Regional participants SchoolOutcomeAustin PeayRegional ChampionBelmont AbbeyRunner-upChattanoogaFourth PlaceKentucky WesleyanThird Place SchoolOutcomeAlbrightRunner-upFairfieldFourth PlaceMount St. Mary'sRegional ChampionVirginia UnionThird Place SchoolOutcomeBatesRunner-upRochesterThird PlaceSpringfieldFourth PlaceWilliamsRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeSouth Carolina StateFourth PlaceWabashRunner-upWittenbergRegional ChampionYoungstown StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeChicagoRegional ChampionEvansvilleThird PlaceLincoln (MO)Runner-upMacMurrayFourth Place SchoolOutcomeColorado CollegeFourth PlaceSE Missouri StateRegional ChampionSouthern IllinoisRunner-upTrinity (TX)Third Place SchoolOutcomeCornell (IA)Third PlacePrairie ViewRunner-upSouth Dakota StateRegional ChampionWisconsin–SuperiorFourth Place SchoolOutcomeChapmanThird PlaceLong Beach StateRunner-upNevadaFourth PlaceUC Santa BarbaraRegional Champion Regionals South – Clarksville, Tennessee Location: Memorial Health Building Host: Austin Peay State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 Belmont Abbey 74 Kentucky Wesleyan 62 Austin Peay 77 Chattanooga 69 Belmont Abbey 63 Austin Peay 70 Third place – Kentucky Wesleyan 111, Chattanooga 80 East – Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 Mount St. Mary's 83 Virginia Union 80 Albright 85 Fairfield 67 Mount St. Mary's 82 Albright 76 Third place – Virginia Union 70, Fairfield 66 Northeast – Springfield, Massachusetts Location: Judd Gymnasia Host: Springfield College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 Williams 74 Rochester 72 Bates 75 Springfield 63 Williams 75 Bates 68 Third place – Rochester 82, Springfield 68 Mideast – Crawfordsville, Indiana Location: Chadwick Court Host: Wabash College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 Wittenberg 43 Youngstown State 28 Wabash 94 South Carolina State 83 Wittenberg 48 Wabash 42 Third place – Youngstown State 96, South Carolina State 82 Great Lakes – Chicago, Illinois Location: Henry Crown Field House Host: University of Chicago Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 Lincoln (MO) 90 Evansville 77 Chicago 64 MacMurray 59 Lincoln 42 Chicago 55 Third place – Evansville 98, MacMurray 97* Southwest – Cape Girardeau, Missouri Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 SE Missouri State 99 Colorado College 68 Southern Illinois 96 Trinity (TX) 82 SE Missouri State 88 Southern Illinois 84 Third place – Trinity 75, Colorado College 58 Midwest – Brookings, South Dakota Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 Prairie View 79 Wisconsin–Superior 68 South Dakota State 90 Cornell (IA) 71 Prairie View 84 South Dakota State 88 Third place – Cornell 83, Wisconsin–Superior 72 Pacific Coast – Santa Barbara, California Location: Robertson Gymnasium Host: University of California, Santa Barbara Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 10 Regional finalSweet 16March 11 Long Beach State 70 Chapman 66 UC Santa Barbara 78 Nevada 57 Long Beach State 54 UC Santa Barbara 58 Third place – Chapman 68, Nevada 63 *denotes each overtime played National finals – Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College National quarterfinalsElite EightMarch 16 National semifinalsFinal FourMarch 17 National championshipMarch 18 Austin Peay 78 Mount St. Mary's 96 Williams 51 Wittenberg 64 Chicago 41 SE Missouri State 67 South Dakota State 79 UC Santa Barbara 65 Mount St. Mary's 49 Wittenberg 65 SE Missouri State 81 South Dakota State 69 Wittenberg 42 SE Missouri State 38 Third place – South Dakota State 77, Mount St. Mary's 76 *denotes each overtime played All-tournament team George Fisher (Wittenberg) Don Jacobsen (South Dakota State) John O'Reilly (Mount Saint Mary's) Vivian Reed (Southeast Missouri State) Carl Ritter (Southeast Missouri State) See also 1961 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1961 NAIA Basketball Tournament References Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1961 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