1961 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
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.
Clarksville
Chicago
Reading
Springfield
Brookings
Cape Girardeau
Santa Barbara
Evansville
Crawfordsville
1961 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)
| Teams | 32 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Wittenberg Tigers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Southeast Missouri State Bears (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Ray Mears (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Don Jacobson (South Dakota State) | ||||
| Attendance | 13,002 | ||||
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Regional participants
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Peay | Regional Champion | |
| Belmont Abbey | Runner-up | |
| Chattanooga | Fourth Place | |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Albright | Runner-up | |
| Fairfield | Fourth Place | |
| Mount St. Mary's | Regional Champion | |
| Virginia Union | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Bates | Runner-up | |
| Rochester | Third Place | |
| Springfield | Fourth Place | |
| Williams | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina State | Fourth Place | |
| Wabash | Runner-up | |
| Wittenberg | Regional Champion | |
| Youngstown State | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | Regional Champion | |
| Evansville | Third Place | |
| Lincoln (MO) | Runner-up | |
| MacMurray | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado College | Fourth Place | |
| SE Missouri State | Regional Champion | |
| Southern Illinois | Runner-up | |
| Trinity (TX) | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell (IA) | Third Place | |
| Prairie View | Runner-up | |
| South Dakota State | Regional Champion | |
| Wisconsin–Superior | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Chapman | Third Place | |
| Long Beach State | Runner-up | |
| Nevada | Fourth Place | |
| UC Santa Barbara | Regional Champion | |
Regionals
South – Clarksville, Tennessee
Location: Memorial Health Building Host: Austin Peay State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Belmont Abbey | 74 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 62 | ||||||||
| Belmont Abbey | 63 | ||||||||
| Austin Peay | 70 | ||||||||
| Austin Peay | 77 | ||||||||
| Chattanooga | 69 | ||||||||
- Third place – Kentucky Wesleyan 111, Chattanooga 80
East – Reading, Pennsylvania
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 83 | ||||||||
| Virginia Union | 80 | ||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 82 | ||||||||
| Albright | 76 | ||||||||
| Albright | 85 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 67 | ||||||||
- Third place – Virginia Union 70, Fairfield 66
Northeast – Springfield, Massachusetts
Location: Judd Gymnasia Host: Springfield College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Williams | 74 | ||||||||
| Rochester | 72 | ||||||||
| Williams | 75 | ||||||||
| Bates | 68 | ||||||||
| Bates | 75 | ||||||||
| Springfield | 63 | ||||||||
- Third place – Rochester 82, Springfield 68
Mideast – Crawfordsville, Indiana
Location: Chadwick Court Host: Wabash College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Wittenberg | 43 | ||||||||
| Youngstown State | 28 | ||||||||
| Wittenberg | 48 | ||||||||
| Wabash | 42 | ||||||||
| Wabash | 94 | ||||||||
| South Carolina State | 83 | ||||||||
- Third place – Youngstown State 96, South Carolina State 82
Great Lakes – Chicago, Illinois
Location: Henry Crown Field House Host: University of Chicago
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Lincoln (MO) | 90 | ||||||||
| Evansville | 77 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 42 | ||||||||
| Chicago | 55 | ||||||||
| Chicago | 64 | ||||||||
| MacMurray | 59 | ||||||||
- Third place – Evansville 98, MacMurray 97*
Southwest – Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 99 | ||||||||
| Colorado College | 68 | ||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 88 | ||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 84 | ||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 96 | ||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 82 | ||||||||
- Third place – Trinity 75, Colorado College 58
Midwest – Brookings, South Dakota
Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Prairie View | 79 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin–Superior | 68 | ||||||||
| Prairie View | 84 | ||||||||
| South Dakota State | 88 | ||||||||
| South Dakota State | 90 | ||||||||
| Cornell (IA) | 71 | ||||||||
- Third place – Cornell 83, Wisconsin–Superior 72
Pacific Coast – Santa Barbara, California
Location: Robertson Gymnasium Host: University of California, Santa Barbara
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Long Beach State | 70 | ||||||||
| Chapman | 66 | ||||||||
| Long Beach State | 54 | ||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 58 | ||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 78 | ||||||||
| Nevada | 57 | ||||||||
- Third place – Chapman 68, Nevada 63
*denotes each overtime played
National finals – Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
| National quarterfinals Elite Eight March 16 | National semifinals Final Four March 17 | National championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 78 | |||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 96 | |||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 65 | |||||||||||||
| Williams | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 42 | |||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Chicago | 41 | |||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 67 | |||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 81 | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 69 | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 79 | |||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 65 | |||||||||||||
- 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)
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