1963 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels (1st Final Four)
- Southern Illinois Salukis (2nd Final Four)
NCAA Division II men's tournaments | |
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«1962 | 1964» |
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.
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Regional participants
School | Outcome | |
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Austin Peay | Fourth Place | |
Bellarmine | Third Place | |
Oglethorpe | Regional Champion | |
Tennessee State | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Bloomsburg | Runner-up | |
Hofstra | Third Place | |
Mount St. Mary's | Fourth Place | |
Philadelphia Textile | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Buffalo | Fourth Place | |
South Carolina State | Runner-up | |
Wittenberg | Regional Champion | |
Youngstown State | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Assumption | Third Place | |
Fairleigh Dickinson | Fourth Place | |
Northeastern | Regional Champion | |
Springfield | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Augustana (IL) | Fourth Place | |
Concordia (IL) | Third Place | |
Evansville | Regional Champion | |
Washington (MO) | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Arkansas State | Third Place | |
Lamar | Runner-up | |
SE Missouri State | Fourth Place | |
Southern Illinois | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Cornell (IA) | Fourth Place | |
Michigan Tech | Third Place | |
Nebraska Wesleyan | Runner-up | |
South Dakota State | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Chapman | Runner-up | |
Fresno State | Regional Champion | |
San Francisco State | Fourth Place | |
UC Santa Barbara | Third Place |
Regionals
South Central - Louisville, Kentucky
Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 119 | ||||||||
Austin Peay | 94 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 51 | ||||||||
Oglethorpe | 55 | ||||||||
Oglethorpe | 57 | ||||||||
Bellarmine | 49 |
- Third Place - Bellarmine 96, Austin Peay 86
East - Reading, Pennsylvania
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Bloomsburg | 76 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 61 | ||||||||
Bloomsburg | 48 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 54 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 60 | ||||||||
Hofstra | 55 |
- Third Place - Hofstra 78, Mount St. Mary's 71
Mideast - Akron, Ohio
Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
South Carolina State | 80 | ||||||||
Buffalo | 63 | ||||||||
South Carolina State | 63 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 70 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 38 | ||||||||
Youngstown State | 31 |
- Third Place—Youngstown State 65, Buffalo 53
Northeast—Boston, Massachusetts
Location: Cabot Center Host: Northeastern University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Springfield | 66 | ||||||||
Fairleigh Dickinson | 54 | ||||||||
Springfield | 45 | ||||||||
Northeastern | 47 | ||||||||
Northeastern | 74 | ||||||||
Assumption | 60 |
- Third Place—Assumption 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 51
Great Lakes - St. Louis, Missouri
Location: Washington Field House Host: Washington University in St. Louis
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Evansville | 66 | ||||||||
Concordia (IL) | 56 | ||||||||
Evansville | 85 | ||||||||
Washington (MO) | 76 | ||||||||
Washington (MO) | 71 | ||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 66 |
- Third Place—Concordia 92, Augustana (IL) 84
Southwest - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Lamar | 89 | ||||||||
Arkansas State | 88 | ||||||||
Lamar | 84 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 93 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 87 | ||||||||
SE Missouri State | 79 |
- Third Place—Arkansas State 77, SE Missouri State 75
Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota
Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Nebraska Wesleyan | 86 | ||||||||
Michigan Tech | 69 | ||||||||
Nebraska Wesleyan | 75 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 77 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 71 | ||||||||
Cornell (IA) | 64 |
- Third Place - Michigan Tech 71, Cornell 61
Pacific Coast - Fresno, California
Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Chapman | 53 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 50 | ||||||||
Chapman | 59 | ||||||||
Fresno State | 71 | ||||||||
Fresno State | 68 | ||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 60 |
- 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 Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 13 | National semifinals Final Four March 14 | National Championship March 15 | ||||||||||||
Oglethorpe | 36 | |||||||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 34 | |||||||||||||
Oglethorpe | 37 | |||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 46 | |||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 48 | |||||||||||||
Northeastern | 47 | |||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 42 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 44 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 73 | |||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 86 | |||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 76 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 80 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 84 | |||||||||||||
Fresno State | 71 |
- 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
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
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