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1963 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

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.

Regional participants

Regionals

South Central - Louisville, Kentucky

Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine College

  • Third Place - Bellarmine 96, Austin Peay 86

East - Reading, Pennsylvania

Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College

  • Third Place - Hofstra 78, Mount St. Mary's 71

Mideast - Akron, Ohio

Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron

  • Third Place—Youngstown State 65, Buffalo 53

Northeast—⁣Boston, Massachusetts

Location: Cabot Center Host: Northeastern University

  • Third Place—Assumption 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 51

Great Lakes - St. Louis, Missouri

Location: Washington Field House Host: Washington University in St. Louis

  • Third Place—Concordia 92, Augustana (IL) 84

Southwest - Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College

  • Third Place—Arkansas State 77, SE Missouri State 75

Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota

Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College

  • Third Place - Michigan Tech 71, Cornell 61

Pacific Coast - Fresno, California

Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College

  • Third Place—UC Santa Barbara 58, San Francisco State 56

<nowiki>*</nowiki>denotes each overtime played

National Finals—⁣Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College

  • Third Place—Oglethorpe 68, Southern Illinois 64

<nowiki>*</nowiki>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

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