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.
| Teams | 32 |
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana |
| Champions | South Dakota State Jackrabbits (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Wittenberg Tigers (2nd title game) |
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| Winning coach | Jim Iverson (1st title) |
| MOP | Wayne Rasmussen, South Dakota State |
| Attendance | 18,526 |
Regional participants
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Regionals
South Central - Louisville, Kentucky
Location: Knights Hall
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | ||||||||
| 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
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 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)
References
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