1963 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

1963 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions South Dakota State (1st title)
Runner-Up Wittenberg (2nd title game)
Semifinalists Oglethorpe (1st Final Four)
Southern Illinois (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach Jim Iverson (South Dakota State (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Wayne Rasmussen South Dakota State
Attendance 18,526
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«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 and South Dakota State's Wayne Rasmussen was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants

School Outcome
Austin Peay Fourth Place
Bellarmine Third Place
Oglethorpe Regional Champion
Tennessee Runner-up
School Outcome
Bloomsburg Runner-up
Hofstra Third Place
Mount St. Mary's Fourth Place
Philadelphia U Regional Champion
School Outcome
Buffalo Fourth Place
South Carolina State Runner-up
Wittenberg Regional Champion
Youngstown State Third Place
School Outcome
Assumption Third Place
Fairleigh Dickinson Fourth Place
Northeastern Regional Champion
Springfield Runner-up
School Outcome
Augustana (IL) Fourth Place
Concorda (IL) Third Place
Evansville Regional Champion
Washington-St. Louis Runner-up
School Outcome
Arkansas State Third Place
Lamar Runner-up
SE Missouri State Fourth Place
Southern Illinois Regional Champion
School Outcome
Cornell (IA) Fourth Place
Michigan Tech Third Place
Nebraska Wesleyan Runner-up
South Dakota State Regional Champion
School Outcome
Chapman Runner-up
Fresno State Regional Champion
San Francisco State Fourth Place
UC Santa Barbara Third Place

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Tennessee State 119
Austin Peay 94
Tennessee State 51
Oglethorpe 55
Oglethorpe 57
Bellarmine 49
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Bloomsburg 76
Mount St. Mary's 61
Bloomsburg 48
Philadelphia U 54
Philadelphia U 60
Hofstra 55
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
South Carolina State 80
Buffalo 63
South Carolina State 63
Wittenberg 70
Wittenberg 38
Youngstown State 31
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Springfield 66
Fairleigh Dickinson 54
Sprigfield 45
Northeastern 47
Northeastern 74
Assumption 60
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Evansville 66
Concordia (IL) 56
Evansville 85
Washington-St. Louis 76
Washington-St. Louis 71
Augustana 66
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Lamar 89
Arkansas State 88
Lamar 84
Southern Illinois 93
Southern Illinois 87
SE Missouri State 79
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Nebraska Wesleyan 86
Michigan Tech 69
Nebraska Wesleyan 75
South Dakota State 77
South Dakota State 71
Cornell (IA) 64
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Chapman 53
San Francisco State 50
Chapman 59
Fresno State 71
Fresno State 68
UC Santa Barbara 60

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Oglethorpe 36
Philadelphia U 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

*denotes each overtime played

See also

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