1968 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

1968 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 36
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Kentucky Wesleyan (2nd title)
Runner-Up Indiana State (1st title game)
Semifinalists Trinity (TX) (1st Final Four)
Ashland (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach Bob Daniels (Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Jerry Newsom Indiana State
Attendance 33,899
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1967  1969»

The 1968 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament involved 36 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 1967-68 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the Kentucky Wesleyan College and Indiana State's Jerry Newsom was the Most Outstanding Player. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the (1946 and 1948) NAIA Tournaments, the (1979) NCAA Division I Tournament, and the 1968 NCAA Division II Tournament.

Regional participants

School Outcome
American International Regional Champion
Assumption Fifth Place*
Bridgeport Third Place*
Buffalo State Runner-up
Le Moyne Seventh Place*
Northeastern Fifth Place*
Rochester Third Place*
Springfield Seventh Place*
School Outcome
Bethune Cookman Fourth Place
Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion
Oglethorpe Third Place
Union (TN) Runner-up
School Outcome
Cheyney Regional Champion
Muhlenberg Fourth Place
Philadelphia U Third Place
Wagner Runner-up
School Outcome
Ashland Regional Champion
Denison Third Place
Norfolk State Runner-up
Roanoke Fourth Place
School Outcome
Evansville Regional Champion
Lincoln (MO) Third Place
Southern Colorado Fourth Place
SW Missouri State Runner-up
School Outcome
Jackson State Third Place
McNeese State Fourth Place
Texas-Pan American Runner-up
Trinity (TX) Regional Champion
School Outcome
DePauw Fourth Place
Illinois State Runner-up
Indiana State Regional Champion
South Dakota State Third Place
School Outcome
San Diego State Third Place
UC Davis Fourth Place
UC Irvine Runner-up
UNLV Regional Champion

*indicates a tie

Regionals

First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Final
         
Bridgeport 86
Springfield 62
Bridgeport 67
American International 77
American International 80
Assumption 78
American International 79
Buffalo State 64
Buffalo State 83
Le Moyne 66
Buffalo State 79
Rochester 67
Rochester 75
Northeastern 67
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Kentucky Wesleyan 86
Oglethorpe 59
Kentucky Wesleyan 66
Union 58
Union (TN) 81
Bethune-Cookman 67
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Cheyney 94
Muhlenberg 67
Cheyney 72
Wagner 57
Wagner 98
Philadelphia U 84
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Norfolk State 108
Denison 86
Norfolk State 51
Ashland 61
Ashland 71
Roanoke 46
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Evansville 95
Lincoln (MO) 80
Evansville 79
SW Missouri State 73
SW Missouri State 69
Southern Colorado 68
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Texas-Pan American 96
4 Jackson State 73
Texas-Pan American 83
Trinity 87*
Trinity (TX) 95
McNeese State 78
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Indiana State 101
South Dakota State 83
Indiana State 98
Illinois State 93
Illinois State 83
DePauw 81
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
UNLV 96
UC Davis 91
UNLV 79
UC Irvine 74
UC Irvine 78
San Diego State 69

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
American International 78
Kentucky Wesleyan 90
Kentucky Wesleyan 45
Ashland 32
Cheyney 30
Ashland 45
Kentucky Weslayan 63
Indiana State 52
Evansville 77
Trinity (TX) 93
Trinity 67
Indiana State 77
Indiana State 94
UNLV 75

*denotes each overtime played

See also

References

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