1969 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

1969 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Kentucky Wesleyan (3rd title)
Runner-Up SW Missouri State (3rd title game)
Semifinalists American International* (1st Final Four)
Ashland (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach Bob Daniels (Kentucky Wesleyan (2nd title))
Most Outstanding Player George Tinsley Kentucky Wesleyan
Attendance 30,003
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1968  1970»

The 1969 NCAA College Division Men's 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 1968-69 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyan's George Tinsley was the Most Outstanding Player.

American International College's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.

Regional participants

School Outcome
Mount St. Mary's Runner-up
Norfolk State Third Place
Oglethorpe Regional Champion
Old Dominion Fourth Place
School Outcome
Alcorn State Runner-up
Bellarmine Fourth Place
Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion
Transylvania Third Place
School Outcome
San Francisco State Regional Champion
UC Davis Fourth Place
UC Irvine Third Place
UNLV Runner-up
School Outcome
American International* Regional Champion
Assumption Third Place
Central Connecticut State Fourth Place
Springfield Runner-up
School Outcome
Albany Third Place
Le Moyne Fourth Place
Montclair State Regional Champion
Wagner Runner-up
School Outcome
Lincoln (MO) Third Place
South Dakota State Runner-up
SW Missouri State Regional Champion
St. Olaf Fourth Place
School Outcome
Concordia (IL) Fourth Place
Illinois State Regional Champion
North Park Third Place
Valparaiso Runner-up
School Outcome
Ashland Regional Champion
Cheyney Runner-up
Philadelphia U Third Place
Wittenberg Fourth Place

*tournament appearance vacated

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Oglethorpe 68
Old Dominion 60
Oglethorpe 74
Mount St. Mary's 56
Mount St. Mary's 95
Norfolk State 80
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Alcorn State 76
Bellarmine 75
Alcorn State 79
Kentucky Wesleyan 83
Kentucky Wesleyan 77
Transylvania 61
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
San Francisco State 81
UC Irvine 55
San Francisco State 77
UNLV 72
UNLV 84
UC Davis 81
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Springfield 91
Central Connecticut State 80
Springfield 68
American International 91
American International 79
Assumption 77
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Wagner 109
Albany 64
Wagner 78
Montclair State 101
Montclair State 79
Le Moyne 75
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
South Dakota State 79
4 Lincoln (MO) 77
South Dakota State 74
SW Missouri State 87
SW Missouri State 75
St. Olaf 47
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Illinois State 87
North Park 82
Illinois State 103
Valparaiso 87
Valparaiso 91
Concordia (IL) 81
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Cheyney 84
Wittenberg 70
Cheyney 56
Ashland 66
Ashland 43
Philadelphia U 40

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Oglethorpe 68
Kentucky Wesleyan 82
Kentucky Wesleyan 83*
American International 82
San Francisco State 75
American International 80
Kentucky Weslayan 75
SW Missouri State 71
Montcair State 76
SW Missouri State 92
SW Missouri State 58
Ashland 48
Illinois State 35
Ashland 41

*denotes each overtime played

See also

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