1973 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

1973 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 42
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Kentucky Wesleyan (4th title)
Runner-Up Tennessee State (2nd title game)
Semifinalists Assumption (1st Final Four)
Brockport State (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach Bob Jones (Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Mike Williams Kentucky Wesleyan
Attendance 18,318
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1972  1974»

The 1973 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament involved 42 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 1972-73 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyan's Mike Williams was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants

School Outcome
Coe Regional Champion
South Dakota State Runner-up
Southern Colorado Fourth Place
SW Missouri State Third Place
School Outcome
Assumption Regional Champion
Bentley Runner-up
Bridgeport Third Place
Hartford Fifth Place*
St. Michael's Fourth Place
Stonehill Fifth Place*
School Outcome
Akron Regional Champion
Cheyney Third Place
Hiram Fifth Place*
Lebanon Valley Fifth Place*
Philadelphia U Fourth Place
Steubenville Runner-up
School Outcome
Albany State Fifth Place
Chattanooga Third Place
SE Louisiana Runner-up
Tennessee State Regional Champion
Transylvania Fourth Place
School Outcome
Capital Third Place
Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion
Valparaiso Runner-up
Wooster Fourth Place
School Outcome
Eckerd Fifth Place*
Fayetteville State Third Place
Loyola (MD) Fourth Place
Old Dominion Runner-up
Roanoke Regional Champion
St. Thomas Fifth Place*
School Outcome
Brockport State Regional Champion
C. W. Post Third Place
Hartwick Runner-up
New Jersey City Fifth Place*
Potsdam State Fourth Place
RPI Fifth Place*
School Outcome
Cal State Bakersfield Runner-up
Puget Sound Fourth Place
San Diego Third Place
Sonoma State Fifth Place
UC Riverside Regional Champion

*denotes tie

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Coe 65
Southern Colorado 63
Coe 107
South Dakota State 104
South Dakota State 85
SW Missouri State 74
  First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                           
        
   Assumption 81  
     St. Michael's 79  
 St. Michael's 108
   Hartford 97  
     Assumption 87
   Bentley 85
   Bridgeport 77  
 Stonehill 74  
 Bridgeport 106
     Bentley 109***  
      
  First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                           
        
   Akron 99  
     Cheyney 71  
 Cheyney 74
   Lebanon Valley 56  
     Akron 49
   Steubenville 47
   Steubenville 54  
 Hiram 51  
 Steubenville 61
     Philadelphia U 51  
      
  First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                           
        
   Tennessee State 53  
     Transylvania 45  
 Transylvania 72*
   Albany State 71  
     Tennessee State 62*
   SE Louisiana 54
          
        
 SE Louisiana 67
     Chattanooga 64  
      
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Kentucky Wesleyan 93
Wooster 56
Kentucky Wesleyan 74
Valparaiso 66
Valparaiso 69
Capital 64
  First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                           
        
   Old Dominion 80  
     Fayetteville State 74  
 Fayetteville State 95
   Eckerd 66  
     Old Dominion 87
   Roanoke 88*
   Loyola (MD) 82*  
 St. Thomas 79  
 Loyola 63
     Roanoke 84  
      
  First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                           
        
   C. W. Post 77  
     Brockport State 93  
 Brockport State 78
   New Jersey City 68  
     Brockport State 70
   Hartwick 62
   Potsdam State 54  
 RPI 52  
 Postsdam State 58
     Hartwick 75  
      
  First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                           
        
   Puget Sound 51  
     UC Riverside 71  
 UC Riverside 70
   Sonoma State 68  
     UC Riverside 61
   Cal State Bakersfield 54
          
        
 Cal State Bakersfield 50
     San Diego 44  
      

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Coe 96
Assumption 102
Assumption 76
Tennessee State 106
Akron 50
Tennessee State 54
Tennessee State 76
Kentucky Wesleyan 78*
Kentucky Wesleyan 87
Roanoke 63
Kentucky Wesleyan 96
Brockport State 90
Brockport State 79
UC Riverside 70

*denotes each overtime played

See also

References

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