1961 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
The 1961 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 1960-61 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Wittenberg University and South Dakota State's Don Jacobson was the Most Outstanding Player.
| Teams | 32 |
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana |
| Champions | Wittenberg Tigers (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Southeast Missouri State Bears (1st title game) |
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| Winning coach | Ray Mears (1st title) |
| MOP | Don Jacobson (South Dakota State) |
| Attendance | 13,002 |
Regional participants
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Regionals
South - Clarksville, Tennessee
Location: Memorial Health Building Host: Austin Peay State College
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Belmont Abbey | 74 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 62 | ||||||||
| Belmont Abbey | 63 | ||||||||
| Austin Peay | 70 | ||||||||
| Austin Peay | 77 | ||||||||
| Chattanooga | 69 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 111, Chattanooga 80
East - Reading, Pennsylvania
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 83 | ||||||||
| Virginia Union | 80 | ||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 82 | ||||||||
| Albright | 76 | ||||||||
| Albright | 85 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 67 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Virginia Union 70, Fairfield 66
Northeast - Springfield, Massachusetts
Location: Judd Gymnasia Host: Springfield College
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Williams | 74 | ||||||||
| Rochester | 72 | ||||||||
| Williams | 75 | ||||||||
| Bates | 68 | ||||||||
| Bates | 75 | ||||||||
| Springfield | 63 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Rochester 82, Springfield 68
Mideast - Crawfordsville, Indiana
Location: Chadwick Court Host: Wabash College
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Wittenberg | 43 | ||||||||
| Youngstown State | 28 | ||||||||
| Wittenberg | 48 | ||||||||
| Wabash | 42 | ||||||||
| Wabash | 94 | ||||||||
| South Carolina State | 83 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Youngstown State 96, South Carolina State 82
Great Lakes - Chicago, Illinois
Location: Henry Crown Field House Host: University of Chicago
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Lincoln (MO) | 90 | ||||||||
| Evansville | 77 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 42 | ||||||||
| Chicago | 55 | ||||||||
| Chicago | 64 | ||||||||
| MacMurray | 59 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Evansville 98, MacMurray 97*
Southwest - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 99 | ||||||||
| Colorado College | 68 | ||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 88 | ||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 84 | ||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 96 | ||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 82 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Trinity 75, Colorado College 58
Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota
Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Prairie View | 79 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin–Superior | 68 | ||||||||
| Prairie View | 84 | ||||||||
| South Dakota State | 88 | ||||||||
| South Dakota State | 90 | ||||||||
| Cornell (IA) | 71 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Cornell 83, Wisconsin–Superior 72
Pacific Coast - Santa Barbara, California
Location: Robertson Gymnasium Host: University of California, Santa Barbara
| Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
| Long Beach State | 70 | ||||||||
| Chapman | 66 | ||||||||
| Long Beach State | 54 | ||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 58 | ||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 78 | ||||||||
| Nevada | 57 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Chapman 68, Nevada 63
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
| National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 16 | National Semifinals Final Four March 17 | National Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 78 | |||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 96 | |||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 65 | |||||||||||||
| Williams | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 42 | |||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Chicago | 41 | |||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 67 | |||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 81 | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 69 | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 79 | |||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 65 | |||||||||||||
- Third Place - South Dakota State 77, Mount St. Mary's 76
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- George Fisher (Wittenberg)
- Don Jacobsen (South Dakota State)
- John O'Reilly (Mount Saint Mary's)
- Vivian Reed (Southeast Missouri State)
- Carl Ritter (Southeast Missouri State)
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