Edition of USA college 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.
1961 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)
Regional participants
Regionals
Location: Memorial Health Building Host: Austin Peay State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| Belmont Abbey
| 74
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 62
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| | Belmont Abbey
| 63
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| | | Austin Peay
| 70
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| Austin Peay
| 77
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| Chattanooga
| 69
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- Third place – Kentucky Wesleyan 111, Chattanooga 80
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 83
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| Virginia Union
| 80
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| | Mount St. Mary's
| 82
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| | | Albright
| 76
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| Albright
| 85
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| Fairfield
| 67
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- Third place – Virginia Union 70, Fairfield 66
Location: Judd Gymnasia Host: Springfield College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| Williams
| 74
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| Rochester
| 72
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| | Williams
| 75
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| | | Bates
| 68
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| Bates
| 75
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| Springfield
| 63
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- Third place – Rochester 82, Springfield 68
Location: Chadwick Court Host: Wabash College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| Wittenberg
| 43
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| Youngstown State
| 28
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| | Wittenberg
| 48
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| | | Wabash
| 42
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| Wabash
| 94
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| South Carolina State
| 83
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- Third place – Youngstown State 96, South Carolina State 82
Location: Henry Crown Field House Host: University of Chicago
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 90
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| Evansville
| 77
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| | Lincoln
| 42
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| | | Chicago
| 55
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| Chicago
| 64
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| MacMurray
| 59
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- Third place – Evansville 98, MacMurray 97*
Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| SE Missouri State
| 99
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| Colorado College
| 68
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| | SE Missouri State
| 88
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| | | Southern Illinois
| 84
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| Southern Illinois
| 96
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| Trinity (TX)
| 82
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- Third place – Trinity 75, Colorado College 58
Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| Prairie View
| 79
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| Wisconsin–Superior
| 68
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| | Prairie View
| 84
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| | | South Dakota State
| 88
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| South Dakota State
| 90
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| Cornell (IA)
| 71
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- Third place – Cornell 83, Wisconsin–Superior 72
Location: Robertson Gymnasium Host: University of California, Santa Barbara
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10
| | | Regional final Sweet 16 March 11
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| Long Beach State
| 70
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| Chapman
| 66
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| | Long Beach State
| 54
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| | | UC Santa Barbara
| 58
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| UC Santa Barbara
| 78
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| Nevada
| 57
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- Third place – Chapman 68, Nevada 63
*denotes each overtime played
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
| National quarterfinals Elite Eight March 16
| | | National semifinals Final Four March 17
| | | National championship March 18
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| Austin Peay
| 78
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 96
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| | Mount St. Mary's
| 49
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| | | Wittenberg
| 65
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| Williams
| 51
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| Wittenberg
| 64
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| | Wittenberg
| 42
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| | | SE Missouri State
| 38
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| Chicago
| 41
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| SE Missouri State
| 67
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| | SE Missouri State
| 81
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| | | South Dakota State
| 69
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| South Dakota State
| 79
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| UC Santa Barbara
| 65
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- 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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