1960 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament

The 1960 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 1959-60 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.

1960 NCAA Division II
Basketball Tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Evansville Purple Aces (2nd title)
Runner-up	Chapman Panthers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (2nd Final Four) Cornell (IA) Rams (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Arad McCutchan (2nd title)
MOP	Ed Smallwood, Evansville
Attendance	27,836

Regional participants

School Outcome Assumption Third Place Le Moyne Fourth Place St. Anselm Runner-up St. Michael's Regional Champion

School Outcome Austin Peay Runner-up Belmont Abbey Third Place Johnson C. Smith Fourth Place Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion

School Outcome American Regional Champion Drexel Fourth Place Fairfield Runner-up Upsala Third Place

School Outcome Arkansas State Fourth Place Buffalo Third Place Evansville Regional Champion Wabash Runner-up

School Outcome Augustana (IL) Fourth Place Lincoln (MO) Runner-up Milwaukee Third Place Wheaton (IL) Regional Champion

School Outcome Chapman Regional Champion Fresno State Runner-up San Francisco State Fourth Place Trinity (TX) Third Place

School Outcome Cornell (IA) Regional Champion Prairie View Runner-up South Dakota State Third Place Wartburg Fourth Place

School Outcome Abilene Christian Runner-up Colorado College Fourth Place Lamar Third Place Truman Regional Campion

Regionals

Northeast - Winooski, Vermont

Location:

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	St. Michael's		73
	Assumption		50
						St. Michael's		99
						St. Anselm		95
	St. Anselm		108
	Le Moyne		75

• Third Place - Assumption 94, Le Moyne 68

South - Owensboro, Kentucky

Location: Sportscenter

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Kentucky Wesleyan		108
	Johnson C. Smith		80
						Kentucky Wesleyan		83
						Austin Peay		69
	Austin Peay		74
	Belmont Abbey		63

• Third Place - Belmont Abbey 70, Johnson C. Smith 59

East - Staten Island, New York

Location: Sutter Gym

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Fairfield		56
	Drexel		44
						Fairfield		74
						American		75
	American		83
	Upsala		74

• Third Place - Upsala 74, Drexel 69

Mideast - Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Evansville		91
	Arkansas State		74
						Evansville		89
						Wabash		68
	Wabash		76
	Buffalo		65

• Third Place - Buffalo 53, Arkansas State 52

Great Lakes - Wheaton, Illinois

Location: Alumni Gymnasium

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Wheaton (IL)		82
	Augustana (IL)		67
						Wheaton		78
						Lincoln		59
	Lincoln (MO)		100
	Milwaukee		92

• Third Place - Milwaukee 109, Augustana 82

Pacific Coast - Fresno, California

Location: North Gym

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Fresno State		62
	San Francisco State		49
						Fresno State		62
						Chapman		70
	Chapman		73
	Trinity (TX)		52

• Third Place - Trinity 72, San Francisco State 64

Midwest - Galesburg, Illinois

Location: Memorial Gym

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Cornell (IA)		72
	Wartburg		67
						Cornell		93
						Prairie View		79
	Prairie View		78
	South Dakota State		65

• Third Place - South Dakota State 93, Wartburg 77

Southwest - Kirksville, Missouri

Location: Pershing Arena

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Truman		82
	Lamar		81
						Truman		79
						Abilene Christian		76
	Abilene Christian		109
	Colorado College		65

• Third Place - Lamar 88, Colorado College 67

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals - Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	St. Michael's		55
	Kentucky Wesleyan		99
						Kentucky Wesleyan		69
						Evansville		76
	American		91
	Evansville		101
											Evansville		90
											Chapman		69
	Wheaton		67
	Chapman		73
						Chapman		79
						Cornell		64
	Cornell		83
	Truman		81

• Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 86, Cornell 76

*denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

• Gary Auten (Kentucky Wesleyan)
• Tom Cooke (Chapman)
• William Jones (American)
• Ed Smallwood (Evansville)
• Dale Wise (Evansville)

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
• 1960 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com