1960 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

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1960 NCAA College Division
basketball tournament

Teams

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

NCAA Division II men's tournaments
«1959	1961»

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.

Owensboro

Wheaton

Staten Island

Winooski

Galesburg

Kirksville

Fresno

Evansville

class=notpageimage| 1960 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)

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 - Burlington, Vermont

Location: Burlington Memorial Auditorium Host: Saint Michael's College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4

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: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5

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 Host: Wagner College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5

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 Host: Evansville College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4

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 Host: Wheaton College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5

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 Host: Fresno State College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5

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 Host: Knox College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5

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 Host: Northeast Missouri State Teachers College

Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4		Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5

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 Host: Evansville College

National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 9		National semifinals Final Four March 10		National Championship March 11

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

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