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.
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeAssumptionThird PlaceLe MoyneFourth PlaceSt. AnselmRunner-upSt. Michael'sRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeAustin PeayRunner-upBelmont AbbeyThird PlaceJohnson C. SmithFourth PlaceKentucky WesleyanRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeAmericanRegional ChampionDrexelFourth PlaceFairfieldRunner-upUpsalaThird Place SchoolOutcomeArkansas StateFourth PlaceBuffaloThird PlaceEvansvilleRegional ChampionWabashRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAugustana (IL)Fourth PlaceLincoln (MO)Runner-upMilwaukeeThird PlaceWheaton (IL)Regional Champion SchoolOutcomeChapmanRegional ChampionFresno StateRunner-upSan Francisco StateFourth PlaceTrinity (TX)Third Place SchoolOutcomeCornell (IA)Regional ChampionPrairie ViewRunner-upSouth Dakota StateThird PlaceWartburgFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAbilene ChristianRunner-upColorado CollegeFourth PlaceLamarThird PlaceTrumanRegional Campion
Regionals
Northeast - Burlington, Vermont Location: Burlington Memorial Auditorium Host: Saint Michael's College
Third Place - Assumption 94, Le Moyne 68
South - Owensboro, Kentucky Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Third Place - Belmont Abbey 70, Johnson C. Smith 59
East - Staten Island, New York Location: Sutter Gym Host: Wagner College
Third Place - Upsala 74, Drexel 69
Mideast - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
Third Place - Buffalo 53, Arkansas State 52
Great Lakes - Wheaton, Illinois Location: Alumni Gymnasium Host: Wheaton College
Third Place - Milwaukee 109, Augustana 82
Pacific Coast - Fresno, California Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College
Third Place - Trinity 72, San Francisco State 64
Midwest - Galesburg, Illinois Location: Memorial Gym Host: Knox College
Third Place - South Dakota State 93, Wartburg 77
Southwest - Kirksville, Missouri Location: Pershing Arena Host: Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Third Place - Lamar 88, Colorado College 67
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
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)
See also 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1960 NAIA Basketball Tournament
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