The 1971 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 1970-71 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, with Evansville's Don Buse named the Most Outstanding Player.
Southwestern Louisiana's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeKentucky WesleyanRegional ChampionNorth Dakota StateThird PlaceNortheast Missouri StateRunner-upSt. OlafFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAkronThird PlaceCheyneyRegional ChampionPhiladelphia TextileRunner-upWoosterFourth Place SchoolOutcomeNorfolk StateRunner-upOld DominionRegional ChampionRoanokeFourth PlaceStetsonThird Place SchoolOutcomeCal PolyThird PlacePuget SoundRegional ChampionSan Francisco StateFourth PlaceSeattle PacificRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAssumptionRegional ChampionCentral Connecticut StateRunner-upSacred HeartThird PlaceStonehillFourth Place SchoolOutcomeLouisiana TechThird PlaceLSU–New OrleansFourth PlaceSouthwestern Louisiana*VacatedTennessee StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAshlandThird PlaceAugustana (IL)Fourth PlaceCentral MichiganRunner-upEvansvilleRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBuffalo StateRunner-upC. W. PostFourth PlaceHartwickRegional ChampionMontclair StateThird Place
*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals
Midwest - Kirksville, Missouri Location: Pershing Arena Host: Northeast Missouri State University
Third Place - North Dakota State 96, St. Olaf 94
Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College
Third Place - Akron 77, Wooster 68
South Atlantic - Norfolk, Virginia Location: Old Dominion University Fieldhouse Host: Old Dominion University
Third Place - Stetson 91, Roanoke 72
West - Tacoma, Washington Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound
Third Place - Cal Poly 70, San Francisco State 68
New England - Worcester, Massachusetts Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
Third Place - Sacred Heart 86, Stonehill 81
South - Lafayette, Louisiana Location: Blackham Coliseum Host: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Third Place - Louisiana Tech 107, LSU–New Orleans 88
Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place - Ashland 88, Augustana 65
East - Buffalo, New York Location: unknown Host: Buffalo State College
Third Place - Montclair State 80, C. W. Post 68
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place - 105, Kentucky Wesleyan 83
*denots each overtime played
All-tournament team Don Buse (Evansville) Rick Coffey (Evansville) John Duncan (Kentucky Wesleyan) Dwight Lamar (Southwestern Louisiana) Skip Noble (Old Dominion)
See also 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1971 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1971 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com