The 1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 44 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1973–74 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Morgan State University and Morgan State's Marvin Webster was the Most Outstanding Player.
This was the first tournament to be officially designated as a Division II basketball championship. The NCAA first split into competitive divisions for the 1956–57 school year, creating the top-level University Division and second-tier College Division. Effective with the 1973–74 school year, the NCAA adopted the three-division system that exists to this day. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split into Division II and the non-scholarship Division III. Since the Division III basketball tournament would not be played until 1975, the 1974 Division II tournament included Division III teams despite the name. }
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeMilesFifth Place*Norfolk StateRegional ChampionOld DominionRunner-upRandolph–MaconFifth Place*RoanokeThird PlaceRollinsFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAssumptionRegional ChampionBentleyFourth PlaceHartfordRunner-upSt. Michael'sThird Place SchoolOutcomeHartwickRunner-upMorgan StateRegional ChampionNew Jersey CityFifth Place*Potsdam StateFourth PlaceSienaThird PlaceSt. LawrenceFifth Place* SchoolOutcomeAlbrightRunner-upBloomsburgRegional ChampionHiramFourth PlaceJohns HopkinsFifth Place*King's (PA)Third PlaceOhio NorthernFifth Place* SchoolOutcomeChicagoFifth Place*CoeFifth Place*EvansvilleThird PlaceWisconsin–Green BayFourth PlaceSt. Joseph's (IN)Regional ChampionWittenbergRunner-up SchoolOutcomeKentucky WesleyanRunner-upMonmouth (IL)Fifth Place*North DakotaThird PlaceNorth Dakota StateFifth Place*St. Cloud StateFourth PlaceSW Missouri StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeFiskRunner-upMadisonFifth PlaceNew OrleansRegional ChampionSouthernFourth PlaceTennessee StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeCal PolyThird PlaceChico StateFourth PlaceSan DiegoFifth PlaceSonoma StateRunner-upUC RiversideRegional Champion
*denotes tie
Regionals
South Atlantic – Norfolk, Virginia Location: Norfolk Scope Host: Old Dominion University
Third Place – Roanoke 88, Rollins 77
New England – Waltham, Massachusetts Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College
Third Place – St. Michael's 95, Bentley 91
East – Canton, New York Location: Burkman Gymnasium Host: Saint Lawrence University
Third Place – Siena 82, Potsdam State 74
Mideast – Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
Third Place – King's 111, Hiram 81
Great Lakes – Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place – Evansville 87, Wisconsin–Green Bay 75
Midwest – Springfield, Missouri Location: Hammons Center Host: Southwest Missouri State University
Third Place – North Dakota 75, St. Cloud State 71
South – Nashville, Tennessee Location: Kean Hall Host: Tennessee State University
Third Place – Tennessee State 98, Southern 88
West – San Luis Obispo, California Location: Mott Gym Host: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Third Place – Cal Poly 81, Chico State 63
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals – Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place – Assumption 115, New Orleans 103
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team William Doolittle (Southwest Missouri State) John Grochowski (Assumption) Randy Magers (Southwest Missouri State) Alvin O'Neal (Morgan State) Marvin Webster (Morgan State)
See also 1974 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1974 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1974 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com