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 College Division
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
NCAA Division II men's tournaments «1959 1961»

Owensboro

Wheaton

Staten Island

Winooski

Galesburg

Kirksville

Fresno

Evansville

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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)

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