The 1963 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 1962–63 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by South Dakota State University, with South Dakota State's Wayne Rasmussen named Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeAustin PeayFourth PlaceBellarmineThird PlaceOglethorpeRegional ChampionTennessee StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeBloomsburgRunner-upHofstraThird PlaceMount St. Mary'sFourth PlacePhiladelphia TextileRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBuffaloFourth PlaceSouth Carolina StateRunner-upWittenbergRegional ChampionYoungstown StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeAssumptionThird PlaceFairleigh DickinsonFourth PlaceNortheasternRegional ChampionSpringfieldRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAugustana (IL)Fourth PlaceConcordia (IL)Third PlaceEvansvilleRegional ChampionWashington (MO)Runner-up SchoolOutcomeArkansas StateThird PlaceLamarRunner-upSE Missouri StateFourth PlaceSouthern IllinoisRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeCornell (IA)Fourth PlaceMichigan TechThird PlaceNebraska WesleyanRunner-upSouth Dakota StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeChapmanRunner-upFresno StateRegional ChampionSan Francisco StateFourth PlaceUC Santa BarbaraThird Place
Regionals
South Central - Louisville, Kentucky Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine College
Third Place - Bellarmine 96, Austin Peay 86
East - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
Third Place - Hofstra 78, Mount St. Mary's 71
Mideast - Akron, Ohio Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron
Third Place—Youngstown State 65, Buffalo 53
Northeast—Boston, Massachusetts Location: Cabot Center Host: Northeastern University
Third Place—Assumption 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 51
Great Lakes - St. Louis, Missouri Location: Washington Field House Host: Washington University in St. Louis
Third Place—Concordia 92, Augustana (IL) 84
Southwest - Cape Girardeau, Missouri Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College
Third Place—Arkansas State 77, SE Missouri State 75
Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College
Third Place - Michigan Tech 71, Cornell 61
Pacific Coast - Fresno, California Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College
Third Place—UC Santa Barbara 58, San Francisco State 56
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals—Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
Third Place—Oglethorpe 68, Southern Illinois 64
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Tom Black (South Dakota State) Bob Cherry (Wittenberg) Bill Fisher (Wittenberg) Wayne Rasmussen (South Dakota State) Al Thrasher (Wittenberg)
See also 1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1963 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1963 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com