The 1968 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 36 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 1967–68 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Indiana State's Jerry Newsom named Most Outstanding Player. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the (1946 and 1948) NAIA Tournaments, the (1979) NCAA Division I Tournament, and the 1968 NCAA College Division Tournament.
Regional participants
SchoolOutcomeAmerican InternationalRegional ChampionAssumptionFifth Place*BridgeportThird Place*Buffalo StateRunner-upLe MoyneSeventh Place*NortheasternFifth Place*RochesterThird Place*SpringfieldSeventh Place* SchoolOutcomeBethune–CookmanFourth PlaceKentucky WesleyanRegional ChampionOglethorpeThird PlaceUnion (TN)Runner-up SchoolOutcomeCheyneyRegional ChampionMuhlenbergFourth PlacePhiladelphia TextileThird PlaceWagnerRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAshlandRegional ChampionDenisonThird PlaceNorfolk StateRunner-upRoanokeFourth Place SchoolOutcomeEvansvilleRegional ChampionLincoln (MO)Third PlaceSouthern ColoradoFourth PlaceSW Missouri StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeJackson StateThird PlaceMcNeese StateFourth PlacePan AmericanRunner-upTrinity (TX)Regional Champion SchoolOutcomeDePauwFourth PlaceIllinois StateRunner-upIndiana StateRegional ChampionSouth Dakota StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeNevada SouthernRegional ChampionSan Diego StateThird PlaceUC DavisFourth PlaceUC IrvineRunner-up
*indicates a tie
Regionals
Northeast Locations: Assumption College Gymnasium (Section A), University of Rochester Palestra (Section B) and Henry A. Butova Gymnasium (Regional final) Hosts: Assumption College (Section A), University of Rochester (Section B) and American International College (Regional final)
Consolation- Assumption 94, Springfield 75 Consolation- Northeastern 67, Le Moyne 54
Notes The right to host the regional final was given to team emerging from the games played in Worcester, unless that team was Bridgeport, whose home court was either unavailable or deemed unsuitable to host the regional final.
South - Jackson, Tennessee Location: unknown Host: Union University
Third Place - Oglethorpe 82, Bethune-Cookman 70
East - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College
Third Place -Philadelphia Textile 105, Muhlenberg 94
Mideast - Ashland, Ohio Location: Kates Gymnasium Host: Ashland University
Third Place - Denison 90, Roanoke 77
Midwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State University
Third Place - Lincoln 92, Southern Colorado 77
Southwest - Lake Charles, Louisiana Location: Memorial Gym Host: McNeese State University
Third Place - Jackson State 75, McNeese State 71
Great Lakes - Normal, Illinois Location: Horton Field House Host: Illinois State University
Third Place - South Dakota State 86, DePauw 84
Pacific Coast - San Diego, California Location: Peterson Gym Host: San Diego State College
Third Place - San Diego State 79, UC Davis 72
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place - Trinity 68, Ashland 52
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Fred Hardman (Indiana State) Larry Jeffries (Trinity (TX)) Jerry Newsom (Indiana State) Dallas Thornton (Kentucky Wesleyan) George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan)
See also 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1968 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1968 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com