The 1973 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 42 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division basketball as a culmination of the 1972-73 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyan's Mike Williams was the Most Outstanding Player.
This was the last College Division basketball tournament. Effective with the next school year of 1973–74, the NCAA adopted the three-division setup that exists to this day. The top-level University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two. College Division members that wished to award athletic scholarships were placed in Division II, while those that chose to remain non-scholarship were placed in Division III. }
Regional participants
SchoolOutcomeCoeRegional ChampionSouth Dakota StateRunner-upSouthern ColoradoFourth PlaceSW Missouri StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeAssumptionRegional ChampionBentleyRunner-upBridgeportThird PlaceHartfordFifth Place*St. Michael'sFourth PlaceStonehillFifth Place* SchoolOutcomeAkronRegional ChampionCheyneyThird PlaceHiramFifth Place*Lebanon ValleyFifth Place*Philadelphia TextileFourth PlaceSteubenvilleRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAlbany StateFifth PlaceChattanoogaThird PlaceSE LouisianaRunner-upTennessee StateRegional ChampionTransylvaniaFourth Place SchoolOutcomeCapitalThird PlaceKentucky WesleyanRegional ChampionValparaisoRunner-upWoosterFourth Place SchoolOutcomeEckerdFifth Place*Fayetteville StateThird PlaceLoyola (MD)Fourth PlaceOld DominionRunner-upRoanokeRegional ChampionSt. ThomasFifth Place* SchoolOutcomeBrockport StateRegional ChampionC. W. PostThird PlaceHartwickRunner-upNew Jersey CityFifth Place*Potsdam StateFourth PlaceRPIFifth Place* SchoolOutcomeCal State BakersfieldRunner-upPuget SoundFourth PlaceSan DiegoThird PlaceSonoma StateFifth PlaceUC RiversideRegional Champion
*denotes tie
Regionals
Midwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State University
Third Place - SW Missouri State 76, Southern Colorado 62
New England - Worcester, Massachusetts Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
Third Place - Bridgeport 93, St. Michael's 75
Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
Third Place - Cheyney 70, Philadelphia Textile 63
South - Hammond, Louisiana Location: Cefalu Coliseum Host: Southeastern Louisiana University
Third Place - Chattanooga 99, Transylvania 86
Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place - Capital 75, Wooster 47
South Atlantic - Salem, Virginia Location: C. Homer Bast Center Host: Roanoke College
Third Place - Fayetteville State 81, Loyola 66
East - Oneonta, New York Location: Binder Physical Education Center Host: Hartwick College
Third Place - C. W. Post 79, Potsdam State 75
West - Bakersfield, California Location: Bakersfield Civic Auditorium Host: California State College, Bakersfield
Third Place - San Diego 80, Puget Sound 73
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place - Assumption 94, Brockport State 90
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Mike Boylan (Assumption) Ron Gilliam (Brockport State) Leonard Robinson (Tennessee State) Mike Williams (Kentucky Wesleyan) Roger Zornes (Kentucky Wesleyan)
See also 1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1973 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1973 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com