1960 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
Teams | 32 |
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Evansville Purple Aces (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Chapman Panthers (1st title game) |
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Winning coach | Arad McCutchan (2nd title) |
MOP | Ed Smallwood (Evansville) |
Attendance | 27,836 |
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.
Regional participants
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Regionals
Northeast - Winooski, Vermont
Location: unknown 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)