Teams | 42 | ||||
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (4th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Tennessee State Tigers (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Bob Jones (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Mike Williams (Kentucky Wesleyan) | ||||
Attendance | 18,318 | ||||
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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.
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School | Outcome | |
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Coe | Regional Champion | |
South Dakota State | Runner-up | |
Southern Colorado | Fourth Place | |
SW Missouri State | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Assumption | Regional Champion | |
Bentley | Runner-up | |
Bridgeport | Third Place | |
Hartford | Fifth Place* | |
St. Michael's | Fourth Place | |
Stonehill | Fifth Place* |
School | Outcome | |
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Akron | Regional Champion | |
Cheyney | Third Place | |
Hiram | Fifth Place* | |
Lebanon Valley | Fifth Place* | |
Philadelphia Textile | Fourth Place | |
Steubenville | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Albany State | Fifth Place | |
Chattanooga | Third Place | |
SE Louisiana | Runner-up | |
Tennessee State | Regional Champion | |
Transylvania | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Capital | Third Place | |
Kentucky Wesleyan | Regional Champion | |
Valparaiso | Runner-up | |
Wooster | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Eckerd | Fifth Place* | |
Fayetteville State | Third Place | |
Loyola (MD) | Fourth Place | |
Old Dominion | Runner-up | |
Roanoke | Regional Champion | |
St. Thomas | Fifth Place* |
School | Outcome | |
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Brockport State | Regional Champion | |
C. W. Post | Third Place | |
Hartwick | Runner-up | |
New Jersey City | Fifth Place* | |
Potsdam State | Fourth Place | |
RPI | Fifth Place* |
School | Outcome | |
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Cal State Bakersfield | Runner-up | |
Puget Sound | Fourth Place | |
San Diego | Third Place | |
Sonoma State | Fifth Place | |
UC Riverside | Regional Champion |
*denotes tie
Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Coe | 65 | ||||||||
Southern Colorado | 63 | ||||||||
Coe | 107 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 104 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 85 | ||||||||
SW Missouri State | 74 |
Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
First round - Hartford, CT Round of 42 March 6 | ||||
St. Michael's | 108 | |||
Hartford | 97 |
First round - Bridgeport, CT Round of 42 March 6 | ||||
Bridgeport | 77 | |||
Stonehill | 74 |
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Assumption | 81 | ||||||||
St. Michael's | 79 | ||||||||
Assumption | 87 | ||||||||
Bentley | 85 | ||||||||
Bridgeport | 106 | ||||||||
Bentley | 109*** |
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
First round - Chester, PA Round of 42 March 6 | ||||
Cheyney | 74 | |||
Lebanon Valley | 56 |
First round - Akron, OH Round of 42 March 6 | ||||
Steubenville | 54 | |||
Hiram | 51 |
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Akron | 99 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 71 | ||||||||
Akron | 49 | ||||||||
Steubenville | 47 | ||||||||
Steubenville | 61 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 51 |
Location: unknown Host: Southeastern Louisiana University
First round - Lexington, KY Round of 42 March 6 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 53 | |||||||||||||
Transylvania | 45 | |||||||||||||
Transylvania | 72* | |||||||||||||
Albany State | 71 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 62* | |||||||||||||
SE Louisiana | 54 | |||||||||||||
SE Louisiana | 67 | |||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 64 |
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Regional semifinals Round of 32 | Regional Final Sweet 16 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 93 | ||||||||
Wooster | 56 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 74 | ||||||||
Valparaiso | 66 | ||||||||
Valparaiso | 69 | ||||||||
Capital | 64 |
Location: C. Homer Bast Center Host: Roanoke College
First round - Fayetteville, NC Round of 42 March 6 | ||||
Fayetteville State | 95 | |||
Eckerd | 66 |
First round - Miami, FL Round of 42 March 6 | ||||
Loyola (MD) | 82* | |||
St. Thomas | 79 |
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 80 | ||||||||
Fayetteville State | 74 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 87 | ||||||||
Roanoke | 88* | ||||||||
Loyola | 63 | ||||||||
Roanoke | 84 |
Location: Binder Physical Education Center Host: Hartwick College
First round - sites unknown Round of 42 March 6 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||||||
C. W. Post | 77 | |||||||||||||
Brockport State | 93 | |||||||||||||
Brockport State | 78 | |||||||||||||
New Jersey City | 68 | |||||||||||||
Brockport State | 70 | |||||||||||||
Hartwick | 62 | |||||||||||||
Potsdam State | 54 | |||||||||||||
RPI | 52 | |||||||||||||
Potsdam State | 58 | |||||||||||||
Hartwick | 75 |
Location: unknown Host: California State College, Bakersfield
First round - Riverside, CA Round of 42 March 6 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 51 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 71 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 70 | |||||||||||||
Sonoma State | 68 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 61 | |||||||||||||
Cal State Bakersfield | 54 | |||||||||||||
Cal State Bakersfield | 50 | |||||||||||||
San Diego | 44 |
*denotes each overtime played
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 14 | National semifinals Final Four March 15 | National Championship March 16 | ||||||||||||
Coe | 96 | |||||||||||||
Assumption | 102 | |||||||||||||
Assumption | 76 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 106 | |||||||||||||
Akron | 50 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 54 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 76 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 78* | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 87 | |||||||||||||
Roanoke | 63 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 96 | |||||||||||||
Brockport State | 90 | |||||||||||||
Brockport State | 79 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 70 |
*denotes each overtime played