1969 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

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1969 NCAA College Division
basketball tournamentTeams| 32

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Finals site| Evansville, Indiana
Champions| Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (3rd title)
Runner-up| SW Missouri State Bears (3rd title game)
Semifinalists|

* American International Yellow Jackets* (1st Final Four)
* Ashland Eagles (2nd Final Four)

Winning coach| Bob Daniels (2nd title)
MOP| George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan)
Attendance| 30,003
| NCAA Division II men's tournaments

«1968 | 1970»

The 1969 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 1968–69 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Kentucky Wesleyan's George Tinsley named the Most Outstanding Player.

Ashland

Valparaiso

Springfield

DeWitt

Norfolk

Springfield

Las Vegas

Owensboro

Evansville

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1969 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)

American International College's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.

## Regional participants

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School  | Outcome
Mount St. Mary's | Runner-up
Norfolk State | Third Place
Oglethorpe | Regional Champion
Old Dominion | Fourth Place

School  | Outcome
Alcorn State | Runner-up
Bellarmine | Fourth Place
Kentucky Wesleyan | Regional Champion
Transylvania | Third Place

School  | Outcome
San Francisco State | Regional Champion
UC Davis | Fourth Place
UC Irvine | Third Place
UNLV | Runner-up

School  | Outcome
American International*  | Regional Champion
Assumption | Third Place
Central Connecticut State | Fourth Place
Springfield | Runner-up

School  | Outcome
Albany (NY) | Third Place
Le Moyne | Fourth Place
Montclair State | Regional Champion
Wagner | Runner-up

School  | Outcome
Lincoln (MO) | Third Place
South Dakota State | Runner-up
SW Missouri State | Regional Champion
St. Olaf | Fourth Place

School  | Outcome
Concordia (IL) | Fourth Place
Illinois State | Regional Champion
North Park | Third Place
Valparaiso | Runner-up

School  | Outcome
Ashland | Regional Champion
Cheyney | Runner-up
Philadelphia Textile | Third Place
Wittenberg | Fourth Place

*tournament appearance vacated

## Regionals

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### South Atlantic - Norfolk, Virginia

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Location: unknown Host: Norfolk State University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| Oglethorpe | 68 | |
| Old Dominion | 60 |
| | Oglethorpe | 74 |
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| | | Mount St. Mary's | 56 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 95 |

| Norfolk State | 80 |

* Third Place - Norfolk State 113, Old Dominion 102

### South - Owensboro, Kentucky

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Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| Alcorn State | 76 | |
| Bellarmine | 75 |
| | Alcorn State | 79 |
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| | | Kentucky Wesleyan | 83 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 77 |

| Transylvania | 61 |

* Third Place - Transylvania 65, Bellarmine 64

### Far West - Las Vegas, Nevada

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Location: Las Vegas Convention Center Host: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| San Francisco State | 81 | |
| UC Irvine | 55 |
| | San Francisco State | 77 |
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| | | UNLV | 72 |
| UNLV | 84 |

| UC Davis | 81 |

* Third Place - UC Irvine 82, UC Davis 70

### New England - Springfield, Massachusetts

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Location: Butova Gymnasium Host: American International College

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| Springfield | 91 | |
| Central Connecticut State | 80 |
| | Springfield | 68 |
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| | | ~~American International~~ | 91 |
| ~~American International~~ | 79 |

| Assumption | 77 |

* Third Place - Assumption 98, Central Connecticut State 77

### East - DeWitt, New York

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Location: Le Moyne Athletic Center Host: Le Moyne College

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| Wagner | 109 | |
| Albany (NY) | 64 |
| | Wagner | 78 |
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| | | Montclair State | 101 |
| Montclair State | 81 |

| Le Moyne | 77 |

* Third Place - Albany (NY) 71, Le Moyne 70

Note: The 2010 edition of the NCAA's Division II Men's Basketball Championship record book reports the score of the Montclair State–Le Moyne game as a 79–75 Montclair State win. The score was widely reported in the news media as 81–77.[1][2][3][4] Some newspapers reported the score as 81–75.[5][6] Le Moyne, which hosted the game, shows the score as 81–77 in its all-time results.[7]

### Midwest - Springfield, Missouri

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Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| South Dakota State | 79 | |
| Lincoln (MO) | 77 |
| | South Dakota State | 74 |
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| | | SW Missouri State | 87 |
| SW Missouri State | 75 |

| St. Olaf | 47 |

* Third Place - Lincoln 77, St. Olaf 72

### Great Lakes - Valparaiso, Indiana

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Location: Hilltop Gym [8] Host: Valparaiso University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| Illinois State | 87 | |
| North Park | 82 |
| | Illinois State | 103 |
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| | | Valparaiso | 87 |
| Valparaiso | 91 |

| Concordia (IL) | 81 |

* Third Place - North Park 90, Concordia 73

### Mideast - Ashland, Ohio

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Location: Kates Gymnasium Host: Ashland University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 7 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 8 |

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| Cheyney | 84 | |
| Wittenberg | 70 |
| | Cheyney | 56 |
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| | | Ashland | 66 |
| Ashland | 43 |

| Philadelphia Textile | 40 |

* Third Place - Philadelphia Textile 76, Wittenberg 74

*denotes each overtime played

## National Finals - Evansville, Indiana

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Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville

| National Quarterfinals
Elite Eight
March 12 | | | National semifinals
Final Four
March 13 | | | National Championship
March 14 |

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| Oglethorpe | 68 | | |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 82 |
| | Kentucky Wesleyan | 83* |
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| | | ~~American International~~ | 82 |
| San Francisco State | 75 |

| ~~American International~~ | 80 |
| | Kentucky Wesleyan | 75 |
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| | | SW Missouri State | 71 |
| Montclair State | 76 | |

| SW Missouri State | 92 |
| | SW Missouri State | 58 |
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| | | Ashland | 48 |
| Illinois State | 35 |

| Ashland | 41 |

* Third Place - American International 53, Ashland 51

*denotes each overtime played

## All-Tournament team

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* Mert Bancroft (Southwest Missouri State)
* Tommy Hobgood (Kentucky Wesleyan)
* Curtis Perry (Southwest Missouri State)
* Bob Rutherford (American International)
* George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan)

## See also

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* 1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
* 1969 NAIA Basketball Tournament

## References

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1. ^ "LeMoyne Bows to Montclair in Tourney, 81–77". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. March 8, 1969. p. 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
2. ^ "Ashland's Eagles Pass Initial Test". The News-Palladium. Benton Harbor, Michigan. March 8, 1969. p. 14. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
3. ^ "Basketball Results". San Antonio Express/News. March 9, 1969. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
4. ^ "Ashland Gains but Irvine Loses". section 2. Progress-Bulletin (evening ed.). Pomona, California. March 8, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
5. ^ "Basketball Results". The Dominion News. Morgantown, West Virginia. March 8, 1969. p. 3-B. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
6. ^ "College Basketball". The Daily Report. Ontario-Upland, California. March 8, 1969. p. B-2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
7. ^ "Le Moyne College Men's Basketball All-time Game Results". Le Moyne Dolphins. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
8. ^ Kretchmar, Dick (March 10, 1969). "Crusaders Lose To Redbitds In NCAA Finals". Valparaiso Vidette Messenger.

## Sources

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* 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
* 1969 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com

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