1973 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

1973 NCAA College Division
basketball tournament

Teams	42
Finals site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (4th title)
Runner-up	Tennessee State Tigers (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Assumption Greyhounds (1st Final Four) Brockport State Golden Eagles (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Bob Jones (1st title)
MOP	Mike Williams (Kentucky Wesleyan)
Attendance	18,318
NCAA Division II men's tournaments «1972 1974»

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.

Hartford

Bridgeport

Lexington

Fayetteville

Miami

Riverside

Reading

Akron

Chester

Worcester

Hammond

Oneonta

Salem

Evansville

Bakersfield

Springfield

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1973 NCAA Division II Men's sites - first round (white) regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)

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Regional participants

School	Outcome
Coe	Regional Champion
South Dakota State	Runner-up
Southern Colorado	Fourth Place
SW Missouri State	Third Place

School	Outcome
Assumption	Regional Champion
Bentley	Runner-up
Bridgeport	Third Place
Hartford	Fifth Place*
St. Michael's	Fourth Place
Stonehill	Fifth Place*

School	Outcome
Akron	Regional Champion
Cheyney	Third Place
Hiram	Fifth Place*
Lebanon Valley	Fifth Place*
Philadelphia Textile	Fourth Place
Steubenville	Runner-up

School	Outcome
Albany State	Fifth Place
Chattanooga	Third Place
SE Louisiana	Runner-up
Tennessee State	Regional Champion
Transylvania	Fourth Place

School	Outcome
Capital	Third Place
Kentucky Wesleyan	Regional Champion
Valparaiso	Runner-up
Wooster	Fourth Place

School	Outcome
Eckerd	Fifth Place*
Fayetteville State	Third Place
Loyola (MD)	Fourth Place
Old Dominion	Runner-up
Roanoke	Regional Champion
St. Thomas	Fifth Place*

School	Outcome
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
Cal State Bakersfield	Runner-up
Puget Sound	Fourth Place
San Diego	Third Place
Sonoma State	Fifth Place
UC Riverside	Regional Champion

*denotes tie

Regionals

Midwest - Springfield, Missouri

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

• Third Place - SW Missouri State 76, Southern Colorado 62

New England - Worcester, Massachusetts

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***

• Third Place - Bridgeport 93, St. Michael's 75

Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania

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

• Third Place - Cheyney 70, Philadelphia Textile 63

South - Hammond, Louisiana

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

• Third Place - Chattanooga 99, Transylvania 86

Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana

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

• Third Place - Capital 75, Wooster 47

South Atlantic - Salem, Virginia

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

• Third Place - Fayetteville State 81, Loyola 66

East - Oneonta, New York

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

• Third Place - C. W. Post 79, Potsdam State 75

West - Bakersfield, California

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

• Third Place - San Diego 80, Puget Sound 73

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals - Evansville, Indiana

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

• 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

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