1973 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

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

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

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	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

	First Round - Hartford, CT
	St. Michael's		108
	Hartford		97

	First Round - Bridgeport, CT
	Bridgeport		77
	Stonehill		74

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	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

	First Round - Chester, PA
	Cheyney		74
	Lebanon Valley		56

	First Round - Akron, OH
	Steubenville		54
	Hiram		51

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Akron		99
	Cheyney		71
						Akron		49
						Steubenville		47
	Steubenville		61
	Philadelphia Textile		51

• Third Place - Cheyney 70, Philadelphia Textile 63

South - Hammond, Louisiana

Location:

First Round - Lexington, KY

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

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

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	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

	First Round - Fayetteville, NC
	Fayetteville State		95
	Eckerd		66

	First Round - Miami, FL
	Loyola (MD)		82*
	St. Thomas		79

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	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

	First Round - sites unknown					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							C. W. Post	77
							Brockport State	93
		Brockport State	78
		New Jersey City	68
												Brockport State	70
												Hartwick	62
		Potsdam State	54
		RPI	52
							Postsdam State	58
							Hartwick	75

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

West - Bakersfield, California

Location:

	First Round - Riverside, CA					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							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

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	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 National Invitation Tournament
• 1973 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
• 1973 National Women's Invitational 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