1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

1962 NCAA College Division
basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (1st title)
Runner-up	Sacramento State Hornets (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Southern Illinois Salukis (1st Final Four) Nebraska Wesleyan Plainsmen (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Jim Phelan (1st title)
MOP	Ron Roohrer (Sacramento State)
Attendance	7,749
NCAA Division II men's tournaments «1961 1963»

The 1962 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 1961–62 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Mount St. Mary's University and Sacramento State's Ron Rohrer was the Most Outstanding Player.

Evansville

Akron

Reading

Rochester

Lincoln

Jonesboro

Sacramento

Valparaiso

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1962 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)

Regional participants

School	Outcome
Fairfield	Runner-up
Northeastern	Regional Champion
Rochester	Fourth Place
St. Anselm	Third Place

School	Outcome
Evansville	Runner-up
North Carolina A&T	Third Place
Southern Illinois	Regional Champion
Union (TN)	Fourth Place

School	Outcome
Albright	Third Place
C. W. Post	Fourth Place
Hofstra University	Runner-up
Mount St. Mary's	Regional Champion

School	Outcome
Florida A&M	Runner-up
Gannon	Fourth Place
Wittenberg	Regional Champion
Youngstown State	Third Place

School	Outcome
Cal Poly Pomona	Runner-up
Fresno State	Fourth Place
Sacramento State	Regional Champion
Seattle	Third Place

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

School	Outcome
Abilene Christian	Fourth Place
Arkansas State	Runner-up
Lamar	Third Place
SE Missouri State	Regional Champion

School	Outcome
Grinnell	Fourth Place
Hamline	Third Place
Nebraska Wesleyan	Regional Champion
Northern Iowa	Runner-up

Regionals

Northeast - Rochester, New York

Location: Louis Alexander Palestra Host: University of Rochester

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10
	Northeastern		88
	St. Anselm		78
						Northeastern		80
						Fairfield		69
	Fairfield		86
	Rochester		75

• Third Place - St. Anselm 83, Rochester 64

South Central - Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9
	Southern Illinois		70
	Union (TN)		56
						Southern Illinois		88
						Evansville		83
	Evansville		97
	North Carolina A&T		82

• Third Place - North Carolina A&T 84, Union 80

East - Reading, Pennsylvania

Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9
	Mount St. Mary's		67*
	Albright		64
						Mount St. Mary's		66
						Hofstra		54
	Hofstra		56
	C. W. Post		55

• Third Place - Albright 65, C. W. Post 59

Mideast - Akron, Ohio

Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9
	Florida A&M		74
	Youngstown State		60
						Florida A&M		33
						Wittenberg		35
	Wittenberg		69
	Gannon		43

• Third Place - Youngstown State 58, Gannon 52

Pacific Coast - Sacramento, California

Location: Hornet Gym Host: Sacramento State College

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9
	Cal Poly Pomona		88
	Fresno State		81
						Cal Poly Pomona		65
						Sacramento State		73
	Sacramento State		68
	Seattle Pacific		57

• Third Place - Seattle Pacific 73, Fresno State 68

Great Lakes - Valparaiso, Indiana

Location: Athletics-Recreation Center Host: Valparaiso University

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9
	Concordia (IL)		79
	Illinois State		61
						Concordia		72
						Valparaiso		75
	Valparaiso		75
	Kentucky State		61

• Third Place - Kentucky State 77, Illinois State 72

Southwest - Jonesboro, Arkansas

Location: Indian Fieldhouse Host: Arkansas State College

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9
	SE Missouri State		57
	Abilene Christian		55
						SE Missouri State		76
						Arkansas State		64
	Arkansas State		66
	Lamar		65

• Third Place - Lamar 83, Abilene Christian 74

Midwest - Lincoln, Nebraska

Location: Ira J. Taylor Gymnasium Host: Nebraska Wesleyan College

	Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9					Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10
	Northern Iowa		81
	Hamline		68
						Northern Iowa		77
						Nebraska Wesleyan		78
	Nebraska Wesleyan		71
	Grinnell		65

• Third Place - Hamline 76, Grinnell 68

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals - Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College

National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 15

National semifinals Final Four March 16

National Championship March 17

Northeastern

57

Southern Illinois

73

Southern Illinois

57

Mount St. Mary's

58

Mount St. Mary's

43

Wittenberg

39

Mount St. Mary's

58*

Sacramento State

57

Sacramento State

61

Valparaiso

54

Sacramento State

74**

Nebraska Wesleyan

73

SE Missouri State

61

Nebraska Wesleyan

71*

• Third Place - Southern Illinois 98, Nebraska Wesleyan 81

*denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

• Jim Mumford (Nebraska Wesleyan)
• John O'Reilly (Mount Saint Mary's)
• Ed Pfeiffer (Mount Saint Mary's)
• Ron Rohrer (Sacramento State)
• Ed Spila (Southern Illinois)

See also

• 1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
• 1962 NAIA Basketball Tournament

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
• 1962 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com