The 1960 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 1959-60 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.
Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Evansville Purple Aces (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Chapman Panthers (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Arad McCutchan (2nd title) | ||||
MOP | Ed Smallwood (Evansville) | ||||
Attendance | 27,836 | ||||
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Regional participants
editSchool | Outcome | |
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Assumption | Third Place | |
Le Moyne | Fourth Place | |
St. Anselm | Runner-up | |
St. Michael's | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Austin Peay | Runner-up | |
Belmont Abbey | Third Place | |
Johnson C. Smith | Fourth Place | |
Kentucky Wesleyan | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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American | Regional Champion | |
Drexel | Fourth Place | |
Fairfield | Runner-up | |
Upsala | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Arkansas State | Fourth Place | |
Buffalo | Third Place | |
Evansville | Regional Champion | |
Wabash | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Augustana (IL) | Fourth Place | |
Lincoln (MO) | Runner-up | |
Milwaukee | Third Place | |
Wheaton (IL) | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Chapman | Regional Champion | |
Fresno State | Runner-up | |
San Francisco State | Fourth Place | |
Trinity (TX) | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Cornell (IA) | Regional Champion | |
Prairie View | Runner-up | |
South Dakota State | Third Place | |
Wartburg | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Abilene Christian | Runner-up | |
Colorado College | Fourth Place | |
Lamar | Third Place | |
Truman | Regional Campion |
Regionals
editNortheast - Burlington, Vermont
editLocation: Burlington Memorial Auditorium Host: Saint Michael's College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4 | ||||||||
St. Michael's | 73 | ||||||||
Assumption | 50 | ||||||||
St. Michael's | 99 | ||||||||
St. Anselm | 95 | ||||||||
St. Anselm | 108 | ||||||||
Le Moyne | 75 |
- Third Place - Assumption 94, Le Moyne 68
South - Owensboro, Kentucky
editLocation: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 108 | ||||||||
Johnson C. Smith | 80 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 83 | ||||||||
Austin Peay | 69 | ||||||||
Austin Peay | 74 | ||||||||
Belmont Abbey | 63 |
- Third Place - Belmont Abbey 70, Johnson C. Smith 59
East - Staten Island, New York
editLocation: Sutter Gym Host: Wagner College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Fairfield | 56 | ||||||||
Drexel | 44 | ||||||||
Fairfield | 74 | ||||||||
American | 75 | ||||||||
American | 83 | ||||||||
Upsala | 74 |
- Third Place - Upsala 74, Drexel 69
Mideast - Evansville, Indiana
editLocation: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4 | ||||||||
Evansville | 91 | ||||||||
Arkansas State | 74 | ||||||||
Evansville | 89 | ||||||||
Wabash | 68 | ||||||||
Wabash | 76 | ||||||||
Buffalo | 65 |
- Third Place - Buffalo 53, Arkansas State 52
Great Lakes - Wheaton, Illinois
editLocation: Alumni Gymnasium Host: Wheaton College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Wheaton (IL) | 82 | ||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 67 | ||||||||
Wheaton | 78 | ||||||||
Lincoln | 59 | ||||||||
Lincoln (MO) | 100 | ||||||||
Milwaukee | 92 |
- Third Place - Milwaukee 109, Augustana 82
Pacific Coast - Fresno, California
editLocation: North Gym Host: Fresno State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Fresno State | 62 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 49 | ||||||||
Fresno State | 62 | ||||||||
Chapman | 70 | ||||||||
Chapman | 73 | ||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 52 |
- Third Place - Trinity 72, San Francisco State 64
Midwest - Galesburg, Illinois
editLocation: Memorial Gym Host: Knox College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Cornell (IA) | 72 | ||||||||
Wartburg | 67 | ||||||||
Cornell | 93 | ||||||||
Prairie View | 79 | ||||||||
Prairie View | 78 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 65 |
- Third Place - South Dakota State 93, Wartburg 77
Southwest - Kirksville, Missouri
editLocation: Pershing Arena Host: Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Truman | 82 | ||||||||
Lamar | 81 | ||||||||
Truman | 79 | ||||||||
Abilene Christian | 76 | ||||||||
Abilene Christian | 109 | ||||||||
Colorado College | 65 |
- Third Place - Lamar 88, Colorado College 67
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
editLocation: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 9 | National semifinals Final Four March 10 | National Championship March 11 | ||||||||||||
St. Michael's | 55 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 99 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 69 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 76 | |||||||||||||
American | 91 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 101 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 90 | |||||||||||||
Chapman | 69 | |||||||||||||
Wheaton | 67 | |||||||||||||
Chapman | 73 | |||||||||||||
Chapman | 79 | |||||||||||||
Cornell | 64 | |||||||||||||
Cornell | 83 | |||||||||||||
Truman | 81 |
- Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 86, Cornell 76
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
edit- Gary Auten (Kentucky Wesleyan)
- Tom Cooke (Chapman)
- William Jones (American)
- Ed Smallwood (Evansville)
- Dale Wise (Evansville)