1971 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
Teams | 32 |
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Evansville Purple Aces (5th title) |
Runner-up | Old Dominion Monarchs (1st title game) |
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Arad McCutchan (5th title) |
MOP | Don Buse (Evansville) |
Attendance | 35,812 |
The 1971 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 1970-71 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, with Evansville's Don Buse named the Most Outstanding Player.
Southwestern Louisiana's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants[]
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*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals[]
Midwest - Kirksville, Missouri[]
Location: Pershing Arena
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 94 | ||||||||
St. Olaf | 79 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 60 | ||||||||
Northeast Missouri State | 48 | ||||||||
Northeast Missouri State | 75 | ||||||||
North Dakota State | 66 |
- Third Place - North Dakota State 96, St. Olaf 94
Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania[]
Location: Bollman Center
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 83* | ||||||||
Wooster | 81 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 58 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 60 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 100 | ||||||||
Akron | 89 |
- Third Place - Akron 77, Wooster 68
South Atlantic - Norfolk, Virginia[]
Location: Norfolk Scope
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 97 | ||||||||
Roanoke | 77 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 97 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 102 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 89 | ||||||||
Stetson | 65 |
- Third Place - Stetson 91, Roanoke 72
West - Tacoma, Washington[]
Location: Memorial Fieldhouse
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 75 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 68 | ||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 78 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 85 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 81 | ||||||||
Cal Poly | 69 |
- Third Place - Cal Poly 70, San Francisco State 68
New England - New Britain, Connecticut[]
Location: Kaiser Hall
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Assumption | 106 | ||||||||
Sacred Heart | 83 | ||||||||
Assumption | 105 | ||||||||
Central Connecticut State | 77 | ||||||||
Central Connecticut State | 111 | ||||||||
Stonehill | 99 |
- Third Place - Sacred Heart 86, Stonehill 81
South - Lafayette, Louisiana[]
Location: Blackham Coliseum
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 92* | ||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 91 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 82 | ||||||||
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113 | |||||||||
LSU–New Orleans | 107 |
- Third Place - Louisiana Tech 107, LSU–New Orleans 88
Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana[]
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Central Michigan | 63 | ||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 59 | ||||||||
Central Michigan | 60 | ||||||||
Evansville | 78 | ||||||||
Evansville | 72 | ||||||||
Ashland | 64 |
- Third Place - Ashland 88, Augustana 65
East - Buffalo, New York[]
Location:
Regional Semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Hartwick | 77 | ||||||||
C. W. Post | 50 | ||||||||
Hartwick | 71 | ||||||||
Buffalo State | 70 | ||||||||
Buffalo State | 103 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 93 |
- Third Place - Montclair State 80, C. W. Post 68
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana[]
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 17 | National Semifinals Final Four March 18 | National Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 89 | |||||||||||||
Cheyney | 83 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 83 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 97 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 81* | |||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 80 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 82 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 97 | |||||||||||||
Assumption | 99 | |||||||||||||
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Evansville | 93 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 105 | |||||||||||||
Hartwick | 69 |
- Third Place -
Southwestern Louisiana105, Kentucky Wesleyan 83
*denots each overtime played
All-tournament team[]
- Don Buse (Evansville)
- Rick Coffey (Evansville)
- John Duncan (Kentucky Wesleyan)
- Dwight Lamar (Southwestern Louisiana)
- Skip Noble (Old Dominion)
See also[]
- 1971 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
- 1971 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References[]
Sources[]
- NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1970–71 NCAA College Division men's basketball season