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1966 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
36

Finals Site
  
Evansville, Indiana

Champions
  
Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title)

Runner-Up
  
Southern Illinois (2nd title game)

Semifinalists
  
Akron(2nd Final Four) North Dakota(2nd Final Four)

Winning coach
  
Guy R. Strong (1st title)

The 1966 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament involved 36 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 1965-66 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyan's Sam Smith was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

*indicates a tie

Regionals

  • Consolation- American International 96, Springfield 94*
  • Consolation- Le Moyne 86, Potsdam State 63
  • Third Place - Winston-Salem 85, South Carolina State 81
  • Third Place - Albright 78, Drexel 61
  • Third Place - Youngstown State 94, Randolph-Macon 63
  • Third Place - Nevada 74, San Diego 71
  • Third Place - Lamar 93, Indiana State 78
  • Third Place - Arkansas State 84, Jackson State 77

    • *denotes each overtime played

    National Finals

  • Third Place - Akron 76, North Dakota 71

    • *denotes each overtime played

    References

    1966 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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