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1972 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
36

Champions
  
Roanoke (1st title)

Finals Site
  
Evansville, Indiana

Runner-Up
  
Akron (2nd title game)

Semifinalists
  
Tennessee State(2nd Final Four) Eastern Michigan(1st Final Four)

Winning coach
  
Charles Moir (1st title)

The 1972 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 1971-72 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Roanoke College and Roanoke's Hal Johnston was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

*denotes tie

Regionals

  • Third Place - Bridgeport 107, Sacred Heart 89
  • Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 68, Wittenberg 64
  • Third Place - South Dakota 113, St. Olaf 91
  • Third Place - Florida Southern 85, Mercer 83
  • Third Place - New Orleans 110, Transylvania 74
  • Third Place - Ithaca 70, Buffalo State 58
  • Third Place - Philadelphia U 86, Cheyney 82
  • Third Place - UC Riverside 94, UC Irvine 75

    • *denotes each overtime played

    National Finals

  • Third Place - Tennessee State 107, Eastern Michigan 82

    • *denotes each overtime played

    References

    1972 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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