1968 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

1968 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams	36
Finals Site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Kentucky Wesleyan (2nd title)
Runner-Up	Indiana State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Trinity (TX) (1st Final Four) Ashland (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach	Bob Daniels (Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player	Jerry Newsom Indiana State
Attendance	33,899
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments «1967  1969»

The 1968 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 1967-68 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the Kentucky Wesleyan College and Indiana State's Jerry Newsom was the Most Outstanding Player. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the (1946 and 1948) NAIA Tournaments, the (1979) NCAA Division I Tournament, and the 1968 NCAA Division II Tournament.

Regional participants

School Outcome American International Regional Champion Assumption Fifth Place* Bridgeport Third Place* Buffalo State Runner-up Le Moyne Seventh Place* Northeastern Fifth Place* Rochester Third Place* Springfield Seventh Place*

School Outcome Bethune Cookman Fourth Place Kentucky Wesleyan Regional Champion Oglethorpe Third Place Union (TN) Runner-up

School Outcome Cheyney Regional Champion Muhlenberg Fourth Place Philadelphia U Third Place Wagner Runner-up

School Outcome Ashland Regional Champion Denison Third Place Norfolk State Runner-up Roanoke Fourth Place

School Outcome Evansville Regional Champion Lincoln (MO) Third Place Southern Colorado Fourth Place SW Missouri State Runner-up

School Outcome Jackson State Third Place McNeese State Fourth Place Texas-Pan American Runner-up Trinity (TX) Regional Champion

School Outcome DePauw Fourth Place Illinois State Runner-up Indiana State Regional Champion South Dakota State Third Place

School Outcome San Diego State Third Place UC Davis Fourth Place UC Irvine Runner-up UNLV Regional Champion

*indicates a tie

Regionals

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Bridgeport		86
	Springfield		62
						Bridgeport		67
						American International		77
	American International		80
	Assumption		78
											American International		79
											Buffalo State		64
	Buffalo State		83
	Le Moyne		66
						Buffalo State		79
						Rochester		67
	Rochester		75
	Northeastern		67

• Consolation- Assumption 94, Springfield 75
• Consolation- Northeastern 67, Le Moyne 54

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Kentucky Wesleyan		86
	Oglethorpe		59
						Kentucky Wesleyan		66
						Union		58
	Union (TN)		81
	Bethune-Cookman		67

• Third Place - Oglethorpe 82, Bethune-Cookman 70

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Cheyney		94
	Muhlenberg		67
						Cheyney		72
						Wagner		57
	Wagner		98
	Philadelphia U		84

• Third Place -Philadelphia U 105, Muhlenberg 94

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Norfolk State		108
	Denison		86
						Norfolk State		51
						Ashland		61
	Ashland		71
	Roanoke		46

• Third Place - Denison 90, Roanoke 77

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Evansville		95
	Lincoln (MO)		80
						Evansville		79
						SW Missouri State		73
	SW Missouri State		69
	Southern Colorado		68

• Third Place - Lincoln 92, Southern Colorado 77

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
		Texas-Pan American	96
	4	Jackson State	73
						Texas-Pan American		83
						Trinity		87*
	Trinity (TX)		95
	McNeese State		78

• Third Place - Jackson State 75, McNeese State 71

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Indiana State		101
	South Dakota State		83
						Indiana State		98
						Illinois State		93
	Illinois State		83
	DePauw		81

• Third Place - South Dakota State 86, DePauw 84

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	UNLV		96
	UC Davis		91
						UNLV		79
						UC Irvine		74
	UC Irvine		78
	San Diego State		69

• Third Place - San Diego State 79, UC Davis 72

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	American International		78
	Kentucky Wesleyan		90
						Kentucky Wesleyan		45
						Ashland		32
	Cheyney		30
	Ashland		45
											Kentucky Weslayan		63
											Indiana State		52
	Evansville		77
	Trinity (TX)		93
						Trinity		67
						Indiana State		77
	Indiana State		94
	UNLV		75

• Third Place - Trinity 68, Ashland 52

*denotes each overtime played

See also

• 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1968 National Invitation Tournament
• 1968 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship