1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	24
Finals Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Cincinnati (1st title)
Runner-Up	Ohio State (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Saint Joseph's (1st Final Four) Utah (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach	Ed Jucker (1st title)
MOP	Jerry Lucas Ohio State
Attendance	169,520
Top scorer	Billy McGill Utah (119 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1960  1962»

The 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 14, 1961, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 28 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Cincinnati, coached by Ed Jucker, won the national title with a 70-65 victory in the final game over Ohio State, coached by Fred Taylor. Jerry Lucas of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Mideast region 3.3 Midwest region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Charlotte, North Carolina	New York City, New York
Mideast	Louisville, Kentucky
Midwest	Lawrence, Kansas	Houston, Texas
West	Portland, Oregon
Finals	Kansas City, Missouri

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	George Washington	Bill Reinhart	First round	Princeton	L 84-67
East	n/a	Princeton	Jake McCandless	Regional Fourth Place	St. Bonaventure	L 85-67
East	n/a	Rhode Island	Ernie Calverley	First round	St. Bonaventure	L 86-76
East	n/a	St. Bonaventure	Eddie Donovan	Regional Third Place	Princeton	W 85-67
East	n/a	St. John's	Joe Lapchick	First round	Wake Forest	L 97-74
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack Ramsay	Third Place	Utah	W 127-120 (4OT)
East	n/a	Wake Forest	Bones McKinney	Elite Eight	Saint Joseph's	L 96-86
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Elite Eight	Ohio State	L 87-74
Mideast	n/a	Louisville	Peck Hickman	Regional Third Place	Morehead State	W 83-61
Mideast	n/a	Morehead State	Robert Laughlin	Regional Fourth Place	Louisville	L 83-61
Mideast	n/a	Ohio	James Snyder	First round	Louisville	L 76-70
Mideast	n/a	Ohio State	Fred Taylor	Runner Up	Cincinnati	L 70-65
Mideast	n/a	Xavier	Jim McCafferty	First round	Morehead State	L 71-66
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Cincinnati	Ed Jucker	Champion	Ohio State	W 70-65
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Regional Fourth Place	Texas Tech	L 69-67
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Elite Eight	Cincinnati	L 69-64
Midwest	n/a	Marquette	Eddie Hickey	First round	Houston	L 77-61
Midwest	n/a	Texas Tech	Polk Robison	Regional Third Place	Houston	W 69-67
West
West	n/a	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Elite Eight	Utah	L 88-80
West	n/a	Loyola, Los Angeles	William Donovan	Regional Third Place	USC	W 69-67
West	n/a	Oregon	Steve Belko	First round	USC	L 81-79
West	n/a	Seattle	Vince Cazzetta	First round	Arizona State	L 72-70
West	n/a	USC	Forrest Twogood	Regional Fourth Place	Loyola, Los Angeles	L 69-67
West	n/a	Utah	Jack Gardner	Fourth Place	Saint Joseph's	L 127-120 (4OT)

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							St. Joseph's	72
							Princeton	67
		Princeton	84
		George Washington	67
												St. Joseph's	96
												Wake Forest	86
		St. Bonaventure	86
		Rhode Island	76
							St. Bonaventure	73
							Wake Forest	78
		Wake Forest	97
		St. John's	74

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Ohio State	56
							Louisville	55
		Louisville	76
		Ohio U	70
												Ohio State	87
												Kentucky	74
							Kentucky	71
							Morehead State	64
		Morehead State	71
		Xavier	66

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Kansas State	75
							Houston	64
		Houston	77
		Marquette	61
												Kansas State	64
												Cincinnati	69
							Cincinnati	78
							Texas Tech	55

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Utah	91
							Loyola-CA	75
												Utah	88
												Arizona State	80
		Arizona State	72
		Seattle	70
							Arizona State	86
							Southern California	71
		Southern California	81
		Oregon	79

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		St. Joseph's	69
		Ohio State	95
							Ohio State	65*
							Cincinnati	70
		Cincinnati	82
		Utah	67

[edit] External links

• 1961 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four broadcasters | Champions and records
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