1961 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
The 1961 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 1960-61 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Wittenberg University and South Dakota State's Don Jacobson was the Most Outstanding Player.Regional participants
Regionals
Location: Memorial Health Building
- Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 111, Chattanooga 80
Location: Bollman Center
Location: Judd Gymnasia
- Third Place - Rochester 82, Springfield 68
Location: Chadwick Court
Location: Henry Crown Field House
- Third Place - Evansville 98, MacMurray 97*
Location: Houck Field House
Location: The Barn
- Third Place - Cornell 83, Wisconsin–Superior 72
Location: Robertson Gymnasium
- Third Place - Chapman 68, Nevada 63
*denotes each overtime playedLocation: Roberts Municipal Stadium
*denotes each overtime playedAll-tournament team
