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    1961 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

    

Play In Round    Sweet 16   Elite 8   Final 4  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

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

 

Region Team Coach
East    
East George Washington Bill Reinhart
East Princeton Jake McCandless
East Rhode Island Ernie Calverley
East St. Bonaventure Eddie Donovan
East St. John's Joe Lapchick
East Saint Joseph's Jack Ramsay
East Wake Forest Bones McKinney
Mideast    
Mideast Kentucky Adolph Rupp
Mideast Louisville Peck Hickman
Mideast Morehead State Robert Laughlin
Mideast Ohio James Snyder
Mideast Ohio State Fred Taylor
Mideast Xavier Jim McCafferty
Midwest    
Midwest Cincinnati Ed Jucker
Midwest Houston Guy Lewis
Midwest Kansas State Tex Winter
Midwest Marquette Eddie Hickey
Midwest Texas Tech Polk Robison
West    
West Arizona State Ned Wulk
West Loyola, Los Angeles William Donovan
West Oregon Steve Belko
West Seattle Vince Cazzetta
West USC Forrest Twogood
West Utah Jack Gardner

1961

The 1961 NCAA University Division 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.

Locations

 

Ohio State players after losing the final v Cincinnati

 

Play In Round  March 14

 

East  REGIONALMadison Square Garden
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Princeton
 George Washington 84-67  
St. Bonaventure  Rhode Island 86-76  
    Wake Forest St. John's 97-74  

 Mideast  REGIONAL

Freedom Hall      Louisville
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Louisville
 Ohio University 76-70

Midwest  REGIONALDelmar Fieldhouse     Houston,
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Morehead State  Xavier 71-66  
Houston  Marquette 77-61  

West REGIONAL Memorial Coliseum         Portland
Favorite Site Team Team

 Score

Star Efforts

Southern Cal 

Oregon  

 81-79
    Arizona State  Seattle 72-70



Sweet 16

 East REGIONAL at Charlotte Coliseum
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
St. Joseph's  Princeton 72-67  
Wake Forest  St. Bonaventure 78-73  

   Mideast REGIONAL at  Freedom Hall      Louisville
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Ohio State  Louisville 56-55  
Kentucky Morehead State 71-64  

 Midwest  REGIONAL at   Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  Cincinnati  Texas Tech 78-55  
  Kansas State  Houston 75-64  

West  REGIONAL at  Memorial Coliseum

Portland
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  Utah  Loyola (Calif.) 91-75  
 

Arizona State 

Southern Cal

86-71  

Regional Third Place
East: St. Bonaventure 85, Princeton 67
Mideast: Louisville 83, Morehead State 61
Midwest: Texas Tech 69, Houston 67
West: Loyola (Calif.) 69, Southern Cal 67

Elite 8

 East  REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  St. Joseph's  Wake Forest

96-86

  

   Mideast  REGIONAL at
Favorite Team Team

Score

 Star Efforts

Ohio State 

Kentucky

87-74

  

 Midwest REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
  Cincinnati  Kansas State

69-64

 West REGIONAL at  Los Angeles
Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
  Utah Arizona State

88-80

  

Final 4

at

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts


Ohio State 95,

St. Joseph's 69

95-69

  
  Cincinnati 82, Utah 67

82-67

  

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

National Third Place
St. Joseph's 127, Utah 120 (4OT)


at Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri - March 25

 
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Cincinnati Ohio State 65 70-65 (OT)  
Top 10 Teams
Rank Team W-L Post-Season Result
1. Ohio State 27-1 NCAA 2nd Place
2. Cincinnati 27-3 NCAA 1st Place
3 St. Bonaventure 24-4 Lost NCAA regionals
4. Kansas State 23-4 Lost NCAA regionals
5. North Carolina 19-4 Probation
6. Bradley 21-5 DNP
7. Southern Cal 21-8 Lost NCAA regionals
8. Iowa 18-6 DNP
9. West Virginia 23-4 DNP
10. Duke 22-6 DNP
All-America Team
Pos Name Cl. School
F Terry Dischinger Jr. Purdue
F Tom Stith Sr. St. Bonaventure
F Chet Walker Jr. Bradley
C Jerry Lucas Jr. Ohio State
G Roger Kaiser Sr. Georgia Tech
All NCAA Tournament Team
Name Cl. Pos Team
John Egan Sr. F St. Joseph’s
Bob Wiesenhahn Sr F Cincinnati
Jerry Lucas  (MVP) Jr. C Ohio State
Carl Bouldin Sr. G Cincinnati
Larry Siegfried Sr. G Ohio State

Cincinnati leaders: F Bob Wiesenhahn, Sr.; G-F Tom Thacker, So.; C Paul Hogue, Jr.; G Carl Bouldin, Sr.; G Tony Yates, So.

Team Offense

St. Bonaventure, 88.5

Team Defense

Santa Clara, 48.7

Individual Scoring
1. Frank Burgess Gonazaga 32.4
2. Tom Chilton E. Tennessee State 32.1
3. Tom Stith St. Bonaventure 29.6
4. Terry Dischinger Purdue 28.2
5. Billy “The Hill” McGill Utah 27.8
6. Len Chappell Wake Forest 26.6
Individual Rebounding
1. Jerry Lucas Ohio State .198
2. Nate Thurmond Bowling Green .196
3. Jeff Cohen William & Mary .185
Notes
  • NIT 1st Place:Providence def. St. Louis 62-59.
  • St. Bonaventure’s 99-game home win streak was ended.
  • Mississippi State won the Southeastern Conference title but refused to play in a racially integrated NCAA tournament.
  • A St. Joseph’s player was involved in a minor point-shaving scandal.

 

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