1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 24 | ||
| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Champions | Cincinnati (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | Ohio State (3rd title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Saint Joseph's (1st Final Four) Utah (2nd Final Four) |
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| Winning coach | Ed Jucker (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Jerry Lucas Ohio State | ||
| Attendance | 169,520 | ||
| Top scorer | Billy McGill Utah (119 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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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 state rival Ohio State, coached by Fred Taylor. Jerry Lucas of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The national third place game, won by St. Joseph's over Utah by the score of 127-120 in four overtimes, tied the record for the longest game in NCAA Division I tournament history, set in 1956 in a first-round game between Canisius and North Carolina State. As of the regional finals of the 2009 tournament, no NCAA Division I tournament games since then have gone to a fourth overtime period.[1] Saint Joseph's victory was later vacated because of a gambling scandal. [2]
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Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | Charlotte, North Carolina | New York City, New York |
| Mideast | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Midwest | Lawrence, Kansas | Houston, Texas |
| West | Portland, Oregon | |
| Finals | Kansas City, Missouri |
Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| 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 | Regional Runner-up | Saint Joseph's | L 96-86 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Regional Runner-up | 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 | Regional Runner-up | 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 | Regional Runner-up | 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) |
Bracket
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 | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Midwest region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Kansas State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 77 | ||||||||||||
| Marquette | 61 | ||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 69 | ||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 78 | ||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 55 | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Final Four
| National Semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
| E | St. Joseph's | 69 | |||||||
| ME | Ohio State | 95 | |||||||
| ME | Ohio State | 65* | |||||||
| MW | Cincinnati | 70 | |||||||
| MW | Cincinnati | 82 | |||||||
| W | Utah | 67 | National Third Place Game | ||||||
| E | St. Joseph's | 127**** | |||||||
| W | Utah | 120 | |||||||
See also
References
- ^ The Sports Network. "The Sports Network - Men's College Basketball". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cbask/mmad/2009/stat.aspx?f=teams_records. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ http://www.umich.edu/~mgoblue/compliance/gambling/literature.html
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