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Edition of USA college basketball tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1971 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 1970-71 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, with Evansville's Don Buse named the Most Outstanding Player.
Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Evansville Purple Aces (5th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Old Dominion Monarchs (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Arad McCutchan (5th title) | ||||
MOP | Don Buse (Evansville) | ||||
Attendance | 35,812 | ||||
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Southwestern Louisiana's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
School | Outcome | |
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Kentucky Wesleyan | Regional Champion | |
North Dakota State | Third Place | |
Northeast Missouri State | Runner-up | |
St. Olaf | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Akron | Third Place | |
Cheyney | Regional Champion | |
Philadelphia Textile | Runner-up | |
Wooster | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Norfolk State | Runner-up | |
Old Dominion | Regional Champion | |
Roanoke | Fourth Place | |
Stetson | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Cal Poly | Third Place | |
Puget Sound | Regional Champion | |
San Francisco State | Fourth Place | |
Seattle Pacific | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Assumption | Regional Champion | |
Central Connecticut State | Runner-up | |
Sacred Heart | Third Place | |
Stonehill | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Louisiana Tech | Third Place | |
LSU–New Orleans | Fourth Place | |
Southwestern Louisiana* | Vacated | |
Tennessee State | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Ashland | Third Place | |
Augustana (IL) | Fourth Place | |
Central Michigan | Runner-up | |
Evansville | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Buffalo State | Runner-up | |
C. W. Post | Fourth Place | |
Hartwick | Regional Champion | |
Montclair State | Third Place |
*tournament appearance vacated
Location: Pershing Arena Host: Northeast Missouri State University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 94 | ||||||||
St. Olaf | 79 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 60 | ||||||||
Northeast Missouri State | 48 | ||||||||
Northeast Missouri State | 75 | ||||||||
North Dakota State | 66 |
Location: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 83* | ||||||||
Wooster | 81 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 58 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 60 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 100 | ||||||||
Akron | 89 |
Location: Norfolk Scope Host: Old Dominion University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 97 | ||||||||
Roanoke | 77 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 97 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 102 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 89 | ||||||||
Stetson | 65 |
Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 75 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 68 | ||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 78 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 85 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 81 | ||||||||
Cal Poly | 69 |
Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Assumption | 106 | ||||||||
Sacred Heart | 83 | ||||||||
Assumption | 105 | ||||||||
Central Connecticut State | 77 | ||||||||
Central Connecticut State | 111 | ||||||||
Stonehill | 99 |
Location: Blackham Coliseum Host: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 12 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 13 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 92* | ||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 91 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 82 | ||||||||
86 | |||||||||
113 | |||||||||
LSU–New Orleans | 107 |
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Central Michigan | 63 | ||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 59 | ||||||||
Central Michigan | 60 | ||||||||
Evansville | 78 | ||||||||
Evansville | 72 | ||||||||
Ashland | 64 |
Location: unknown Host: Buffalo State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 11 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Hartwick | 77 | ||||||||
C. W. Post | 50 | ||||||||
Hartwick | 71 | ||||||||
Buffalo State | 70 | ||||||||
Buffalo State | 103 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 93 |
*denotes each overtime played
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 17 | National semifinals Final Four March 18 | National Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 89 | |||||||||||||
Cheyney | 83 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 83 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 97 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 81* | |||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 80 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 82 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 97 | |||||||||||||
Assumption | 99 | |||||||||||||
110 | ||||||||||||||
74 | ||||||||||||||
Evansville | 93 | |||||||||||||
Evansville | 105 | |||||||||||||
Hartwick | 69 |
*denots each overtime played
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