The 1973 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 42 schools playing in a

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to determine the national champion of men's

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College Division

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as a culmination of the 1972-73 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by

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and Kentucky Wesleyan's Mike Williams was the Most Outstanding Player. This was the last College Division basketball tournament. Effective with the next school year of 1973–74, the NCAA adopted the three-division setup that exists to this day. The top-level University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two. College Division members that wished to award

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s were placed in Division II, while those that chose to remain non-scholarship were placed in

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Regional participants

*denotes tie

Regionals

Midwest -
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Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host:

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*Third Place - SW Missouri State 76, Southern Colorado 62

New England -
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Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College *Third Place - Bridgeport 93, St. Michael's 75

Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania

Location: Bollman Center Host:

Albright College Albright College is a private liberal arts college in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1856. History Albright College traces its founding to 1856 when Union Seminary opened. Present-day Albright was formed by the mergers of several ins ...

*Third Place - Cheyney 70, Philadelphia Textile 63

South - Hammond, Louisiana

Location: unknown Host:

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*Third Place - Chattanooga 99, Transylvania 86

Great Lakes -
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*Third Place - Capital 75, Wooster 47

South Atlantic - Salem, Virginia

Location: C. Homer Bast Center Host:

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*Third Place - Fayetteville State 81, Loyola 66

East - Oneonta, New York

Location: Binder Physical Education Center Host:

Hartwick College Hartwick College is a private liberal arts college in Oneonta, New York. The institution's origin is rooted in the founding of Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick. In 1927, the Seminary moved to expand into a ...

*Third Place - C. W. Post 79, Potsdam State 75

West - Bakersfield, California

Location: unknown Host: California State College, Bakersfield *Third Place - San Diego 80, Puget Sound 73 *denotes each overtime played

National Finals -
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*Third Place - Assumption 94, Brockport State 90 *denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

* Mike Boylan (Assumption) * Ron Gilliam (Brockport State) * Leonard Robinson (Tennessee State) * Mike Williams (Kentucky Wesleyan) * Roger Zornes (Kentucky Wesleyan)

References

Sources

2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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