1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament

1974 NCAA Division II
basketball tournament
Teams44
Finals siteEvansville, Indiana
ChampionsMorgan State Bears (1st title)
Runner-upSW Missouri State Bears (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachNat Frazier (1st title)
MOPMarvin Webster (Morgan State)
Attendance14,207
NCAA Division II men's tournaments
«1973 1975»

The 1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 44 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1973–74 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Morgan State University and Morgan State's Marvin Webster was the Most Outstanding Player.

This was the first tournament to be officially designated as a Division II basketball championship. The NCAA first split into competitive divisions for the 1956–57 school year, creating the top-level University Division and second-tier College Division. Effective with the 1973–74 school year, the NCAA adopted the three-division system that exists to this day. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split into Division II and the non-scholarship Division III. Since the Division III basketball tournament would not be played until 1975, the 1974 Division II tournament included Division III teams despite the name.

1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament is located in the United States
Albany
Albany
Grand Forks
Grand Forks
St. Cloud
St. Cloud
Springfield
Springfield
Rensselaer
Rensselaer
Winter Park
Winter Park
Reading
Reading
Hiram
Hiram
1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
Chester
Chester
Waltham
Waltham
Nashville
Nashville
Canton
Canton
Norfolk
Norfolk
Evansville
Evansville
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo
Springfield
Springfield
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1974 NCAA Division II Men's sites - first round (white) regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)

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Regional participants

School Outcome
Miles Fifth Place*
Norfolk State Regional Champion
Old Dominion Runner-up
Randolph–Macon Fifth Place*
Roanoke Third Place
Rollins Fourth Place
School Outcome
Assumption Regional Champion
Bentley Fourth Place
Hartford Runner-up
St. Michael's Third Place
School Outcome
Hartwick Runner-up
Morgan State Regional Champion
New Jersey City Fifth Place*
Potsdam State Fourth Place
Siena Third Place
St. Lawrence Fifth Place*
School Outcome
Albright Runner-up
Bloomsburg Regional Champion
Hiram Fourth Place
Johns Hopkins Fifth Place*
King's (PA) Third Place
Ohio Northern Fifth Place*
School Outcome
Chicago Fifth Place*
Coe Fifth Place*
Evansville Third Place
Wisconsin–Green Bay Fourth Place
St. Joseph's (IN) Regional Champion
Wittenberg Runner-up
School Outcome
Kentucky Wesleyan Runner-up
Monmouth (IL) Fifth Place*
North Dakota Third Place
North Dakota State Fifth Place*
St. Cloud State Fourth Place
SW Missouri State Regional Champion
School Outcome
Fisk Runner-up
Madison Fifth Place
New Orleans Regional Champion
Southern Fourth Place
Tennessee State Third Place
School Outcome
Cal Poly Third Place
Chico State Fourth Place
San Diego Fifth Place
Sonoma State Runner-up
UC Riverside Regional Champion

*denotes tie

Regionals

South Atlantic – Norfolk, Virginia

Location: Norfolk Scope Host: Old Dominion University

First round – Norfolk, VA
Round of 44
March 5
   
Norfolk State 74
Randolph-Macon 72
First round – Winter Park, FL
Round of 44
March 5
   
Rollins 76
Miles 67
Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
      
Roanoke 75
Norfolk State 84
Norfolk State 89
Old Dominion 76
Rollins 77
Old Dominion 80
  • Third Place – Roanoke 88, Rollins 77

New England – Waltham, Massachusetts

Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College

Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
      
Hartford 102
St. Michael's 93
Hartford 68
Assumption 84
Assumption 85
Bentley 83
  • Third Place – St. Michael's 95, Bentley 91

East – Canton, New York

Location: Burkman Gymnasium Host: Saint Lawrence University

First round – Canton, NY
Round of 44
March 5
   
Potsdam State 65
St. Lawrence 49
First round – Albany, NY
Round of 44
March 4
   
Siena 87
New Jersey City 64
Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
      
Morgan State 54
Potsdam State 43
Morgan State 68
Hartwick 64
Siena 72
Hartwick 81
  • Third Place – Siena 82, Potsdam State 74

Mideast – Reading, Pennsylvania

Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College

First round – Chester, PA
Round of 44
March 5
   
Bloomsburg 78
Johns Hopkins 63
First round – Hiram, OH
Round of 44
March 5
   
Hiram 56
Ohio Northern 50
Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
      
King's (PA) 65
Bloomsburg 66
Bloomsburg 92
Albright 78
Hiram 79
Albright 93
  • Third Place – King's 111, Hiram 81

Great Lakes – Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville

First round – Rensselaer, IN
Round of 44
March 5
   
St. Joseph's (IN) 91
Coe 76
First round – Springfield, OH
Round of 44
March 5
   
Wittenberg 82
Chicago 58
Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
      
UW–Green Bay 54
St. Joseph's 70
St. Joseph's 75
Wittenberg 60
Wittenberg 59*
Evansville 55
  • Third Place – Evansville 87, Wisconsin–Green Bay 75

Midwest – Springfield, Missouri

Location: Hammons Center Host: Southwest Missouri State University

First round – St. Cloud, MN
Round of 44
March 5
   
St. Cloud State 77
North Dakota State 62
First round – Grand Forks, ND
Round of 44
March 5
   
North Dakota 73
Monmouth (IL) 67
Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
      
Kentucky Wesleyan 74
St. Cloud State 72
Kentucky Wesleyan 66
SW Missouri State 69
North Dakota 63
SW Missouri State 71
  • Third Place – North Dakota 75, St. Cloud State 71

South – Nashville, Tennessee

Location: unknown Host: Tennessee State University

First round
Round of 44
March 5 		Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
         
Tennessee State 54
Fisk 65
Fisk 59
Madison 54
Fisk 63
New Orleans 78
New Orleans 85
Southern 80
  • Third Place – Tennessee State 98, Southern 88

West – San Luis Obispo, California

Location: Mott Gym Host: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

First round
Round of 44
March 5 		Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 8 		Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 9
         
Cal Poly 66
Sonoma State 73
Sonoma State 60
San Diego 54
Sonoma State 56
UC Riverside 71
UC Riverside 62
Chico State 51
  • Third Place – Cal Poly 81, Chico State 63

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals – Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville

National Quarterfinals
Elite Eight
March 13 		National semifinals
Final Four
March 14 		National Championship
March 15
         
Norfolk State 79
Assumption 89
Assumption 70
Morgan State 73
Morgan State 71
Bloomsburg 57
Morgan State 67
SW Missouri State 52
St. Joseph's (IN) 78
SW Missouri State 80
SW Missouri State 68
New Orleans 63
New Orleans 83
UC Riverside 78
  • Third Place – Assumption 115, New Orleans 103

*denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

  • William Doolittle (Southwest Missouri State)
  • John Grochowski (Assumption)
  • Randy Magers (Southwest Missouri State)
  • Alvin O'Neal (Morgan State)
  • Marvin Webster (Morgan State)

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