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1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament

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FieldValue
DivisionII
Year1974
ImageSize100px
Teams44
FinalFourCityEvansville, Indiana
ChampionsMorgan State Bears
TitleCount1st
RunnerUpSW Missouri State Bears
GameCount4th
Semifinal1Assumption Greyhounds
FinalFourCount2nd
Semifinal2New Orleans Privateers
FinalFourCount21st
CoachNat Frazier
CoachCount1st
MOPMarvin Webster
MOPTeamMorgan State
Attendance14,207

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.

Regional participants

SchoolOutcome
MilesFifth Place*
Norfolk StateRegional Champion
Old DominionRunner-up
Randolph–MaconFifth Place*
RoanokeThird Place
RollinsFourth Place
SchoolOutcome
AssumptionRegional Champion
BentleyFourth Place
HartfordRunner-up
St. Michael'sThird Place
SchoolOutcome
HartwickRunner-up
Morgan StateRegional Champion
New Jersey CityFifth Place*
Potsdam StateFourth Place
SienaThird Place
St. LawrenceFifth Place*
SchoolOutcome
AlbrightRunner-up
BloomsburgRegional Champion
HiramFourth Place
Johns HopkinsFifth Place*
King's (PA)Third Place
Ohio NorthernFifth Place*
SchoolOutcome
ChicagoFifth Place*
CoeFifth Place*
EvansvilleThird Place
Wisconsin–Green BayFourth Place
St. Joseph's (IN)Regional Champion
WittenbergRunner-up
SchoolOutcome
Kentucky WesleyanRunner-up
Monmouth (IL)Fifth Place*
North DakotaThird Place
North Dakota StateFifth Place*
St. Cloud StateFourth Place
SW Missouri StateRegional Champion
SchoolOutcome
FiskRunner-up
MadisonFifth Place
New OrleansRegional Champion
SouthernFourth Place
Tennessee StateThird Place
SchoolOutcome
Cal PolyThird Place
Chico StateFourth Place
San DiegoFifth Place
Sonoma StateRunner-up
UC RiversideRegional Champion

*denotes tie

Regionals

South Atlantic – [[Norfolk, Virginia]]

Location: Norfolk Scope Host: Old Dominion University Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Norfolk State | RD1-score1=74 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Randolph-Macon | RD1-score2=72 Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Rollins | RD1-score1=76 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Miles | RD1-score2=67 Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Roanoke | RD1-score1=75 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Norfolk State | RD1-score2=84 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Rollins | RD1-score3=77 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Old Dominion | RD1-score4=80 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Norfolk State | RD2-score1=89 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Old Dominion | RD2-score2=76

  • Third Place – Roanoke 88, Rollins 77

New England – [[Waltham, Massachusetts]]

Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Hartford | RD1-score1=102 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=St. Michael's | RD1-score2=93 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Assumption | RD1-score3=85 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Bentley | RD1-score4=83 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Hartford | RD2-score1=68 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Assumption | RD2-score2=84

  • Third Place – St. Michael's 95, Bentley 91

East – [[Canton, New York]]

Location: Burkman Gymnasium Host: Saint Lawrence University Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Potsdam State | RD1-score1=65 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=St. Lawrence | RD1-score2=49 Round of 44 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Siena | RD1-score1=87 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=New Jersey City | RD1-score2=64 Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Morgan State | RD1-score1=54 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Potsdam State | RD1-score2=43 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Siena | RD1-score3=72 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Hartwick | RD1-score4=81 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Morgan State | RD2-score1=68 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Hartwick | RD2-score2=64

  • Third Place – Siena 82, Potsdam State 74

Mideast – [[Reading, Pennsylvania]]

Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Bloomsburg | RD1-score1=78 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Johns Hopkins | RD1-score2=63 Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Hiram | RD1-score1=56 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Ohio Northern | RD1-score2=50 Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=King's (PA) | RD1-score1=65 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Bloomsburg | RD1-score2=66 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Hiram | RD1-score3=79 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Albright | RD1-score4=93 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Bloomsburg | RD2-score1=92 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Albright | RD2-score2=78

  • Third Place – King's 111, Hiram 81

Great Lakes – [[Evansville, Indiana]]

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=St. Joseph's (IN) | RD1-score1=91 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Coe | RD1-score2=76 Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Wittenberg | RD1-score1=82 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Chicago | RD1-score2=58 Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=UW–Green Bay | RD1-score1=54 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=St. Joseph's | RD1-score2=70 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Wittenberg | RD1-score3=59* | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Evansville | RD1-score4=55 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=St. Joseph's | RD2-score1=75 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Wittenberg | RD2-score2=60

  • Third Place – Evansville 87, Wisconsin–Green Bay 75

Midwest – [[Springfield, Missouri]]

Location: Hammons Center Host: Southwest Missouri State University Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=St. Cloud State | RD1-score1=77 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=North Dakota State | RD1-score2=62 Round of 44 March 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=North Dakota | RD1-score1=73 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Monmouth (IL) | RD1-score2=67 Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Kentucky Wesleyan | RD1-score1=74 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=St. Cloud State | RD1-score2=72 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=North Dakota | RD1-score3=63 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=SW Missouri State | RD1-score4=71 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Kentucky Wesleyan | RD2-score1=66 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=SW Missouri State | RD2-score2=69

  • Third Place – North Dakota 75, St. Cloud State 71

South – [[Nashville, Tennessee]]

Location: Kean Hall Host: Tennessee State University Round of 44 March 5 Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Fisk | RD1-score3=59 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Madison | RD1-score4=54 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Tennessee State | RD2-score1=54 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Fisk | RD2-score2=65 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=New Orleans | RD2-score3=85 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Southern | RD2-score4=80 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Fisk | RD3-score1=63 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=New Orleans | RD3-score2=78

  • Third Place – Tennessee State 98, Southern 88

West – [[San Luis Obispo, California]]

Location: Mott Gym Host: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Round of 44 March 5 Round of 32 March 8 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Sonoma State | RD1-score3=60 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=San Diego | RD1-score4=54 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Cal Poly | RD2-score1=66 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Sonoma State | RD2-score2=73 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=UC Riverside | RD2-score3=62 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Chico State | RD2-score4=51 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Sonoma State | RD3-score1=56 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=UC Riverside | RD3-score2=71

  • Third Place – Cal Poly 81, Chico State 63

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals – [[Evansville, Indiana]]

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville Final Four March 14 March 15 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Norfolk State | RD1-score1=79 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Assumption | RD1-score2=89 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Morgan State | RD1-score3=71 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Bloomsburg | RD1-score4=57 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=St. Joseph's (IN) | RD1-score5=78 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=SW Missouri State | RD1-score6=80 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=New Orleans | RD1-score7=83 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=UC Riverside | RD1-score8=78 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Assumption | RD2-score1=70 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Morgan State | RD2-score2=73 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=SW Missouri State | RD2-score3=68 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=New Orleans | RD2-score4=63 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Morgan State | RD3-score1=67 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=SW Missouri State | RD3-score2=52

  • 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)

References

Sources

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