| Teams | 32 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Evansville Purple Aces (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Chapman Panthers (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Arad McCutchan (2nd title) | ||||
| MOP | Ed Smallwood (Evansville) | ||||
| Attendance | 27,836 | ||||
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The 1960 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 1959-60 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.
Owensboro
Wheaton
Staten Island
Winooski
Galesburg
Kirksville
Fresno
Evansville
1960 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)
Regional participants
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Assumption | Third Place | |
| Le Moyne | Fourth Place | |
| St. Anselm | Runner-up | |
| St. Michael's | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Peay | Runner-up | |
| Belmont Abbey | Third Place | |
| Johnson C. Smith | Fourth Place | |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| American | Regional Champion | |
| Drexel | Fourth Place | |
| Fairfield | Runner-up | |
| Upsala | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State | Fourth Place | |
| Buffalo | Third Place | |
| Evansville | Regional Champion | |
| Wabash | Runner-up | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Augustana (IL) | Fourth Place | |
| Lincoln (MO) | Runner-up | |
| Milwaukee | Third Place | |
| Wheaton (IL) | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Chapman | Regional Champion | |
| Fresno State | Runner-up | |
| San Francisco State | Fourth Place | |
| Trinity (TX) | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell (IA) | Regional Champion | |
| Prairie View | Runner-up | |
| South Dakota State | Third Place | |
| Wartburg | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Abilene Christian | Runner-up | |
| Colorado College | Fourth Place | |
| Lamar | Third Place | |
| Truman | Regional Campion | |
Regionals
Northeast - Winooski, Vermont
Location: unknown Host: Saint Michael's College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4 | ||||||||
| St. Michael's | 73 | ||||||||
| Assumption | 50 | ||||||||
| St. Michael's | 99 | ||||||||
| St. Anselm | 95 | ||||||||
| St. Anselm | 108 | ||||||||
| Le Moyne | 75 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Assumption 94, Le Moyne 68
South - Owensboro, Kentucky
Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 108 | ||||||||
| Johnson C. Smith | 80 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 83 | ||||||||
| Austin Peay | 69 | ||||||||
| Austin Peay | 74 | ||||||||
| Belmont Abbey | 63 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Belmont Abbey 70, Johnson C. Smith 59
East - Staten Island, New York
Location: Sutter Gym Host: Wagner College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 56 | ||||||||
| Drexel | 44 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 74 | ||||||||
| American | 75 | ||||||||
| American | 83 | ||||||||
| Upsala | 74 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Upsala 74, Drexel 69
Mideast - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4 | ||||||||
| Evansville | 91 | ||||||||
| Arkansas State | 74 | ||||||||
| Evansville | 89 | ||||||||
| Wabash | 68 | ||||||||
| Wabash | 76 | ||||||||
| Buffalo | 65 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Buffalo 53, Arkansas State 52
Great Lakes - Wheaton, Illinois
Location: Alumni Gymnasium Host: Wheaton College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 82 | ||||||||
| Augustana (IL) | 67 | ||||||||
| Wheaton | 78 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 59 | ||||||||
| Lincoln (MO) | 100 | ||||||||
| Milwaukee | 92 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Milwaukee 109, Augustana 82
Pacific Coast - Fresno, California
Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
| Fresno State | 62 | ||||||||
| San Francisco State | 49 | ||||||||
| Fresno State | 62 | ||||||||
| Chapman | 70 | ||||||||
| Chapman | 73 | ||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 52 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Trinity 72, San Francisco State 64
Midwest - Galesburg, Illinois
Location: Memorial Gym Host: Knox College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
| Cornell (IA) | 72 | ||||||||
| Wartburg | 67 | ||||||||
| Cornell | 93 | ||||||||
| Prairie View | 79 | ||||||||
| Prairie View | 78 | ||||||||
| South Dakota State | 65 | ||||||||
- Third Place - South Dakota State 93, Wartburg 77
Southwest - Kirksville, Missouri
Location: Pershing Arena Host: Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
| Truman | 82 | ||||||||
| Lamar | 81 | ||||||||
| Truman | 79 | ||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 76 | ||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 109 | ||||||||
| Colorado College | 65 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Lamar 88, Colorado College 67
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
| National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 9 | National semifinals Final Four March 10 | National Championship March 11 | ||||||||||||
| St. Michael's | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 99 | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 69 | |||||||||||||
| Evansville | 76 | |||||||||||||
| American | 91 | |||||||||||||
| Evansville | 101 | |||||||||||||
| Evansville | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Chapman | 69 | |||||||||||||
| Wheaton | 67 | |||||||||||||
| Chapman | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Chapman | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Cornell | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Cornell | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Truman | 81 | |||||||||||||
- Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 86, Cornell 76
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Gary Auten (Kentucky Wesleyan)
- Tom Cooke (Chapman)
- William Jones (American)
- Ed Smallwood (Evansville)
- Dale Wise (Evansville)
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