1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament

1974 NCAA Division II
basketball tournament
Teams	44
Finals site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Morgan State Bears (1st title)
Runner-up	SW Missouri State Bears (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Assumption Greyhounds (2nd Final Four); New Orleans Privateers (1st Final Four);
Winning coach	Nat Frazier (1st title)
MOP	Marvin Webster (Morgan State)
Attendance	14,207
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.

Albany

Grand Forks

St. Cloud

Springfield

Rensselaer

Winter Park

Reading

Hiram

Chester

Waltham

Nashville

Canton

Norfolk

Evansville

San Luis Obispo

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[edit]


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[edit]

South Atlantic – Norfolk, Virginia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]