The 1973 [NCAA College Division basketball tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/ncaa-division-ii-men-s-[basketball](https://bliptext.com/articles/college-basketball)-tournament) involved 42 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division basketball as a culmination of the 1972-73 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College 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 athletic scholarships were placed in Division II, while those that chose to remain non-scholarship were placed in Division III. }

Regional participants

• denotes tie

Regionals

Midwest - Springfield, Missouri

Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State University

New England - Worcester, Massachusetts

Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College

Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania

Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College

South - Hammond, Louisiana

Location: unknown Host: Southeastern Louisiana University

Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville

South Atlantic - Salem, Virginia

Location: C. Homer Bast Center Host: Roanoke College

East - Oneonta, New York

Location: Binder Physical Education Center Host: Hartwick College

West - Bakersfield, California

Location: unknown Host: California State College, Bakersfield

• denotes each overtime played

National Finals - Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville

• denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

Sources