| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Evansville Purple Aces (4th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Southern Illinois Salukis (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Arad McCutchan (4th title) | ||||
| MOP | Jerry Sloan (Evansville) | ||||
| Attendance | 36,084 | ||||
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The 1965 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 1964–65 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, with Evansville's Jerry Sloan named the Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive year.
Akron
Warrensburg
Reading
Syracuse
Grand Forks
Carbondale
Seattle
Louisville
Evansville
1965 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)