| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Wittenberg Tigers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Southeast Missouri State Bears (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Ray Mears (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Don Jacobson (South Dakota State) | ||||
| Attendance | 13,002 | ||||
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The 1961 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 1960-61 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Wittenberg University and South Dakota State's Don Jacobson was the Most Outstanding Player.
Clarksville
Chicago
Reading
Springfield
Brookings
Cape Girardeau
Santa Barbara
Evansville
Crawfordsville
1961 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)