| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | South Dakota State Jackrabbits (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Wittenberg Tigers (2nd title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Jim Iverson (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Wayne Rasmussen (South Dakota State) | ||||
| Attendance | 18,526 | ||||
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The 1963 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 1962–63 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by South Dakota State University, with South Dakota State's Wayne Rasmussen named Most Outstanding Player.
Akron
St. Louis
Reading
Boston
Brookings
Cape Girardeau
Fresno
Louisville
Evansville
1963 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)