| Teams | 32 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Sacramento State Hornets (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Jim Phelan (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Ron Roohrer (Sacramento State) | ||||
| Attendance | 7,749 | ||||
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The 1962 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 1961–62 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Mount St. Mary's University and Sacramento State's Ron Rohrer was the Most Outstanding Player.
Evansville
Akron
Reading
Rochester
Lincoln
Jonesboro
Sacramento
Valparaiso
1962 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)
Regional participants
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | Runner-up | |
| Northeastern | Regional Champion | |
| Rochester | Fourth Place | |
| St. Anselm | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Evansville | Runner-up | |
| North Carolina A&T | Third Place | |
| Southern Illinois | Regional Champion | |
| Union (TN) | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Albright | Third Place | |
| C. W. Post | Fourth Place | |
| Hofstra University | Runner-up | |
| Mount St. Mary's | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Florida A&M | Runner-up | |
| Gannon | Fourth Place | |
| Wittenberg | Regional Champion | |
| Youngstown State | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Poly Pomona | Runner-up | |
| Fresno State | Fourth Place | |
| Sacramento State | Regional Champion | |
| Seattle | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Concordia (IL) | Runner-up | |
| Illinois State | Fourth Place | |
| Kentucky State | Third Place | |
| Valparaiso | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Abilene Christian | Fourth Place | |
| Arkansas State | Runner-up | |
| Lamar | Third Place | |
| SE Missouri State | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Grinnell | Fourth Place | |
| Hamline | Third Place | |
| Nebraska Wesleyan | Regional Champion | |
| Northern Iowa | Runner-up | |
Regionals
Northeast - Rochester, New York
Location: Louis Alexander Palestra Host: University of Rochester
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
| Northeastern | 88 | ||||||||
| St. Anselm | 78 | ||||||||
| Northeastern | 80 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 69 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 86 | ||||||||
| Rochester | 75 | ||||||||
- Third Place - St. Anselm 83, Rochester 64
South Central - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 70 | ||||||||
| Union (TN) | 56 | ||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 88 | ||||||||
| Evansville | 83 | ||||||||
| Evansville | 97 | ||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 82 | ||||||||
- Third Place - North Carolina A&T 84, Union 80
East - Reading, Pennsylvania
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 67* | ||||||||
| Albright | 64 | ||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 66 | ||||||||
| Hofstra | 54 | ||||||||
| Hofstra | 56 | ||||||||
| C. W. Post | 55 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Albright 65, C. W. Post 59
Mideast - Akron, Ohio
Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
| Florida A&M | 74 | ||||||||
| Youngstown State | 60 | ||||||||
| Florida A&M | 33 | ||||||||
| Wittenberg | 35 | ||||||||
| Wittenberg | 69 | ||||||||
| Gannon | 43 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Youngstown State 58, Gannon 52
Pacific Coast - Sacramento, California
Location: Hornet Gym Host: Sacramento State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 88 | ||||||||
| Fresno State | 81 | ||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 65 | ||||||||
| Sacramento State | 73 | ||||||||
| Sacramento State | 68 | ||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 57 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Seattle Pacific 73, Fresno State 68
Great Lakes - Valparaiso, Indiana
Location: Athletics-Recreation Center Host: Valparaiso University
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
| Concordia (IL) | 79 | ||||||||
| Illinois State | 61 | ||||||||
| Concordia | 72 | ||||||||
| Valparaiso | 75 | ||||||||
| Valparaiso | 75 | ||||||||
| Kentucky State | 61 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Kentucky State 77, Illinois State 72
Southwest - Jonesboro, Arkansas
Location: Indian Fieldhouse Host: Arkansas State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 8 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 9 | ||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 57 | ||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 55 | ||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 76 | ||||||||
| Arkansas State | 64 | ||||||||
| Arkansas State | 66 | ||||||||
| Lamar | 65 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Lamar 83, Abilene Christian 74
Midwest - Lincoln, Nebraska
Location: Ira J. Taylor Gymnasium Host: Nebraska Wesleyan College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 9 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 81 | ||||||||
| Hamline | 68 | ||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 77 | ||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 78 | ||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 71 | ||||||||
| Grinnell | 65 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Hamline 76, Grinnell 68
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
| National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 15 | National semifinals Final Four March 16 | National Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 43 | |||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 39 | |||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 58* | |||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 61 | |||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 74** | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 73 | |||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 61 | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 71* | |||||||||||||
- Third Place - Southern Illinois 98, Nebraska Wesleyan 81
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Jim Mumford (Nebraska Wesleyan)
- John O'Reilly (Mount Saint Mary's)
- Ed Pfeiffer (Mount Saint Mary's)
- Ron Rohrer (Sacramento State)
- Ed Spila (Southern Illinois)
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