1974 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament

The 1974 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament involved 44 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1973–74 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Morgan State University and Morgan State's Marvin Webster was the Most Outstanding Player.

1974 NCAA Division II
Basketball Tournament

Teams	44
Finals site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Morgan State Bears (1st title)
Runner-up	SW Missouri State Bears (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Assumption Greyhounds (2nd Final Four) New Orleans Privateers (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Nat Frazier (1st title)
MOP	Marvin Webster, Morgan State
Attendance	14,207

This was the first tournament to be officially designated as a Division II basketball championship. The NCAA first split into competitive divisions for the 1956–57 school year, creating the top-level University Division and second-tier College Division. Effective with the 1973–74 school year, the NCAA adopted the three-division system that exists to this day. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split into Division II and the non-scholarship Division III.

Regional participants

School Outcome Miles Fifth Place* Norfolk State Regional Champion Old Dominion Runner-up Randolph–Macon Fifth Place* Roanoke Third Place Rollins Fourth Place

School Outcome Assumption Regional Champion Bentley Fourth Place Hartford Runner-up St. Michael's Third Place

School Outcome Hartwick Runner-up Morgan State Regional Champion New Jersey City Fifth Place* Potsdam State Fourth Place Siena Third Place St. Lawrence Fifth Place*

School Outcome Albright Runner-up Bloomsburg Regional Champion Hiram Fourth Place Johns Hopkins Fifth Place* King's (PA) Third Place Ohio Northern Fifth Place*

School Outcome Chicago Fifth Place* Coe Fifth Place* Evansville Third Place Wisconsin–Green Bay Fourth Place St. Joseph's (IN) Regional Champion Wittenberg Runner-up

School Outcome Kentucky Wesleyan Runner-up Monmouth (IL) Fifth Place* North Dakota Third Place North Dakota State Fifth Place* St. Cloud State Fourth Place SW Missouri State Regional Champion

School Outcome Fisk Runner-up Madison Fifth Place New Orleans Regional Champion Southern Fourth Place Tennessee State Third Place

School Outcome Cal Poly Third Place Chico State Fourth Place San Diego Fifth Place Sonoma State Runner-up UC Riverside Regional Champion

*denotes tie

Regionals

South Atlantic – Norfolk, Virginia

Location: Norfolk Scope

	First Round – Norfolk, VA
	Norfolk State		74
	Randolph-Macon		72

	First Round – Winter Park, FL
	Rollins		76
	Miles		67

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Roanoke		75
	Norfolk State		84
						Norfolk State		89
						Old Dominion		76
	Rollins		77
	Old Dominion		80

• Third Place – Roanoke 88, Rollins 77

New England – Waltham, Massachusetts

Location: Dana Center

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Hartford		102
	St. Michael's		93
						Hartford		68
						Assumption		84
	Assumption		85
	Bentley		83

• Third Place – St. Michael's 95, Bentley 91

East – Canton, New York

Location: Burkman Gymnasium

	First Round – Canton, NY
	Potsdam State		65
	St. Lawrence		49

	First Round – Albany, NY
	Siena		87
	New Jersey City		64

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Morgan State		54
	Potsdam State		43
						Morgan State		68
						Hartwick		64
	Siena		72
	Hartwick		81

• Third Place – Siena 82, Potsdam State 74

Mideast – Reading, Pennsylvania

Location: Bollman Center

	First Round – Chester, PA
	Bloomsburg		78
	Johns Hopkins		63

	First Round – Hiram, OH
	Hiram		56
	Ohio Northern		50

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	King's (PA)		65
	Bloomsburg		66
						Bloomsburg		92
						Albright		78
	Hiram		79
	Albright		93

• Third Place – King's 111, Hiram 81

Great Lakes – Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium

	First Round – Rensselaer, IN
	St. Joseph's (IN)		91
	Coe		76

	First Round – Springfield, OH
	Wittenberg		82
	Chicago		58

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	UW–Green Bay		54
	St. Joseph's		70
						St. Joseph's		75
						Wittenberg		60
	Wittenberg		59*
	Evansville		55

• Third Place – Evansville 87, Wisconsin–Green Bay 75

Midwest – Springfield, Missouri

Location: Hammons Center

	First Round – St. Cloud, MN
	St. Cloud State		77
	North Dakota State		62

	First Round – Grand Forks, ND
	North Dakota		73
	Monmouth (IL)		67

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Kentucky Wesleyan		74
	St. Cloud State		72
						Kentucky Wesleyan		66
						SW Missouri State		69
	North Dakota		63
	SW Missouri State		71

• Third Place – North Dakota 75, St. Cloud State 71

South – Nashville, Tennessee

Location:

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							Tennessee State	54
							Fisk	65
	Fisk		59
	Madison		54
												Fisk	63
												New Orleans	78
							New Orleans	85
							Southern	80

• Third Place – Tennessee State 98, Southern 88

West – San Luis Obispo, California

Location: Mott Gym

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							Cal Poly	66
							Sonoma State	73
	Sonoma State		60
	San Diego		54
												Sonoma State	56
												UC Riverside	71
							UC Riverside	62
							Chico State	51

• Third Place – Cal Poly 81, Chico State 63

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals – Evansville, Indiana

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Norfolk State		79
	Assumption		89
						Assumption		70
						Morgan State		73
	Morgan State		71
	Bloomsburg		57
											Morgan State		67
											SW Missouri State		52
	St. Joseph's (IN)		78
	SW Missouri State		80
						SW Missouri State		68
						New Orleans		63
	New Orleans		83
	UC Riverside		78

• Third Place – Assumption 115, New Orleans 103

*denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

• William Doolittle (Southwest Missouri State)
• John Grochowski (Assumption)
• Randy Magers (Southwest Missouri State)
• Alvin O'Neal (Morgan State)
• Marvin Webster (Morgan State)

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
• 1974 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com