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1957 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1957 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Wheaton (IL) (1st title)
Runner-Up Kentucky Wesleyan (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Lee Pfund (1st title)
MOP Mel Peterson Wheaton
Attendance 13,000
  • NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
  • 1958

The 1957 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 1956-57 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. This was the first College Division men's basketball tournament and it was won by Wheaton College.

*denotes each overtime played
† denotes forfeited game

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium

*denotes each overtime played
† denotes forfeited game


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