1961 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
| 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.
