1966 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1966 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament involved 36 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 1965-66 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyan's Sam Smith was the Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants
*indicates a tie
Regionals
| First Round
| | | Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Assumption
| 105
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| American International
| 102
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| | Assumption
| 96
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| | Northeastern
| 69
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| Northeastern
| 93
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| Springfield
| 80
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| | Assumption
| 87
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| | Central Connecticut State
| 96
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| Central Connecticut State
| 94
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| Potsdam State
| 82
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| | Central Connecticut State
| 97
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| | Philadelphia U
| 75
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| Philadelphia U
| 83
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| Le Moyne
| 61
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- Consolation- American International 96, Springfield 94*
- Consolation- Le Moyne 86, Potsdam State 63
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 81*
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| South Carolina State
| 73
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 48
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| | Oglethorpe
| 41
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| Oglethorpe
| 69
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| Winston-Salem
| 66
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- Third Place - Winston-Salem 85, South Carolina State 81
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cheyney
| 61
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| Albright
| 56
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| | Cheyney
| 64
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| | Long Island
| 67
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| Long Island
| 62
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| Drexel
| 54
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- Third Place - Albright 78, Drexel 61
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Steubenville
| 77
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| Randolph-Macon
| 56
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| | Steubenville
| 76
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| | Akron
| 93
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| Akron
| 70
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| Youngstown State
| 51
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- Third Place - Youngstown State 94, Randolph-Macon 63
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Seattle Pacific
| 69
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| San Diego
| 63
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| | Seattle Pacific
| 58
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| | Fresno State
| 64
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| Fresno State
| 127
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| Nevada
| 78
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- Third Place - Nevada 74, San Diego 71
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Evansville
| 111
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| Lamar
| 103
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| | Evansville
| 77
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| | Southern Illinois
| 90
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| Southern Illinois
| 83
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| Indiana State
| 65
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- Third Place - Lamar 93, Indiana State 78
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Abilene Christian
| 94
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| Jackson State
| 79
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| | Abilene Christian
| 63
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| | SW Missouri State
| 58
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| SW Missouri State
| 72
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| Arkansas State
| 71
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- Third Place - Arkansas State 84, Jackson State 77
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Valparaiso
| 107
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| St. Procopius
| 76
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| | Valparaiso
| 82
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| | North Dakota
| 112
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| North Dakota
| 84
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| Northern Colorado
| 71
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*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| Central Connecticut State
| 76
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 84
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 105
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| | Akron
| 74
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| Long Island
| 68
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| Akron
| 74
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 54
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| | Southern Illinois
| 51
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| Fresno State
| 70
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| Southern Illinois
| 93
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| | Southern Illinois
| 69
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| | North Dakota
| 61
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| Abilene Christian
| 62
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| North Dakota
| 63
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- Third Place - Akron 76, North Dakota 71
*denotes each overtime played
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