1969 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1969 NCAA College Division Men's 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 1968-69 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College and Kentucky Wesleyan's George Tinsley was the Most Outstanding Player.
American International College's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants
*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Oglethorpe
| 68
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| Old Dominion
| 60
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| | Oglethorpe
| 74
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| | Mount St. Mary's
| 56
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 95
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| Norfolk State
| 80
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- Third Place - Norfolk State 113, Old Dominion 102
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Alcorn State
| 76
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| Bellarmine
| 75
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| | Alcorn State
| 79
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 83
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 77
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| Transylvania
| 61
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- Third Place - Transylvania 65, Bellarmine 64
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| San Francisco State
| 81
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| UC Irvine
| 55
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| | San Francisco State
| 77
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| | UNLV
| 72
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| UNLV
| 84
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| UC Davis
| 81
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- Third Place -UC Irvine 82, UC Davis 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Springfield
| 91
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| Central Connecticut State
| 80
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| | Springfield
| 68
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| | American International
| 91
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| American International
| 79
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| Assumption
| 77
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- Third Place - Assumption 98, Central Connecticut State 77
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wagner
| 109
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| Albany
| 64
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| | Wagner
| 78
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| | Montclair State
| 101
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| Montclair State
| 79
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| Le Moyne
| 75
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- Third Place - Albany 71, Le Moyne 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| South Dakota State
| 79
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 77
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| | South Dakota State
| 74
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| | SW Missouri State
| 87
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| SW Missouri State
| 75
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| St. Olaf
| 47
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- Third Place - Lincoln 77, St. Olaf 72
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Illinois State
| 87
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| North Park
| 82
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| | Illinois State
| 103
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| | Valparaiso
| 87
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| Valparaiso
| 91
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| Concordia (IL)
| 81
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- Third Place - North Park 90, Concordia 73
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cheyney
| 84
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| Wittenberg
| 70
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| | Cheyney
| 56
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| | Ashland
| 66
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| Ashland
| 43
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| Philadelphia U
| 40
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- Third Place - Philadelphia U 76, Wittenberg 74
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| Oglethorpe
| 68
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| Kentucky Wesleyan
| 82
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| | Kentucky Wesleyan
| 83*
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| | American International
| 82
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| San Francisco State
| 75
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| American International
| 80
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| | Kentucky Weslayan
| 75
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| | SW Missouri State
| 71
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| Montcair State
| 76
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| SW Missouri State
| 92
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| | SW Missouri State
| 58
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| | Ashland
| 48
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| Illinois State
| 35
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| Ashland
| 41
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- Third Place - American International 53, Ashland 51
*denotes each overtime played
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