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1957 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

Field	Value
Division	II
Year	1957
ImageSize	100px
Teams	32
FinalFourCity	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Wheaton Crusaders
TitleCount	1st
RunnerUp	Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers
GameCount	1st
Semifinal1	Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
FinalFourCount	1st
Semifinal2	Los Angeles State Golden Eagles
FinalFourCount2	1st
Coach	Lee Pfund
CoachCount	1st
MOP	Mel Peterson
MOPTeam	Wheaton
Attendance	13,000

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. Wheaton's Mel Peterson was named the Most Outstanding Player.

Jackson State, citing policy of the Mississippi Board of Trustees, was compelled to withdraw from the tournament rather than competing in an interracial contest. This would be the only time such an occurrence would directly mar the tournament, and Jackson State themselves would return to the tournament in 1964.

Regionals

East

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=North Carolina Central | RD1-score1=78 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Florida A&M | RD1-score2=61 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Mount St. Mary's | RD1-score1=93 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=CCNY | RD1-score2=84 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Mount St. Mary's | RD1-score1=106 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=North Carolina Central | RD1-score2=88

Northeast

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Rider | RD1-score1=63 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Drexel | RD1-score2=61 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=St. Michael's | RD1-score1=80 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Amherst | RD1-score2=63 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=St. Michael's | RD1-score1=68 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Rider | RD1-score2=69

South

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=East Tennessee State | RD1-score1=62* | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Centenary (LA) | RD1-score2=61 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Kentucky Wesleyan | RD1-score1=77 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=DePauw | RD1-score2=62 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Kentucky Wesleyan | RD1-score1=84 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=East Tennessee State | RD1-score2=73

Mideast

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Evansville | RD1-score1=108 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Illinois State | RD1-score2=96 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Buffalo | RD1-score1=75 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Capital | RD1-score2=64 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Buffalo | RD1-score1=77 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Evansville | RD1-score2=75

Great Lakes

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Beloit | RD1-score1=103 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Wisconsin–Superior | RD1-score2=79 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Wheaton (IL) | RD1-score1=84 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Minnesota–Duluth | RD1-score2=75 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Wheaton | RD1-score1=77 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Beloit | RD1-score2=75

Midwest

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Jackson State | RD1-score1=93 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Philander Smith | RD1-score2=65 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=South Dakota | RD1-score1=62 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Monmouth (IL) | RD1-score2=52 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=South Dakota | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Jackson State | RD1-score2=0†

West

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Linfield | RD1-score1=83* | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Pacific (OR) | RD1-score2=79 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Cal State Los Angeles | RD1-score1=75 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Nevada | RD1-score2=69 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Cal State Los Angeles | RD1-score1=85 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Linfield | RD1-score2=74

Pacific Coast

Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=San Diego State | RD1-score1=75 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Chapman | RD1-score2=56 Round of 32 March 4 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Regis (CO) | RD1-score1=88 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Wartburg | RD1-score2=82 Sweet 16 March 9 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Regis | RD1-score1=78 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=San Diego State | RD1-score2=81

*denotes each overtime played

† denotes forfeited game

National Finals - [[Evansville, Indiana]]

Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College Elite Eight March 13 Final Four March 14 March 15

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Rider | RD1-score1=66 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Mount St. Mary's | RD1-score2=86

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Buffalo | RD1-score3=68 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Kentucky Wesleyan | RD1-score4=72

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=South Dakota | RD1-score5=80 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Wheaton | RD1-score6=90

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=San Diego State | RD1-score7=55 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Cal State Los Angeles | RD1-score8=57

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Mount St. Mary's | RD2-score1=81 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Kentucky Wesleyan | RD2-score2=99

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Wheaton | RD2-score3=71 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Cal State Los Angeles | RD2-score4=53

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Kentucky Wesleyan | RD3-score1=65 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Wheaton | RD3-score2=89

Third Place - Mount St. Mary's 82, Cal State Los Angeles 72

*denotes each overtime played

† denotes forfeited game

All-tournament team

Mason Cope (Kentucky Wesleyan)
Jim Daniels (South Dakota)
Mel Peterson (Wheaton)
Jack Sullivan (Mount Saint Mary's)
Bob Whitehead (Wheaton)

References

Sources

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