The tournament expanded to 24 teams, with 14 in the East Region and 10 in the West.

	Logo	School
Champion		LaSalle Explorers
Runner-up		Bradley Braves

Most Outstanding Player

Tom Gola, LaSalle

East Region

First Round

Penn State	62-50	Toledo
Notre Dame	80-70	Loyola (LA)
Navy	85-80	UConn
NC State	75-73	George Washington
LaSalle	76-74 (OT)	Fordham

Quarterfinals

LSU	70-78	Penn State
Indiana	64-65	Notre Dame
Cornell	67-69	Navy
NC State	81-88	LaSalle

Semifinals

Penn State	71-63	Notre Dame
Navy	48-64	LaSalle

Final

Penn State

54-69

LaSalle

West Region

First Round

Bradley	61-55	Oklahoma City
Seattle	75-77 (OT)	Idaho State
Santa Clara	73-64	Texas Tech

Quarterfinals

Oklahoma A&M	51-45	Rice
Colorado	64-76	Bradley
USC	73-59	Idaho State
Colorado State	50-73	Santa Clara

Semifinals

Oklahoma A&M	57-71	Bradley
USC	66-65 (2OT)	Santa Clara

Final

Bradley

74-72

USC

Championship Game

LaSalle

92-76

Bradley

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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