1960 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

The 1960 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 1959-60 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.

Northeast - Burlington, Vermont
Location: Burlington Memorial Auditorium Host: Saint Michael's College


 * Third Place - Assumption 94, Le Moyne 68

South - Owensboro, Kentucky
Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College


 * Third Place - Belmont Abbey 70, Johnson C. Smith 59

East - Staten Island, New York
Location: Sutter Gym Host: Wagner College


 * Third Place - Upsala 74, Drexel 69

Mideast - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College


 * Third Place - Buffalo 53, Arkansas State 52

Great Lakes - Wheaton, Illinois
Location: Alumni Gymnasium Host: Wheaton College


 * Third Place - Milwaukee 109, Augustana 82

Pacific Coast - Fresno, California
Location: North Gym Host: Fresno State College


 * Third Place - Trinity 72, San Francisco State 64

Midwest - Galesburg, Illinois
Location: Memorial Gym Host: Knox College


 * Third Place - South Dakota State 93, Wartburg 77

Southwest - Kirksville, Missouri
Location: Pershing Arena Host: Northeast Missouri State Teachers College


 * Third Place - Lamar 88, Colorado College 67

* denotes each overtime played

National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College


 * Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 86, Cornell 76

* denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

 * Gary Auten (Kentucky Wesleyan)
 * Tom Cooke (Chapman)
 * William Jones (American)
 * Ed Smallwood (Evansville)
 * Dale Wise (Evansville)