1963 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

The 1963 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 1962–63 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by South Dakota State University, with South Dakota State's Wayne Rasmussen named Most Outstanding Player.

South Central - Louisville, Kentucky
Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine College


 * Third Place - Bellarmine 96, Austin Peay 86

East - Reading, Pennsylvania
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College


 * Third Place - Hofstra 78, Mount St. Mary's 71

Mideast - Akron, Ohio
Location: Memorial Hall Host: Municipal University of Akron


 * Third Place—Youngstown State 65, Buffalo 53

Northeast—⁣Boston, Massachusetts
Location: Cabot Center Host: Northeastern University


 * Third Place—Assumption 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 51

Great Lakes - St. Louis, Missouri
Location: Washington Field House Host: Washington University in St. Louis


 * Third Place—Concordia 92, Augustana (IL) 84

Southwest - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Location: Houck Field House Host: Southeast Missouri State College


 * Third Place—Arkansas State 77, SE Missouri State 75

Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota
Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College


 * Third Place - Michigan Tech 71, Cornell 61

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


 * Third Place—UC Santa Barbara 58, San Francisco State 56

* denotes each overtime played

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


 * Third Place—Oglethorpe 68, Southern Illinois 64

* denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

 * Tom Black (South Dakota State)
 * Bob Cherry (Wittenberg)
 * Bill Fisher (Wittenberg)
 * Wayne Rasmussen (South Dakota State)
 * Al Thrasher (Wittenberg)