Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | Canisius | Joseph Curran | Regional Runner-up | Temple | L 60-58 |
| East | n/a | Connecticut | Hugh Greer | Regional Fourth Place | Dartmouth | L 85-64 |
| East | n/a | Dartmouth | Doggie Julian | Regional Third Place | Connecticut | W 85-64 |
| East | n/a | Holy Cross | Roy Leenig | First round | Temple | L 74-72 |
| East | n/a | Manhattan | Ken Norton | First round | Connecticut | L 84-75 |
| East | n/a | North Carolina State | Everett Case | First round | Canisius | L 79-78 |
| East | n/a | Temple | Harry Litwack | Third Place | SMU | W 90-81 |
| East | n/a | West Virginia | Fred Schaus | First round | Dartmouth | L 61-59 |
| Far West | ||||||
| Far West | n/a | Idaho State | Steve Belko | First round | Seattle | L 68-66 |
| Far West | n/a | San Francisco | Phil Woolpert | Champion | Iowa | W 83-71 |
| Far West | n/a | Seattle | Al Brightman | Regional Fourth Place | UCLA | L 94-70 |
| Far West | n/a | UCLA | John Wooden | Regional Third Place | Seattle | W 94-70 |
| Far West | n/a | Utah | Jack Gardner | Regional Runner-up | San Francisco | L 92-77 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | n/a | DePaul | Ray Meyer | First round | Wayne State | L 72-63 |
| Midwest | n/a | Iowa | Bucky O'Connor | Runner Up | San Francisco | L 83-71 |
| Midwest | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Regional Runner-up | Iowa | L 89-77 |
| Midwest | n/a | Marshall | Jule Rivlin | First round | Morehead State | L 107-92 |
| Midwest | n/a | Morehead State | Robert Laughlin | Regional Third Place | Wayne State | W 95-84 |
| Midwest | n/a | Wayne State | Joel Mason | Regional Fourth Place | Morehead State | L 95-84 |
| West | ||||||
| Midwest | n/a | Houston | Alden Pasche | Regional Fourth Place | Kansas State | L 89-70 |
| West | n/a | Kansas State | Tex Winter | Regional Third Place | Houston | W 89-70 |
| West | n/a | Memphis State | Eugene Lambert | First round | Oklahoma City | L 97-81 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma City | Abe Lemons | Regional Runner-up | SMU | L 84-63 |
| West | n/a | SMU | Doc Hayes | Fourth Place | Temple | L 90-81 |
| West | n/a | Texas Tech | Polk Robison | First round | SMU | L 68-67 |
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