1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
The 1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 44 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1973–74 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Morgan State University and Morgan State's Marvin Webster was the Most Outstanding Player.
| Teams | 44 | ||||
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Morgan State Bears (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | SW Missouri State Bears (4th title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Nat Frazier (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Marvin Webster (Morgan State) | ||||
| Attendance | 14,207 | ||||
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This was the first tournament to be officially designated as a Division II basketball championship. The NCAA first split into competitive divisions for the 1956–57 school year, creating the top-level University Division and second-tier College Division. Effective with the 1973–74 school year, the NCAA adopted the three-division system that exists to this day. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split into Division II and the non-scholarship Division III. Since the Division III basketball tournament would not be played until 1975, the 1974 Division II tournament included Division III teams despite the name.
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