East Regional
| First Round | Penn 70, Duquesne 65 |
| Villanova 93, St. Joseph's, PA 75 |
| Fordham 105, Furman 74 |
| Semifinals | Penn 79, South Carolina 64 |
| Villanova 85, Fordham 75 |
| Third Place | Fordham 100, South Carolina 90 |
| Final | Villanova 90, Penn 47 |
Mideast Regional
| First Round | Western Kentucky 74, Jacksonville 72 |
| Marquette 62, Miami, OH 47 |
| Semifinals | Western Kentucky 107, Kentucky 83 |
| Ohio St. 60, Marquette 59 |
| Third Place | Marquette 91, Kentucky 74 |
| Final | Western Kentucky 81, Ohio St. 78 (OT) |
Midwest Regional
| First Round | Notre Dame 102, TCU 94 |
| Houston 72, New Mexico St. 69 |
| Semifinals | Drake 79, Notre Dame 72 (OT) |
| Kansas 78, Houston 77 |
| Third Place | Houston 119, Notre Dame 106 |
| Final | Kansas 73, Drake 71 |
West Regional
| First Round | BYU 91, Utah St. 82 |
| Long Beach St. 77, Weber St. 66 |
| Semifinals | UCLA 91, BYU 73 |
| Long Beach St. 78, Pacific 65 |
| Third Place | Pacific 84, BYU 81 |
| Final | UCLA 57, Long Beach St. 55 |
FINAL FOUR
at The Astrodome, Houston, TX
| Semifinals | Villanova 92, Western Kentucky 89 (2 OT) |
| UCLA 68, Kansas 60 |
| Third Place | Western Kentucky 77, Kansas 75 |
| Championship | UCLA 68, Villanova 62 |
| Most Outstanding Player | Howard Porter, Villanova |
| All-Tournament | Porter, Hank Siemiontkowski, Villanova |
| Steve Patterson, Sidney Wicks, UCLA |
| Jim McDaniels, Western Kentucky |
Note: Porter, Siemiontkowski and McDaniels were all declared ineligible subsequent to tournament. Their records and their teams' records have been deleted by the NCAA.
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