1961 NAIA Men's Basketball District Regionals

District Champions

1	Whitworth	9	Central State (OK)	17	Arkansas Teachers	25	Oglethorpe
2	Linfield	10	Emporia State	18	Grambling State	26	Newberry
3	Redlands	11	Peru State	19	Saint Bernard	27	Carson-Newman
4	Southwest Texas State	12	Northern State	20	Illinois Wesleyan	28	West Virginia State
5	Western Montana	13	Gustavus Adolphus	21	Anderson (IN)	29	Winston-Salem State
6	Savannah State	14	Saint Norbert	22	Steubenville	30	Westminster (PA)
7	Westminster (UT)	15	Simpson (IA)	23	Northern Michigan	31	Maryland State
8	East Texas Baptist	16	Missouri Valley	24	Georgetown (KY)	32	Central Connecticut State

† District 18 was not represented. Tennessee State was invited as the top-ranked at-large.

Playoffs

District 1

	visiting team listed first
	Quarterfinals, Mar 2				Semifinal, Mar 5			Finals, best of three
	Pacific Lutheran	69
	Seattle Pacific	77
									3/6	3/7
					Seattle Pacific	80		Seattle Pacific	68	62	--
					Western Washington	75		Whitworth	75	71	--
	Eastern Washington	56
	Western Washington	68

District 31

	at Jersey City State
	Semifinals, Mar 7				Finals, Mar 8
	Pratt	68
	Maryland State	76
					Maryland State	69
					Albany	53
					Third place
	Albany	64		Pratt	58
	Jersey City State	63			Jersey City State	??

Jersey City State's score in the consolation game still unknown; Pratt won.

District 32

	at Central Connecticut State
	Semifinals, Mar 3				Finals, Mar 4
	Quinnipiac	64
	Stonehill	80
					Stonehill	74
					Central Connecticut State	89
					Third place
	Bridgewater State	72		Quinnipiac	65
	Central Connecticut State	92			Bridgewater State	66

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