| Division: | II |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Teams: | 44 |
| Finalfourcity: | Evansville, Indiana |
| Champions: | Morgan State Bears |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Runnerup: | SW Missouri State Bears |
| Gamecount: | 4th |
| Semifinal1: | Assumption Greyhounds |
| Finalfourcount: | 2nd |
| Semifinal2: | New Orleans Privateers |
| Finalfourcount2: | 1st |
| Coach: | Nat Frazier |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mop: | Marvin Webster |
| Mopteam: | Morgan State |
| Attendance: | 14,207 |
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.
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.}
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Miles | Fifth Place* | |
| Norfolk State | Regional Champion | |
| Old Dominion | Runner-up | |
| Randolph–Macon | Fifth Place* | |
| Roanoke | Third Place | |
| Rollins | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Assumption | Regional Champion | |
| Bentley | Fourth Place | |
| Hartford | Runner-up | |
| St. Michael's | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Hartwick | Runner-up | |
| Morgan State | Regional Champion | |
| New Jersey City | Fifth Place* | |
| Potsdam State | Fourth Place | |
| Siena | Third Place | |
| St. Lawrence | Fifth Place* | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Albright | Runner-up | |
| Bloomsburg | Regional Champion | |
| Hiram | Fourth Place | |
| Johns Hopkins | Fifth Place* | |
| King's (PA) | Third Place | |
| Ohio Northern | Fifth Place* | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | Fifth Place* | |
| Coe | Fifth Place* | |
| Evansville | Third Place | |
| Wisconsin–Green Bay | Fourth Place | |
| St. Joseph's (IN) | Regional Champion | |
| Wittenberg | Runner-up | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wesleyan | Runner-up | |
| Monmouth (IL) | Fifth Place* | |
| North Dakota | Third Place | |
| North Dakota State | Fifth Place* | |
| St. Cloud State | Fourth Place | |
| SW Missouri State | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Fisk | Runner-up | |
| Madison | Fifth Place | |
| New Orleans | Regional Champion | |
| Southern | Fourth Place | |
| Tennessee State | Third Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Poly | Third Place | |
| Chico State | Fourth Place | |
| San Diego | Fifth Place | |
| Sonoma State | Runner-up | |
| UC Riverside | Regional Champion | |
*denotes tie
Location: Norfolk Scope Host: Old Dominion University
Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College
Location: Burkman Gymnasium Host: Saint Lawrence University
Location: Bollman Center Host: Albright College
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Location: Hammons Center Host: Southwest Missouri State University
Location: unknown Host: Tennessee State University
Location: Mott Gym Host: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
*denotes each overtime played
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
*denotes each overtime played