NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1975 |
No. of teams | 62 |
Country | NCAA Division III (USA) |
Most recent champion(s) | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA holds an annual tournament to determine the Division III Men's Basketball Championship.
Since 1996, the Division III men's basketball championship has been held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. The event has been hosted by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem. Today, the tournament is a 62-team single-elimination tournament, with teams advancing from four regionals to the semifinals and final in Salem.
For 2013, as part of the celebration of the 75th Division I tournament, the championship games in both the Division II and Division III tournaments were played at Philips Arena in Atlanta.[1] Since 2014, the final game returned to Salem.[2]
Summary
NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship | ||||||||
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Year | Finals Site | Championship Game | Semifinalists | Tournament MOP (University) | ||||
Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
1975 Details |
Reading, PA | LeMoyne–Owen | 57–54 | Glassboro State | Augustana (IL) Brockport |
Bob Newman (LeMoyne–Owen) | ||
1976 Details |
Scranton | 60–57 (OT) |
Potsdam State | Augustana (IL) Plattsburgh State |
Jack Maher (Scranton) | |||
1977 Details |
Rock Island, IL | Wittenberg | 79–66 | Oneonta State | Scranton Hamline |
Rick White (Wittenberg) | ||
1978 Details |
North Park | 69–57 | Widener | Albion Stony Brook |
Michael Harper (North Park) | |||
1979 Details |
North Park (2) | 66–62 | Potsdam State | Franklin & Marshall Centre |
Michael Harper (North Park) | |||
1980 Details |
North Park (3) | 83–76 | Upsala | Wittenberg Longwood |
Michael Thomas (North Park) | |||
1981 Details |
Potsdam State | 67–65 (OT) |
Augustana (IL) | Ursinus Otterbein |
Maxwell Artis (Augustana–IL) | |||
1982 Details |
Grand Rapids, MI | Wabash | 83–62 | Potsdam State | Brooklyn Cal State Stanislaus |
Pete Metzelaars (Wabash) | ||
1983 Details |
Scranton (2) | 64–63 | Wittenberg | Roanoke Wisconsin–Whitewater |
Bill Bessoir (Scranton) | |||
1984 Details |
Wisconsin–Whitewater | 103–86 | Clark (MA) | DePauw Upsala |
Andre McKoy (Wisconsin–Whitewater) | |||
1985 Details |
North Park (4) | 72–71 | Potsdam State | Nebraska Wesleyan Widener |
Earnest Hubbard (North Park) | |||
1986 Details |
Potsdam State (2) | 76–73 | LeMoyne–Owen | Nebraska Wesleyan New Jersey City |
Roosevelt Bullock (Potsdam State) | |||
1987 Details |
North Park (5) | 106–100 | Clark (MA) | Wittenberg Richard Stockton |
Michael Starks (North Park) | |||
1988 Details |
Ohio Wesleyan | 92–70 | Scranton | Nebraska Wesleyan Hartwick |
Scott Tedder (Ohio Wesleyan) | |||
1989 Details |
Springfield, OH | Wisconsin–Whitewater (2) | 94–86 | Trenton State | Southern Maine Centre |
Greg Grant (Trenton State) | ||
1990 Details |
Rochester | 43–42 | DePauw | Washington College Calvin |
Chris Fite (Rochester) | |||
1991 Details |
Wisconsin–Platteville | 81–74 | Franklin & Marshall | Otterbein Ramapo |
Shawn Frison (Wisconsin–Platteville) | |||
1992 Details |
Calvin | 62–49 | Rochester | Wisconsin–Platteville New Jersey City |
Steve Honderd (Calvin) | |||
1993 Details |
Buffalo, NY | Ohio Northern | 71–68 | Augustana (IL) | Rowan UMass–Dartmouth |
Kirk Anderson (Augustana–IL) | ||
1994 Details |
Lebanon Valley | 66–59 (OT) |
NYU | Wittenberg St. Thomas (MN) |
Mike Rhoades/Adam Crawford (Lebanon Valley/NYU) | |||
1995 Details |
Wisconsin–Platteville (2) | 69–55 | Manchester (IN) | Rowan Trinity (CT) |
Ernie Peavy (Wisconsin–Platteville) | |||
1996 Details |
Salem, VA | Rowan | 100–93 | Hope | Illinois Wesleyan Franklin & Marshall |
Terrence Stewart (Rowan) | ||
1997 Details |
Illinois Wesleyan | 89–86 | Nebraska Wesleyan | Williams Alvernia |
Bryan Crabtree (Illinois Wesleyan) | |||
1998 Details |
Wisconsin–Platteville (3) | 69–56 | Hope | Williams Wilkes |
Ben Hoffmann (Wisconsin–Platteville) | |||
1999 Details |
Wisconsin–Platteville (4) | 76–75 (2OT) |
Hampden–Sydney | Connecticut College William Paterson |
Merrill Brunson (Wisconsin–Platteville) | |||
2000 Details |
Calvin (2) | 79–74 | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | Salem State Franklin & Marshall |
Sherm Carstensen (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) | |||
2001 Details |
Catholic | 76–62 | William Paterson | Illinois Wesleyan Ohio Northern |
Pat Maloney (Catholic) | |||
2002 Details |
Otterbein | 102–83 | Elizabethtown | Carthage Rochester |
Jeff Gibbs (Otterbein) | |||
2003 Details |
Williams | 67–65 | Gustavus Adolphus | Wooster Hampden–Sydney |
Benjamin Coffin (Williams) | |||
2004[3] Details |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 84–82 | Williams | John Carroll Amherst |
Nick Bennett (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) | |||
2005 Details |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (2) | 73–49 | Rochester | Calvin York (PA) |
Jason Kalsow (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) | |||
2006 Details |
Virginia Wesleyan | 59–56[4] | Wittenberg | Illinois Wesleyan Amherst |
Ton Ton Balenga (Virginia Wesleyan) | |||
2007 Details |
Amherst | 80–67[5] | Virginia Wesleyan | Washington–St. Louis Wooster |
Andrew Olson (Amherst) | |||
2008 Details |
Washington–St. Louis | 90–68 | Amherst | Hope Ursinus |
Troy Ruths (Washington–St. Louis) | |||
2009 Details |
Washington–St. Louis (2) | 61–52[6] | Richard Stockton | Guilford Franklin & Marshall |
Sean Wallis (Washington–St. Louis) | |||
2010 Details |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (3) | 78–73[7] | Williams | Guilford Randolph–Macon |
Matt Moses (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) | |||
2011 Details |
St. Thomas (MN) | 78–54[8] | Wooster | Middlebury Williams |
Tyler Nicolai (St. Thomas–MN) | |||
2012 Details |
Wisconsin–Whitewater (3) | 63–60[9] | Cabrini | Illinois Wesleyan MIT |
Chris Davis (Wisconsin–Whitewater) | |||
2013 Details |
Atlanta, GA | Amherst (2) | 87-70[10] | Mary Hardin-Baylor | St. Thomas (MN) North Central (IL) |
Allen Williamson (Amherst) | ||
2014 Details |
Salem, VA | Wisconsin–Whitewater (4) | 75-73[11] | Williams | Amherst Illinois Wesleyan |
K.J. Evans (Wisconsin–Whitewater) | ||
2015 Details |
Wisconsin–Stevens Point (4) | 70-54 | Augustana (IL) | Babson Virginia Wesleyan |
Austin Ryf (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) |
- Source: [12]
Locations
- Reading, Pennsylvania 1975–1976
- Rock Island, Illinois 1977–1981
- Grand Rapids, Michigan 1982–1988
- Springfield, Ohio 1989–1992
- Buffalo, New York 1993–1995
- Salem, Virginia 1996- (semifinals only in 2013)
- Atlanta, Georgia 2013 (championship game only)
Championships by Schools
School | Titles | Years |
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North Park | 5 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1987 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 4 | 2004, 2005, 2010, 2015 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater | 4 | 1984, 1989, 2012, 2014 |
Wisconsin-Platteville | 4 | 1991, 1995, 1998, 1999 |
Amherst | 2 | 2007, 2013 |
Calvin | 2 | 1992, 2000 |
Potsdam State | 2 | 1981, 1986 |
Scranton | 2 | 1976, 1983 |
Washington-St. Louis | 2 | 2008, 2009 |
Saint Thomas of Minnesota | 1 | 2011 |
Virginia Wesleyan | 1 | 2006 |
Williams | 1 | 2003 |
Otterbein | 1 | 2002 |
Catholic | 1 | 2001 |
Illinois Wesleyan | 1 | 1997 |
Rowan | 1 | 1996 |
Lebanon Valley | 1 | 1994 |
Ohio Northern | 1 | 1993 |
Rochester | 1 | 1990 |
Ohio Wesleyan | 1 | 1988 |
Wabash | 1 | 1982 |
Wittenberg | 1 | 1977 |
LeMoyne-Owen | 1 | 1975 |
See also
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NAIA national men's basketball championship
References
- ↑ "Success paves way for 75th celebration" (Press release). NCAA. May 10, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Preliminary round sites announced for 2014, 2015 NCAA tournaments". NCAA. December 16, 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ Kalsow comes through for Pointers - Men's College Basketball - ESPN
- ↑ Balenga leads Virginia Wesleyan to title - Men's College Basketball - ESPN
- ↑ Amherst notches first D-III basketball championship - Men's College Basketball - ESPN
- ↑ Washington University repeats as Division-III champion - ESPN
- ↑ Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers rally to beat Williams College for DIII title - ESPN
- ↑ St. Thomas pounds Wooster for NCAA Division III men's title - ESPN
- ↑ Wisconsin-Whitewater wins D-III men's hoops crown - ESPN
- ↑
- ↑ "It's a family tradition at Whitewater; KJ Evans earns MOP, follows in uncle's footsteps". NCAA. NCAA.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Division III Men’s Basketball Championship". NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
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