NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship

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 61-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 will be played at Philips Arena in Atlanta. For 2014, the final game will return to Salem.

Past winners

Year	Champion	Score	Defeated
1975	LeMoyne–Owen	57–54	Glassboro State
1976	Scranton	60–57 (OT)	Wittenberg
1977	Wittenberg	79–66	Oneonta State
1978	North Park	69–57	Widener
1979	North Park	66–62	Potsdam State
1980	North Park	83–76	Upsala
1981	Potsdam State	67–65 (OT)	Augustana (Ill.)
1982	Wabash	83–62	Potsdam St.
1983	Scranton	64–63	Wittenberg
1984	Wisconsin–Whitewater	103–86	Clark (Mass.)
1985	North Park	72–71	Potsdam State
1986	Potsdam State	76–73	LeMoyne–Owen
1987	North Park	106–100	Clark (Mass.)
1988	Ohio Wesleyan	92–70	Scranton
1989	Wisconsin–Whitewater	94–86	Trenton State
1990	Rochester	43–42	DePauw
1991	Wisconsin–Platteville	81–74	Franklin & Marshall
1992	Calvin	62–49	Rochester
1993	Ohio Northern	71–68	Augustana (Ill.)
1994	Lebanon Valley	66–59 (OT)	NYU
1995	Wisconsin–Platteville	69–55	Manchester
1996	Rowan	100–93	Hope
1997	Ill. Wesleyan	89–86	Neb. Wesleyan
1998	Wisconsin–Platteville	69–56	Hope
1999	Wisconsin–Platteville	76–75 (2OT)	Hampden–Sydney
2000	Calvin	79–74	Wisconsin–Eau Claire
2001	Catholic	76–62	William Paterson
2002	Otterbein	102–83	Elizabethtown
2003	Williams	67–65	Gustavus Adolphus
2004	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	84–82	Williams
2005	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	73–49	Rochester
2006	Virginia Wesleyan	59–56	Wittenberg
2007	Amherst	80–67	Virginia Wesleyan
2008	Washington (MO)	90–68	Amherst
2009	Washington (MO)	61–52	Richard Stockton
2010	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	78–73	Williams
2011	St. Thomas (Minn.)	78–54	Wooster
2012	Wisconsin–Whitewater	63–60	Cabrini
2013	Amherst	87-70	Mary Hardin-Baylor

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 1996-2014 (semifinals only in 2013)
• Atlanta, Georgia 2013 (championship game only)

See also

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
• NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
• NAIA national men's basketball championship

External links

• Coverage of Division III basketball