NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
Appearance
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 60-team single-elimination tournament.
Past winners of the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
Year | Champion | Score | Defeated | |
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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 University in St. Louis | 90-68 | Amherst | |
2009 | Washington University in St. Louis | 61-52 | Richard Stockton |
Schools ranked by most championships
School | Titles |
---|---|
North Park | 5 |
Wisconsin-Platteville | 4 |
Calvin | 2 |
Potsdam State | 2 |
Scranton | 2 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 2 |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 2 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater | 2 |
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-present
See also
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
- NAIA national men's basketball championship