1990 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1990 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Finals site	Springfield, Ohio
Champions	Rochester Yellowjackets (1st title)
Runner-up	DePauw Tigers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Washington College Shoremen (1st Final Four) Calvin Knights (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Mike Neer (UR)
MOP	Chris Fite (UR)
Attendance	46,365
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1989 1991»

The 1990 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 16th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

Held during March 1990, the field included forty teams. The championship rounds were again contested in Springfield, Ohio.

Rochester defeated DePauw, 43–42, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					North Adams State	88
					Southern Maine	78
	Southern Maine	74
	Western New England	52
									North Adams State	69
									Albany	66
					Albany	85
					Potsdam	75
													North Adams State	47
													Rochester	50
					Salem State	112
					SE Massachusetts	122
									SE Massachusetts	80
									Rochester	92
	Nazareth	54											Sectional third place
	Rochester (NY)	73
					Buffalo State	57							Albany	91
					Rochester	62							SE Massachusetts	92

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Franklin & Marshall	78
					Johns Hopkins	85
	FDU Florham	72
	Johns Hopkins	90
									Johns Hopkins	69
									Western Connecticut	79
					Trenton State	68
					Western Connecticut	69
													Western Connecticut	104
													Washington College	107*
					King's (PA)	83
					Washington College	85
									Washington College	89
									Stockton State	88
	Hunter	84											Sectional third place
	Stockton State	100
					Stockton State	73							Johns Hopkins	80
					Jersey City State	71							Stockton State	74

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Wittenberg	69
					Muskingum	50
	Muskingum	70
	Otterbein	64
									Wittenberg	86
									Averett	64
					Averett	91*
					Randolph-Macon	78
													Wittenberg	59
													Calvin	63
					Calvin	95
					Hope	68
									Calvin	80
									Emory	73
	Christopher Newport	80											Sectional third place
	Emory & Henry	91
					Emory & Henry	81							Averett	93
					Emory	91							Emory	102

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					North Central (IL)	63
					Illinois Wesleyan	71
	Illinois Wesleyan	83
	North Park	68
									Illinois Wesleyan	85
									Nebraska Wesleyan	63
					Nebraska Wesleyan	77
					UC San Diego	75
													Illinois Wesleyan	65
													DePauw	68
					DePauw	71
					Monmouth (IL)	69
									DePauw	75**
									St. Thomas (MN)	69
	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	77											Sectional third place
	Dubuque	84
					Dubuque	55							Nebraska Wesleyan	71
					St. Thomas (MN)	65							St. Thomas (MN)	77

National finals

• Site: Springfield, Ohio

	National Semifinals				National Championship
	Rochester	86
	Washington College	70
					Rochester	43
					DePauw	42
	Calvin	79
	DePauw	82			National Third-place
					Washington College	87
					Calvin	86

See also

• 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1990 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1990 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1990 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament