1994 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1994 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	40
Finals site	Buffalo, New York
Champions	Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (1st title)
Runner-up	NYU Violets (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Wittenberg Tigers (6th Final Four) St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Pat Flannery (LVC)
MOP	Mike Rhoades (LVC) Adam Crawford (NYU)
Attendance	40,207
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1993 1995»

The 1994 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 20th 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.

The field consisted of forty teams, each allocated into one of four sectionals. The national semifinals, third-place final, and championship final were contested in Buffalo, New York.

Lebanon Valley defeated NYU, 66–59 (in overtime), in the final, earning their first national title.

The Flying Dutchmen (28–4) were coached by Pat Flannery.

Future Rice, VCU and Penn State head coach Mike Rhoades, also from Lebanon Valley, was one of the co-Most Outstanding Players of the tournament.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Rowan	70
	Hunter	79			Hunter	55
	Montclair State	74							Rowan	75
									NYU	80***
					Geneseo	55
					NYU	67
													NYU	67
													Albany	65
					NJIT	69
					Richard Stockton	74
									Richard Stockton	54
	Brockport	72							Albany	60
	St. John Fisher	77			St. John Fisher	72
					Albany	84

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Cal Lutheran	95
	UC San Diego	67			UC San Diego	81
	Pomona-Pitzer	66							Cal Lutheran	99
									Greensboro	104
					Christopher Newport	77
					Greensboro	90
													Greensboro	74
													St. Thomas (MN)	84
					Central (IA)	62
					St. Thomas (MN)	73
									St. Thomas (MN)	80
	Hampden-Sydney	91							Hampden-Sydney	66
	Oglethorpe	79			Hampden-Sydney	95
					Roanoke	80

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Franklin & Marshall	87
	Cabrini	77			Susquehanna	78
	Susquehanna	100							Franklin & Marshall	71
									Amherst	80
					Amherst	80
					Colby	77
													Amherst	79
													Lebanon Valley	87
					Johns Hopkins	48
					Lebanon Valley	58
									Lebanon Valley	83
	Williams	108							UMass Dartmouth	62
	Worcester State	88			Williams	78
					UMass Dartmouth	82

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Wisconsin–Whitewater	68
	Cornell College	54			Wisconsin–Platteville	76
	Wisconsin–Platteville	78							Wisconsin–Platteville	48
									Wittenberg	66
					Calvin	81
					Wittenberg	86
													Wittenberg	91
													Washington & Jefferson	65
					Illinois Wesleyan	79
					Manchester	77
									Illinois Wesleyan	82
	Otterbein	71							Washington & Jefferson	97
	Washington & Jefferson	73			Washington & Jefferson	75
					Kenyon	58

National finals

• Site: Buffalo, New York

	National Semifinals					National Championship
	NYU		75
	St. Thomas (MN)		68
						NYU		59
						Lebanon Valley		66*
	Lebanon Valley		93
	Wittenberg		83			National Third-place
						St. Thomas (MN)		62
						Wittenberg		73

All-tournament team

• Mike Rhoades, Lebanon Valley
• Adam Crawford, NYU
• Jonathan Gabriel, NYU
• John Harper, Lebanon Valley
• Matt Croci, Wittenberg

See also

• 1994 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1994 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1994 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1994 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament