1999 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1999 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	48
Finals site	Salem, Virginia
Champions	Wisconsin–Platteville (4th title)
Runner-up	Hampden-Sydney (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Connecticut College (1st Final Four) William Paterson (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Bo Ryan (UWP)
MOP	Merrill Brunson (UWP)
Attendance	45,348
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1998 2000»

The 1999 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 25th 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 contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Defending champions Wisconsin–Platteville defeated Hampden-Sydney, 76–75 (in two overtimes), in the final, clinching a fourth overall title and a second consecutive championship.

The Pioneers (30–2) were coached by Bo Ryan, who claimed his fourth title at Platteville (1991, 1995, and 1998). Ryan departed for Division I Milwaukee after this season before eventually becoming the head coach for Wisconsin in 2001.

Merrill Brunson, also from Platteville, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					St. John Fisher	70
					Hamilton	72
	Rochester	58
	Hamilton	66
									Hamilton	73
									Trinity (CT)	89
	Bowdoin	68
	Bridgewater State	48
					Bowdoin	57
					Trinity (CT)	71
													Trinity (CT)	70
													Connecticut College	73
					Geneseo State	61
					Cortland State	71
	Cortland State	85
	RIT	49
									Cortland State	66
									Connecticut College	80
	Clark (MA)	51
	Western Connecticut	70
					Western Connecticut	76
					Connecticut College	94

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Ohio Northern	83
					John Carroll	88*
	John Carroll	68
	Allegheny	62
									John Carroll	78
									Mississippi College	57
	Maryville (TN)	66
	Rose–Hulman	59
					Maryville (TN)	53
					Mississippi College	67
													John Carroll	51
													Hampden–Sydney	68
					Wooster	89
					Otterbein	80
	Otterbein	104
	Defiance	90
									Wooster	66
									Hampden–Sydney	74
	Christopher Newport	66
	Randolph–Macon	68
					Randolph–Macon	65
					Hampden–Sydney	74

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Wilkes	77
					Franklin & Marshall	72
	Franklin & Marshall	81
	Johns Hopkins	66
									Wilkes	50
									Richard Stockton	60
	Kings Point	66
	New Jersey City	79
					New Jersey City	56
					Richard Stockton	62
													Richard Stockton	49
													William Paterson	50
					Goucher	69
					Catholic	73
	Lebanon Valley	72
	Catholic	77
									Catholic	71
									William Paterson	79
	William Paterson	76
	Staten Island	59
					William Paterson	58
					Rowan	55

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					UW–Platteville	85
					Augsburg	53
	Augsburg	102
	Nebraska Wesleyan	91
									UW–Platteville	74
									Manchester	65
	Wheaton (IL)	81
	Washington–St. Louis	79
					Wheaton (IL)	60
					Manchester	62
													UW–Platteville	61
													Gustavus Adolphus	47
					Upper Iowa	55
					Gustavus Adolphus	58
	Gustavus Adolphus	67
	Pomona–Pitzer	37
									Gustavus Adolphus	66
									Franklin	65
	Ripon	63
	Illinois Wesleyan	58
					Ripon	73
					Franklin	81

National finals

• Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia

	National semifinals				National championship
	Connecticut College	58
	Hampden–Sydney	74
					Hampden–Sydney	75
					UW–Platteville	76**
	William Paterson	51
	UW–Platteville	75			National third-place
					Connecticut College	92*
					William Paterson	83

See also

• 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1999 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament