1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
Appearance
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Finals site | Springfield, Ohio | ||||
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Champions | Wisconsin–Platteville (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Franklin & Marshall (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | |||||
Winning coach | Bo Ryan (UWP) | ||||
MOP | Shawn Frison (UWP) | ||||
Attendance | 44,538 | ||||
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The 1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 17th 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 1991, the field included forty teams. The championship rounds were contested in Springfield, Ohio.[1]
Wisconsin–Platteville (28–3) defeated Franklin & Marshall, 81–74, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title.
Bracket
[edit]Top left sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Salem State | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Western Connecticut | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 98 | ||||||||||||||
Ramapo | 101 | ||||||||||||||
Ramapo | 87 | ||||||||||||||
Salisbury State | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Ramapo | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Kean | 77 | ||||||||||||||
SE Massachusetts | 87 | ||||||||||||||
Southern Maine | 76 | ||||||||||||||
SE Massachusetts | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Kean | 105 | ||||||||||||||
Glassboro State | 88 | ||||||||||||||
NJIT | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Glassboro State | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Kean | 85 |
Bottom left sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Dickinson | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 94 | ||||||||||||||
Geneseo | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Buffalo State | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Geneseo | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 76* | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 73 | ||||||||||||||
King's (PA) | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 64* | ||||||||||||||
RPI | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 73 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 67 |
Top right sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Platteville | 96 | ||||||||||||||
Ripon | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Ripon | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Platteville | 110 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Emory & Henry | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Shenandoah | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Emory & Henry | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Platteville | 101 | ||||||||||||||
Benedictine (IL) | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Benedictine (IL) | 76 | ||||||||||||||
DePauw | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Benedictine (IL) | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 73 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis | 53 | ||||||||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 77 |
Bottom right sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Hope | 84 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 87* | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Wartburg | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Bethel (MN) | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Central (IA) | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Central (IA) | 73 | ||||||||||||||
Wartburg | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 73 | ||||||||||||||
Otterbein | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Otterbein | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Otterbein | 108 | ||||||||||||||
UC San Diego | 95 | ||||||||||||||
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 72 | ||||||||||||||
UC San Diego | 76 |
National finals
[edit]- Site: Springfield, Ohio
National Semifinals | National Championship | ||||||
Ramapo | 56 | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 106 | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 74 | ||||||
UW–Platteville | 81 | ||||||
UW–Platteville | 96 | ||||||
Otterbein | 94 | National Third-place | |||||
Ramapo | 84 | ||||||
Otterbein | 113 |
All-tournament team
[edit]- Shawn Frison, Wisconsin–Platteville
- James Bradley, Otterbein
- Robby Jeter, Wisconsin–Platteville
- Will Lasky, Franklin & Marshall
- David Wilding, Franklin & Marshall
See also
[edit]- 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1991 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 1991 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved March 28, 2019.