1981 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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1981 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams32
Finals site,
Rock Island, Illinois
Champions Potsdam State Bears (1st title)
Runner-up Augustana Vikings (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jerry Welsh (Potsdam State)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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The 1981 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the seventh annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1981, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

Contents

The tournament field included 32 teams with the national championship rounds contested at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. [1]

SUNY Potsdam defeated hosts Augustana (IL), 67–65 (in overtime), in the championship game to claim their first national title.

Bracket

Regionals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Clark (MA) 81
Potsdam State87
Potsdam State63
Ursinus 61
Ursinus71
Upsala 69
Potsdam State67*
Augustana (IL) 65
Augustana (IL)69
Whittier 67
Augustana (IL)93National third-place game
Otterbein 81
Otterbein67*Ursinus82
Savannah State 64 Otterbein 79

See also

References

  1. "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 20, 2017.