1988 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1988 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Finals site	, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (1st title)
Runner-up	Scranton Royals (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Hartwick Hawks (1st Final Four) Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Gene Mehaffey (OWU)
MOP	Scott Tedder (OWU)
Attendance	34,373
NCAA Division III men's tournaments « 1987 1989 »

The 1988 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 14th 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 1988, the field included thirty-two teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ^[1]

Ohio Wesleyan defeated Scranton, 92–70, to claim their first NCAA Division III national title.

Bracket

Regionals

'First Round Regional Championship             North Adams State 75 SE Massachusetts 91 SE Massachusetts 85 Clark 86 Clark (MA) 82 Southern Maine 79 Regional Third-place North Adams State 60 Southern Maine 84

First Round Regional Championship             Cabrini 51 Scranton 59 Scranton 61 Franklin & Marshall 47 Allegheny 61 Franklin & Marshall 63 Regional Third-place Cabrini 66 Allegheny 93

First Round Regional Championship             Buffalo State 73 Potsdam 70 Buffalo State 53 Hartwick 54 Hartwick 80 Staten Island 73 Regional Third-place Potsdam 93 Staten Island 80

First Round Regional Championship             Bridgewater (VA) 50 Trenton State 87 Trenton State 82 Emory & Henry 72 Emory & Henry 72 Stockton State 59 Regional Third-place Bridgewater (VA) 70 Stockton State 72

First Round Regional Championship             Illinois Wesleyan 99 Monmouth (IL) 74 Illinois Wesleyan 91 Millikin 74 Millikin 101 Wisconsin–Whitewater 86 Regional Third-place Monmouth (IL) 93 Wisconsin–Whitewater 103

First Round Regional Championship             Ohio Northern 70 Ohio Wesleyan 77 Ohio Wesleyan 110** Hope 107 Hope 80 Muskingum 75 Regional Third-place Ohio Northern 69 Muskingum 43

First Round Regional Championship             Nebraska Wesleyan 72 Saint John's (MN) 64 Nebraska Wesleyan 69 Dubuque 64 Claremont Mudd Scripps 78 Dubuque 80 Regional Third-place Saint John's (MN) 92 Claremont Mudd Scripps 75

First Round Regional Championship             Centre (KY) 73 Rust 67 Centre (KY) 59 Washington St. Louis 74 Christopher Newport 62 Washington St. Louis 64 Regional Third-place Rust 74 Christopher Newport 63

National finals

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National championship
	Clark		55
	Scranton		73
						Scranton		84
						Hartwick		61
	Hartwick		84
	Trenton State		69
											Scranton		70
											Ohio Wesleyan		92
	Illinois Wesleyan		103
	Ohio Wesleyan		106
						Ohio Wesleyan		87			National third-place game
						Nebraska Wesleyan		71
	Nebraska Wesleyan		58								Hartwick		70
	Washington St. Louis		55								Nebraska Wesleyan		73

See also

• 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1988 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1988 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1988 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 24, 2019.