1990 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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1990 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
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Finals site Springfield, Ohio
Champions Rochester Yellowjackets (1st title)
Runner-up DePauw Tigers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mike Neer (UR)
MOP Chris Fite (UR)
Attendance46,365
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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The 1990 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 16th 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.

Contents

Held during March 1990, the field included forty teams. The championship rounds were again contested in Springfield, Ohio. [1]

Rochester defeated DePauw, 43–42, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title.

Bracket

Top left sectional

First roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional finals
        
North Adams State 88
Southern Maine 78
Southern Maine 74
Western New England 52
North Adams State 69
Albany 66
Albany 85
Potsdam 75
North Adams State 47
Rochester 50
Salem State 112
SE Massachusetts 122
SE Massachusetts 80
Rochester 92
Nazareth 54 Sectional third place
Rochester (NY) 73
Buffalo State 57 Albany 91
Rochester 62 SE Massachusetts 92

Bottom left sectional

First roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional finals
        
Franklin & Marshall 78
Johns Hopkins 85
FDU Florham 72
Johns Hopkins 90
Johns Hopkins 69
Western Connecticut 79
Trenton State 68
Western Connecticut 69
Western Connecticut 104
Washington College 107*
King's (PA) 83
Washington College 85
Washington College 89
Stockton State 88
Hunter 84 Sectional third place
Stockton State 100
Stockton State 73 Johns Hopkins 80
Jersey City State 71 Stockton State 74

Top right sectional

First roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional finals
        
Wittenberg 69
Muskingum 50
Muskingum 70
Otterbein 64
Wittenberg 86
Averett 64
Averett 91*
Randolph-Macon 78
Wittenberg 59
Calvin 63
Calvin 95
Hope 68
Calvin 80
Emory 73
Christopher Newport 80 Sectional third place
Emory & Henry 91
Emory & Henry 81 Averett 93
Emory 91 Emory 102

Bottom right sectional

First roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional finals
        
North Central (IL) 63
Illinois Wesleyan 71
Illinois Wesleyan 83
North Park 68
Illinois Wesleyan 85
Nebraska Wesleyan 63
Nebraska Wesleyan 77
UC San Diego 75
Illinois Wesleyan 65
DePauw 68
DePauw 71
Monmouth (IL) 69
DePauw 75**
St. Thomas (MN) 69
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 77 Sectional third place
Dubuque 84
Dubuque 55 Nebraska Wesleyan 71
St. Thomas (MN) 65 St. Thomas (MN) 77

National finals

National SemifinalsNational Championship
    
Rochester 86
Washington College 70
Rochester43
DePauw 42
Calvin 79
DePauw 82 National Third-place
Washington College87
Calvin 86

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References

  1. "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved 27 March 2019.