1993 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1993 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	40
Finals site	Buffalo, New York
Champions	Ohio Northern (1st title)
Runner-up	Augustana (IL) (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Rowan (2nd Final Four) UMass Dartmouth (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Joe Campoli (Ohio Northern)
MOP	Kirk Anderson (Augustana)
Attendance	32,360
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1992 1994»

The 1993 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 19th 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.

For the first time, the championship rounds were contested in Buffalo, New York.^[1]

Ohio Northern defeated Augustana (IL), 71–68, in the final, earning their first NCAA Division III national title.

The Polar Bears (28–2) were coached by first-year head coach Joe Campoli.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					NYU	75
	Fredonia	56			Ithaca	61
	Ithaca	71							NYU	73
									Eastern Connecticut	78**
					Eastern Connecticut	81
					Salem State	71
													Eastern Connecticut	64
													UMass Dartmouth	75
					Buffalo State	69
					Geneseo	80
									Geneseo	66
									UMass Dartmouth	68
					UMass Dartmouth	90
					Westfield State	81

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Calvin	90
	Defiance	66			Otterbein	68
	Otterbein	80							Calvin	101
									Emory & Henry	67
					Emory & Henry	85
					Maryville	61
													Calvin	56
													Ohio Northern	67
					Ohio Northern	88
					Wooster	62
									Ohio Northern	83
	Rhodes	71							Christopher Newport	67
	Virginia Wesleyan	62			Rhodes	74
					Christopher Newport	84

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Scranton	58
	Johns Hopkins	49			Lebanon Valley	56
	Lebanon Valley	53							Scranton	78
									Hunter	62
					Hunter	83
					NJIT	70
													Scranton	73
													Rowan	80
					Elizabethtown	64
					Franklin & Marshall	78
									Franklin & Marshall	68
	Catholic	91							Rowan	69
	Stockton State	106			Stockton State	61
					Rowan	84

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Cal Lutheran	56
					La Verne	67
									La Verne	84
	Augustana (IL)	79							Augustana (IL)	87
	DePauw	66			Beloit	66
					Augustana (IL)	92
													Augustana (IL)	100
													Wisconsin–Platteville	86
					St. Thomas (MN)	75
	Saint John's (MN)	80*			Saint John's (MN)	61
	Wartburg	75							St. Thomas (MN)	60
	Manchester	68							Wisconsin–Platteville	70
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	84			Wisconsin–Whitewater	72
					Wisconsin–Platteville	88

National finals

• Site: Buffalo, New York

	National Semifinals				National Championship
	UMass Dartmouth	73
	Ohio Northern	74
					Ohio Northern	71
					Augustana (IL)	68
	Rowan	81
	Augustana (IL)	83			National Third-place
					UMass Dartmouth	74
					Rowan	95

All-tournament team

• Kirk Anderson, Augustana (IL)
• Mark Gooden, Ohio Northern
• Aaron Madry, Ohio Northern
• Steven Haynes, UMass Dartmouth
• Keith Wood, Rowan

See also

• 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1993 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1993 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1993 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved March 29, 2019.