1994 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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1994 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Wittenberg Tigers (6th Final Four)
  • St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (1st Final Four)
    • Winning coachPat Flannery (LVC)
    MOPMike Rhoades (LVC)
    Adam Crawford (NYU)
    Attendance40,207
    NCAA Division III men's tournaments
    «1993 1995»

    The 1994

    NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 20th 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
    .

    The field consisted of forty teams, each allocated into one of four sectionals. The national semifinals, third-place final, and championship final were contested in Buffalo, New York.[1]

    Lebanon Valley defeated NYU
    , 66–59 (in overtime), in the final, earning their first national title.

    The Flying Dutchmen (28–4) were coached by Pat Flannery.

    Future

    Penn State head coach Mike Rhoades
    , also from Lebanon Valley, was one of the co-Most Outstanding Players of the tournament.

    Bracket

    Top left sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
    Rowan
    		70
    Hunter
    		79 Hunter 55
    Montclair State
    		74 Rowan 75
    NYU 80***
    Geneseo 55
    NYU 67
    NYU 67
    Albany 65
    NJIT 69
    Richard Stockton
    		74
    Richard Stockton 54
    Brockport 72 Albany 60
    St. John Fisher
    		77 St. John Fisher 72
    Albany 84

    Bottom left sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
    Cal Lutheran
    		95
    UC San Diego 67 UC San Diego 81
    Pomona-Pitzer
    		66 Cal Lutheran 99
    Greensboro 104
    Christopher Newport 77
    Greensboro
    		90
    Greensboro 74
    St. Thomas (MN) 84
    Central (IA)
    		62
    St. Thomas (MN) 73
    St. Thomas (MN) 80
    Hampden-Sydney
    		91 Hampden-Sydney 66
    Oglethorpe
    		79 Hampden-Sydney 95
    Roanoke 80

    Top right sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
    Franklin & Marshall 87
    Cabrini
    		77 Susquehanna 78
    Susquehanna
    		100 Franklin & Marshall 71
    Amherst 80
    Amherst
    		80
    Colby
    		77
    Amherst 79
    Lebanon Valley 87
    Johns Hopkins 48
    Lebanon Valley
    		58
    Lebanon Valley 83
    Williams 108 UMass Dartmouth 62
    Worcester State
    		88 Williams 78
    UMass Dartmouth
    		82

    Bottom right sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
    Wisconsin–Whitewater 68
    Cornell College
    		54 Wisconsin–Platteville 76
    Wisconsin–Platteville 78 Wisconsin–Platteville 48
    Wittenberg 66
    Calvin 81
    Wittenberg
    		86
    Wittenberg 91
    Washington & Jefferson 65
    Illinois Wesleyan
    		79
    Manchester
    		77
    Illinois Wesleyan 82
    Otterbein
    		71 Washington & Jefferson 97
    Washington & Jefferson 73 Washington & Jefferson 75
    Kenyon
    		58

    National finals
    National Semifinals National Championship
          
    NYU 75
    St. Thomas (MN) 68
    NYU 59
    Lebanon Valley 66*
    Lebanon Valley
         		93
    Wittenberg
    		83 National Third-place
    St. Thomas (MN) 62
    Wittenberg 73

    All-tournament team

    • Mike Rhoades, Lebanon Valley
    • Adam Crawford, NYU
    • Jonathan Gabriel, NYU
    • John Harper, Lebanon Valley
    • Matt Croci, Wittenberg

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
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