1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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1995 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Rowan Profs (3rd Final Four)
  • Trinity Bantams (1st Final Four)
    • Winning coachBo Ryan (UWP)
    MOPErnie Peavy (UWP)
    Attendance40,207
    NCAA Division III men's tournaments
    «1994 1996»

    The 1995

    NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 21st 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 expanded to sixty-four teams allocated across four sectionals, however, this would only last for three tournaments (The sixty-four team field did not return after 1997 until 2017). The national semifinals, third-place final, and championship final were contested in Buffalo, New York.[1]

    Manchester, 69–55, in the final, clinching their second national title (and first since 1991
    ).

    The Pioneers (31–0) were led by future

    Potsdam in 1986
    .

    Bracket

    Top left sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
            
    Geneseo 74
    RIT 53
    Geneseo 71
    Albany 70
    Albany 92
    St. John Fisher
    		84
    Geneseo 64
    Rowan 76
    Rowan
    		70
    Montclair State
    		45
    Rowan 74
    NYU 58
    NYU 101
    Hunter
    		71
    Rowan 101
    NJIT 87
    Buffalo State 58
    Elmira
    		49
    Buffalo State 64
    Hamilton 79
    Hamilton
    		83
    Plattsburgh State
    		74
    Hamilton 86
    NJIT 96
    Jersey City State
    		109
    Staten Island
    		91
    Jersey City State 86
    NJIT 97
    NJIT 87
    York (NY)
    		70

    Bottom left sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
            
    Baldwin Wallace 72
    Hope
    		69
    Baldwin Wallace 74
    Wittenberg 70
    Calvin 57
    Wittenberg
    		62
    Baldwin Wallace 51
    Illinois Wesleyan 67
    Illinois Wesleyan
    		115
    Westminster (MO)
    		74
    Illinois Wesleyan 90
    Washington St. Louis 65
    Beloit
    		60
    Washington St. Louis 68
    Illinois Wesleyan 82
    Manchester 89
    Kenyon
    		74
    Ohio Northern
    		72
    Kenyon 57
    Wooster 55
    Heidelberg
    		64
    Wooster
    		72
    Kenyon 65
    Manchester 84
    Hanover
    		79
    Wheaton (IL)
    		78
    Hanover 79
    Manchester 84
    Manchester
    		93
    Ripon 70

    Top right sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
            
    Christopher Newport 71
    Hampden-Sydney
    		78
    Hampden-Sydney 105
    Greensboro 79
    Greensboro
    		87
    Oglethorpe
    		72
    Hampden-Sydney 77
    Nebraska Wesleyan 65
    Central (IA)
    		58
    St. Thomas (MN) 62
    St. Thomas (MN) 74
    Nebraska Wesleyan 94
    Nebraska Wesleyan
    		120
    Simpson
    		79
    Hampden-Sydney 85
    Wisconsin–Platteville 99
    Maryville (TN)
    		77
    Roanoke 76
    Maryville (TN) 86
    Millsaps 88**
    Hendrix
    		67
    Millsaps 79
    Millsaps 68
    Wisconsin–Platteville 82
    Pomona-Pitzer
    		70
    Wisconsin–Whitewater 82
    Wisconsin–Whitewater 88
    Wisconsin–Platteville 100
    Saint John's (MN)
    		67
    Wisconsin–Platteville 99

    Bottom right sectional

    First round Second round Sectional semifinals Sectional finals
            
    Salve Regina 77
    UMass Dartmouth
    		117
    UMass Dartmouth 59
    Williams 61
    Colby 66
    Williams 80
    Williams 89
    Wilkes 91*
    Goucher
    		102
    Lebanon Valley
    		91
    Goucher 70
    Wilkes 88
    Widener
    		60
    Wilkes
    		70
    Wilkes 85
    Trinity (CT) 90
    Salem State 86
    Tufts 80
    Salem State 90
    Trinity (CT) 93*
    Babson
    		89
    Trinity (CT) 95
    Trinity (CT) 79
    Franklin & Marshall 58
    Cabrini
    		88
    York (PA)
    		63
    Cabrini 83
    Franklin & Marshall 87
    Franklin & Marshall 69
    Muhlenberg 54

    National finals
    National Semifinals National Championship
          
    Rowan
    		66
    Manchester
         		77
    Manchester 55
    Wisconsin–Platteville 69
    Wisconsin–Platteville 93
    Trinity (CT) 83 National Third-place
    Rowan 105
    Trinity (CT) 72

    All-tournament team

    • Ernie Peavy, Wisconsin–Platteville
    • Brad Knoy, Manchester
    • Kyle Hupfer, Manchester
    • Aaron Lancaster, Wisconsin–Platteville
    • Charles Grasty, Rowan

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
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