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1994 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams40
Finals siteBuffalo, New York
ChampionsLebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (1st title)
Runner-upNYU Violets (1st title game)
Semifinalists
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.

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 Rice, VCU and 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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