- Ursinus Bears (1st Final Four)
- Otterbein Cardinals (1st Final Four)
Winning coach | Jerry Welsh (Potsdam State) |
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The 1981 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the seventh annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1981, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The tournament field included 32 teams with the national championship rounds contested at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.[1]
SUNY Potsdam defeated hosts Augustana (IL), 67–65 (in overtime), in the championship game to claim their first national title.
Bracket
Regionals
| First round | | | Regional Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | | Clark (MA) | 109 | | | | | UMass Boston | 69 | | | | Clark (MA) | 78 | | | | | | | | Rochester (NY) | 74 | | | Rochester (NY) | 75 | | | | Salem State | 62 | | | Regional Third-place | | | | | UMass Boston | 90 | | | | Salem State | 91 | | | First round | | | Regional Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | | Potsdam State | 80 | | | | | Staten Island | 57 | | | | Potsdam State | 68* | | | | | | | | Albany (NY) | 63 | | | Albany (NY) | 45 | | | | St. Lawrence | 44 | | | Regional Third-place | | | | | Staten Island | 60 | | | | St. Lawrence | 62 | |
| First round | | | Regional Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | | Beloit | 68 | | | | | William Penn | 58 | | | | Beloit | 53 | | | | | | | | Augustana (IL) | 56 | | | Augustana (IL) | 81 | | | | North Park | 68 | | | Regional Third-place | | | | | William Penn | 85 | | | | North Park | 81 | | |
National finals
| National quarterfinals | | | National semifinals | | | National championship | |
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| Clark (MA) | 81 | | | |
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| Potsdam State | 87 | |
| | Potsdam State | 63 | |
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| | | Ursinus | 61 | |
| Ursinus | 71 | |
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| Upsala | 69 | |
| | Potsdam State | 67* | |
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| | | Augustana (IL) | 65 | |
| Augustana (IL) | 69 | | |
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| Whittier | 67 | |
| | Augustana (IL) | 93 | | | National third-place game |
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| | | Otterbein | 81 | |
| Otterbein | 67* | | | Ursinus | 82 |
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| Savannah State | 64 | | | Otterbein | 79 |
See also
References
- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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