1981 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

  • Ursinus Bears (1st Final Four)
  • Otterbein Cardinals (1st Final Four)
Winning coachJerry Welsh (Potsdam State)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1980 1982»

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
      
Ursinus 69
Franklin & Marshall 58
Ursinus 66
William Paterson 64
William Paterson 87
Scranton 70 Regional Third-place
Franklin & Marshall 73
Scranton 68


First round Regional Championship
      
Upsala 73
Allegheny 66
Upsala 86
Montclair State 64
Montclair State 57
Roanoke 55 Regional Third-place
Allegheny 75
Roanoke 84

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


First round Regional Championship
      
Whittier 103
Stanislaus State 95
Whittier 66*
Muskingum 61
Muskingum 75
Dubuque 61 Regional Third-place
Stanislaus State 73
Dubuque 86

First round Regional Championship
      
Wittenberg 72
Calvin 50
Wittenberg 68
Otterbein 72
Otterbein 81
Wabash 69 Regional Third-place
Calvin 71
Wabash 93


First round Regional Championship
      
Savannah State 76
Rose–Hulman 62
Savannah State 76
Southwestern (TN) 75
Southwestern (TN) 72
St. Andrews 70 Regional Third-place
Rhodes–Hulman 80
St. Andrews 84

National finals

National quarterfinals National semifinals National championship
         
Clark (MA) 81
Potsdam State 87
Potsdam State 63
Ursinus 61
Ursinus 71
Uppsala 69
Potsdam State 67*
Augustana (IL) 65
Augustana (IL) 69
Whittier 67
Augustana (IL) 93 National third-place game
Otterbein 81
Otterbein 67* Ursinus 82
Savannah State 64 Otterbein 79

See also

References

  1. ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 20, 2017.