1989 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 15th 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.
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| Finals site | Springfield, Ohio | ||||
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| Champions | UW–Whitewater (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Trenton State (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Dave Vander Meulen (UWW) | ||||
| MOP | Greg Grant (TSC) | ||||
| Attendance | 37,396 | ||||
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Held during March 1989, the field included forty teams, an increase of eight from 1988. For the first time, the championship rounds were contested in Springfield, Ohio.[1]
Wisconsin–Whitewater defeated Trenton State (now TCNJ), 94–86, to clinch their second NCAA Division III national title. The Warhawks' previous title came in 1984.
Championship Rounds
- Site: Springfield, Ohio
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||
| Southern Maine | 79 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Southern Maine | 62 | ||||||||||||
| Trenton State | 84 | ||||||||||||
| Trenton State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| Potsdam | 62 | ||||||||||||
| Trenton State | 86 | ||||||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 94 | ||||||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 105 | ||||||||||||
| Otterbein | 86 | ||||||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 88 | Third-place | |||||||||||
| Centre (KY) | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Centre (KY) | 124** | Southern Maine | 81 | ||||||||||
| Stanislaus State | 123 | Centre (KY) | 70 | ||||||||||
See also
- 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- 1989 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1989 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1989 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
References
- "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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