All-time Results

Four of the 34 Division III men's basketball championship games have gone to overtime, and 15 of them have been decided by five points or fewer. It doesn't get any more competitive than that.
**Click on the year to link to more information about that year's championship tournament. 

Year

Champion

Score

Runner-up

Site

1975

LeMoyne-Owen

57-54

Glassboro State #

Reading, Pa.

1976

Scranton

60-57 (OT)

Wittenberg

Reading, Pa.

1977

Wittenberg

79-66

Oneonta State

Rock Island, Ill.

1978

North Park

69-57

Widener

Rock Island, Ill.

1979

North Park

66-62

Potsdam State

Rock Island, Ill.

1980

North Park

83-76

Upsala

Rock Island, Ill.

1981

Potsdam State

67-65 (OT)

Augustana (Ill.)

Rock Island, Ill.

1982

Wabash

83-62

Potsdam State

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1983

Scranton

64-63

Wiitenberg

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1984

UW-Whitewater

103-86

Clark (Mass.)

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1985

North Park

72-71

Potsdam State

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1986

Potsdam State

76-73

LeMoyne-Owen

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1987

North Park

106-100

Clark (Mass.)

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1988

Ohio Wesleyan

92-70

Scranton

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1989

UW-Whitewater

94-86

Trenton State @

Springfield, Ohio

1990

Rochester

43-42

DePauw

Springfield, Ohio

1991

UW-Platteville

81-74

Franklin & Marshall

Springfield, Ohio

1992

Calvin

62-49

Rochester

Springfield, Ohio

1993

Ohio Northern

71-68

Augustana (Ill.)

Buffalo, N.Y.

1994

Lebanon Valley

66-59 (OT)

New York U.

Buffalo, N.Y.

1995

UW-Platteville

69-55

Manchester

Buffalo, N.Y.

1996

Rowan

100-93

Hope

Salem, Va.

1997

Ill. Wesleyan

89-86

Nebraska Wesleyan

Salem, Va.

1998

UW-Platteville

69-56

Hope

Salem, Va.

1999

UW-Platteville

76-75 2OT

Hampden-Sydney

Salem, Va.

2000

Calvin

79-74

UW-Eau Claire

Salem, Va.

2001

Catholic

76-62

William Paterson

Salem, Va.

2002

Otterbein

102-83

Elizabethtown

Salem, Va.

2003

Williams

67-65

Gustavus Adolphus

Salem, Va.

2004

Wis-Stevens Pt.

84-82

Williams

Salem, Va.

2005

Wis-Stevens Pt.

73-49

Rochester

Salem, Va.

2006

Va. Wesleyan

59-56

Wittenberg

Salem, Va.

2007

Amherst

80-67

Va. Wesleyan

Salem, Va.

2008 Washington-U. 90-68 Amherst Salem, Va.

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