1994 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1994 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams	40
Finals site	Buffalo, New York
Champions	Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (1st title)
Runner-up	NYU Violets (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Wittenberg Tigers (6th Final Four); St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (1st Final Four);
Winning coach	Pat Flannery (LVC)
MOP	Mike Rhoades (LVC); Adam Crawford (NYU)
Attendance	40,207
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.^[1]

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

Site: Buffalo, New York

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

References

^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved March 30, 2019.

[1] "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved March 30, 2019.

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