1981 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
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.
Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Rock Island, Illinois | ||||
Champions | Potsdam State Bears (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Augustana Vikings (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Jerry Welsh (Potsdam State) | ||||
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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
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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
- "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
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