1988 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 1988 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 14th 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.

1988 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Finals site

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Champions

Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (1st title)

Runner-up

Scranton Royals (3rd title game)

Semifinalists

Hartwick Hawks (1st Final Four)
Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (3rd Final Four)

Winning coach

Gene Mehaffey (OWU)

MOP

Scott Tedder (OWU)

Attendance

34,373

NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1987	1989»

Held during March 1988, the field included thirty-two teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

Ohio Wesleyan defeated Scranton, 92–70, to claim their first NCAA Division III national title.

Bracket

Regionals

	'First Round					Regional Championship

	North Adams State		75

	SE Massachusetts		91
						SE Massachusetts		85

						Clark		86
	Clark (MA)		82

	Southern Maine		79			Regional Third-place


						North Adams State		60

						Southern Maine		84

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Cabrini		51

	Scranton		59
						Scranton		61

						Franklin & Marshall		47
	Alleghany		61

	Franklin & Marshall		63			Regional Third-place


						Cabrini		66

						Allegheny		93

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Buffalo State		73

	Potsdam		70
						Buffalo State		53

						Hartwick		54
	Hartwick		80

	Staten Island		73			Regional Third-place


						Potsdam		93

						Staten Island		80

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Bridgewater (VA)		50

	Trenton State		87
						Trenton State		82

						Emory & Henry		72
	Emory & Henry		72

	Stockton State		59			Regional Third-place


						Bridgewater (VA)		70

						Stockton State		72

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Illinois Wesleyan		99

	Monmouth (IL)		74
						Illinois Wesleyan		91

						Millikin		74
	Millikin		101

	Wisconsin–Whitewater		86			Regional Third-place


						Monmouth (IL)		93

						Wisconsin–Whitewater		103

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Ohio Northern		70

	Ohio Wesleyan		77
						Ohio Wesleyan		110**

						Hope		107
	Hope		80

	Muskingum		75			Regional Third-place


						Ohio Northern		69

						Muskingum		43

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Nebraska Wesleyan		72

	Saint John's (MN)		64
						Nebraska Wesleyan		69

						Dubuque		64
	Claremont Mudd Scripps		78

	Dubuque		80			Regional Third-place


						Saint John's (MN)		92

						Claremont Mudd Scripps		75

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Centre (KY)		73

	Rust		67
						Centre (KY)		59

						Washington St. Louis		74
	Christopher Newport		62

	Washington St. Louis		64			Regional Third-place


						Rust		74

						Christopher Newport		63

National finals

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National championship

	Clark		55

	Scranton		73
						Scranton		84

						Hartwick		61
	Hartwick		84

	Trenton State		69
											Scranton		70

											Ohio Wesleyan		92
	Illinois Wesleyan		103

	Ohio Wesleyan		106
						Ohio Wesleyan		87			National third-place game

						Nebraska Wesleyan		71
	Nebraska Wesleyan		58								Hartwick		70

	Washington St. Louis		55								Nebraska Wesleyan		73

See also

References

"Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

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