1986 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1986 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Finals site	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions	Potsdam State Bears (2nd title)
Runner-up	LeMoyne-Owen Magicians (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (2nd Final Four); Jersey City State Gothic Knights (1st Final Four);
Winning coach	Jerry Welsh (Potsdam State)
MOP	Roosevelt Bullock (Potsdam State)
Attendance	34,366
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1985	1987»

The 1986 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 12th 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.

Held during March 1986, the field included thirty-two teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.^[1]

SUNY Potsdam defeated LeMoyne–Owen, 76–73, to claim their second NCAA Division III national title and first since 1981. The Bears also completed an undefeated season (32–0), the first Division III program to complete this feat.

Bracket[edit]

Regionals[edit]

First Round		Regional Championship

Clark	71

Salem State	73
		Salem State	66

		SE Massachusetts	81
SE Massachusetts	64

Western Connecticut State	62	Regional Third-place


		Clark	78

		Western Connecticut State	77

First Round		Regional Championship

Jersey City State	67

Roanoke	61
		Jersey City State	69

		Upsala	64
Trenton State	64

Upsala	66	Regional Third-place


		Roanoke	55

		Trenton State	58

First Round		Regional Championship

Alfred	88

Nazareth	86
		Alfred	51

		Potsdam	80
NYU	67

Potsdam	83	Regional Third-place


		Nazareth	87

		NYU	73

First Round		Regional Championship

DePauw	69

Wittenberg	55
		DePauw	76

		Otterbein	82
Calvin	84

Otterbein	100	Regional Third-place


		Wittenberg	84

		Calvin	77

First Round		Regional Championship

North Park	65

Ripon	68
		Ripon	57

		Illinois Wesleyan	63
Illinois Wesleyan	79

Wisconsin–Whitewater	75	Regional Third-place


		North Park	73

		Wisconsin–Whitewater	89

First Round		Regional Championship

John Carroll	78

LeMoyne–Owen	92
		LeMoyne–Owen	72

		Centre (KY)	69
Centre (KY)	70

Christopher Newport	62	Regional Third-place


		John Carroll	73

		Christopher Newport	75

First Round		Regional Championship

Nebraska Wesleyan	89

Pomona-Pitzer	59
		Nebraska Wesleyan	61

		Dubuque	50
Dubuque	71

Saint John's (MN)	47	Regional Third-place


		Pomona-Pitzer	52

		Saint John's (MN)	71

First Round		Regional Championship

Susquehanna	79

Washington College	75
		Susquehanna	79

		Franklin & Marshall	72
Franklin & Marshall	61

Scranton	57	Regional Third-place


		Washington College	94

		Scranton	78

National finals[edit]

National quarterfinals		National semifinals		National championship

Potsdam	80

Susquehanna	65
		Potsdam	91

		Jersey City State	89
Jersey City State	83

SE Massachusetts	69
				Potsdam	76

				LeMoyne–Owen	73
Illinois Wesleyan	85

LeMoyne–Owen	93
		LeMoyne–Owen	86	National third-place game

		Nebraska Wesleyan	80
Nebraska Wesleyan	87*			Jersey City State	93

Otterbein	82			Nebraska Wesleyan	97

All-tournament team[edit]

Roosevelt Bullock, Potsdam (Most outstanding player)
Barry Stanton, Potsdam
Johnny Mayers, Jersey City State
Michael Neal, LeMoyne–Owen
Dana Janssen, Nebraska Wesleyan

References[edit]

^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

[1] "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

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1986 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

Bracket[edit]

Regionals[edit]

National finals[edit]

All-tournament team[edit]

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References[edit]

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