1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 21st 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.

1995 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Buffalo, New York
Champions	Wisconsin–Platteville Pioneers (2nd title)
Runner-up	Manchester Spartans (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Rowan Profs (3rd Final Four) Trinity Bantams (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Bo Ryan (UWP)
MOP	Ernie Peavy (UWP)
Attendance	40,207
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1994 1996»

The field expanded to sixty-four teams allocated across four sectionals, however, this would only last for three tournaments (The sixty-four team field did not return after 1997 until 2017). The national semifinals, third-place final, and championship final were contested in Buffalo, New York.^[1]

Wisconsin–Platteville defeated Manchester, 69–55, in the final, clinching their second national title (and first since 1991).

The Pioneers (31–0) were led by future Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan and were the first men's Division III program to complete an undefeated season since Potsdam in 1986.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
	Geneseo	74
	RIT	53
					Geneseo	71
					Albany	70
	Albany	92
	St. John Fisher	84
									Geneseo	64
									Rowan	76
	Rowan	70
	Montclair State	45
					Rowan	74
					NYU	58
	NYU	101
	Hunter	71
													Rowan	101
													NJIT	87
	Buffalo State	58
	Elmira	49
					Buffalo State	64
					Hamilton	79
	Hamilton	83
	Plattsburgh State	74
									Hamilton	86
									NJIT	96
	Jersey City State	109
	Staten Island	91
					Jersey City State	86
					NJIT	97
	NJIT	87
	York (NY)	70

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
	Baldwin Wallace	72
	Hope	69
					Baldwin Wallace	74
					Wittenberg	70
	Calvin	57
	Wittenberg	62
									Baldwin Wallace	51
									Illinois Wesleyan	67
	Illinois Wesleyan	115
	Westminster (MO)	74
					Illinois Wesleyan	90
					Washington St. Louis	65
	Beloit	60
	Washington St. Louis	68
													Illinois Wesleyan	82
													Manchester	89
	Kenyon	74
	Ohio Northern	72
					Kenyon	57
					Wooster	55
	Heidelberg	64
	Wooster	72
									Kenyon	65
									Manchester	84
	Hanover	79
	Wheaton (IL)	78
					Hanover	79
					Manchester	84
	Manchester	93
	Ripon	70

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
	Christopher Newport	71
	Hampden-Sydney	78
					Hampden-Sydney	105
					Greensboro	79
	Greensboro	87
	Oglethorpe	72
									Hampden-Sydney	77
									Nebraska Wesleyan	65
	Central (IA)	58
	St. Thomas (MN)	62
					St. Thomas (MN)	74
					Nebraska Wesleyan	94
	Nebraska Wesleyan	120
	Simpson	79
													Hampden-Sydney	85
													Wisconsin–Platteville	99
	Maryville (TN)	77
	Roanoke	76
					Maryville (TN)	86
					Millsaps	88**
	Hendrix	67
	Millsaps	79
									Millsaps	68
									Wisconsin–Platteville	82
	Pomona-Pitzer	70
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	82
					Wisconsin–Whitewater	88
					Wisconsin–Platteville	100
	Saint John's (MN)	67
	Wisconsin–Platteville	99

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
	Salve Regina	77
	UMass Dartmouth	117
					UMass Dartmouth	59
					Williams	61
	Colby	66
	Williams	80
									Williams	89
									Wilkes	91*
	Goucher	102
	Lebanon Valley	91
					Goucher	70
					Wilkes	88
	Widener	60
	Wilkes	70
													Wilkes	85
													Trinity (CT)	90
	Salem State	86
	Tufts	80
					Salem State	90
					Trinity (CT)	93*
	Babson	89
	Trinity (CT)	95
									Trinity (CT)	79
									Franklin & Marshall	58
	Cabrini	88
	York (PA)	63
					Cabrini	83
					Franklin & Marshall	87
	Franklin & Marshall	69
	Muhlenberg	54

National finals

• Site: Buffalo, New York

	National Semifinals					National Championship
	Rowan		66
	Manchester		77
						Manchester		55
						Wisconsin–Platteville		69
	Wisconsin–Platteville		93
	Trinity (CT)		83			National Third-place
						Rowan		105
						Trinity (CT)		72

All-tournament team

• Ernie Peavy, Wisconsin–Platteville
• Brad Knoy, Manchester
• Kyle Hupfer, Manchester
• Aaron Lancaster, Wisconsin–Platteville
• Charles Grasty, Rowan

See also

• 1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

References

1. "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved April 6, 2019.