UW-Platteville lived up to its Pioneers nickname by running the
table in its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, defeating
Franklin and Marshall 81-74 at Wittenberg to win the 1991 Division
III national championship.
The championship game was a seesaw battle. The turning point came in the second half, when, with 6:57 remaining the Pioneers took a 62-55 lead on a 3-pointer by Robby Jeter and held off the Diplomats.
Each team had four players in double figures and hit better than 50 percent from the field. Senior Shawn Frison led the Pioneers with 20 points. Franklin and Marshall's David Wilding led all scorers with 25 points and was the game's leading rebounder with 11.
The 81 points was the fewest the Pioneers scored in their run to the title, after they averaged 100.8 points in their first four NCAA Tournament games. The second-place finish was the best ever for F&M. The Diplomats finished third in 1979.
Championship
UW-Platteville 81, Franklin and Marshall 74
(at Springfield, Ohio, att. 2,379)
All-Tournament Team
Shawn Frison, UW-Platteville (Most Outstanding Player)
Robby Jeter, UW-Platteville
Will Lasky, Franklin and Marshall
Dave Wilding, Franklin and Marshall
James Bradley, Otterbein
Third Place
Otterbein 113, Ramapo 84
National Semifinals
Franklin & Marshall 109, Ramapo 56
UW-Platteville 96, Otterbein 94
Sectional Championships
Ramapo 80, Kean 77 (at Salem State)
at Franklin and Marshall 76, Rochester 73 (OT)
at UW-Platteville 101, Illinois Benedictine 65
at Otterbein 75, Calvin 73
Sectional Semifinals
Ramapo 101, Salem State 98
Kean 105, Massachusetts-Dartmouth 80
Franklin and Marshall 94, Geneseo State 63
Rochester 64, Scranton 62 (OT)
UW-Platteville 110, Christopher Newport 50
Illinois Benedictine 74, Randolph-Macon 62
Calvin 76, Wartburg 71
Otterbein 108, UC San Diego 95
Second Round
Salem State 83, Western Connecticut State 62
Ramapo 87, Salisbury State 75
Massachusetts-Dartmouth 87, Southern Maine 76
Kean 85, Rowan 66
Franklin and Marshall 65, Johns Hopkins 56
Geneseo State 83, Buffalo State 75
Scranton 85, King's (Pa.) 62
Rochester 71, Stony Brook 67
UW-Platteville 96, Ripon 77
Christopher Newport 81, Emory and Henry 71
Illinois Benedictine 76, DePauw 72
Randolph-Macon 77, Washington U. 53
Calvin 89, Hope 84 (OT)
Wartburg 75, Central 73
Otterbein 88, Wittenberg 62
UC San Diego 76, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 72
First Round
Rowan 88, New Jersey Institute of Technology 80
Johns Hopkins 65, Dickinson 60
Rochester 73, RPI 69
Ripon 65, Illinois Wesleyan 63
Emory and Henry 88, Shenandoah 69
Washington U. 76, Maryville (Tenn.) 73
Calvin 85, Wooster 68
Central 88, Bethel 77
Illinois Benedictine is now known as Benedictine.