The Knights of Calvin College, making their eighth appearance in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Tournament, defeated the Yellow Jackets of Rochester, 62-49 on March 21 in Springfield, Ohio. Calvin was able to keep Rochester center Chris Fite, Outstanding Player of the 1990 Championships, to just 11 points in the game, all in the first half. The Knights' center Steve Honderd scored 25 points to lead the Knights offensively and defensively with eight rebounds. Calvin shot 53.5% from the field and 82.4% from the free throw line and built on its eight-point halftime lead to bring the final margin to 13. Wisconsin-Platteville, the defending champions, defeated Jersey City State in the third place game, 72-61.

Championship
Calvin 62, Rochester 49
(at Springfield, Ohio, att. 2,941) 

All-Tournament Team
Steve Honderd, Calvin (Most Outstanding Player)
Matt Harrison, Calvin
Mike LeFebre, Calvin
Chris Fite, Rochester
Kyle Meeker, Rochester

Third Place
UW-Platteville 72, Jersey City State 61

National Semifinals
Rochester 61, UW-Platteville 48
Calvin 81, Jersey City State 40

Sectional Championships
at Rochester 77, Franklin and Marshall 68
UW-Platteville 87, at Maryville (Tenn.) 83 (OT)
Jersey City State 97, at Salisbury State 83
Calvin 88, Otterbein 67 (at Gustavus Adolphus)

Sectional Semifinals
Franklin and Marshall 64, Buffalo State 55
Rochester 69, Scranton 54
UW-Platteville 89, Hampden-Sydney 71
Maryville (Tenn.) 73, Illinois Wesleyan 71
Jersey City State 93, Eastern Connecticut State 86
Salisbury State 95, Salem State 85
Calvin 69, Gustavus Adolphus 68
Otterbein 82, Cal Lutheran 78

Second Round
Franklin and Marshall 74, King's (Pa.) 62
Buffalo State 73, St. John Fisher 56
Scranton 58, Johns Hopkins 49
Rochester 75, Albany 49
UW-Platteville 90, UW-Whitewater 78
Hampden-Sydney 88, Centre 83 (2 OT)
Illinois Wesleyan 95, Elmhurst 70
Maryville (Tenn.) 94, Ferrum 92
Eastern Connecticut State 69, Babson 67
Jersey City State 81, Hunter 68
Salem State 89, Western Connecticut State 77
Salisbury State 107, Kean 99 (OT)
Calvin 91, Hope 88
Gustavus Adolphus 77, Colorado College 73 (OT)
Otterbein 80, Wooster 77
Cal Lutheran 88, UC San Diego 70

First Round
King's (Pa.) 74, Susquehanna 71
Albany 72, New York University 66
UW-Whitewater 86, Ripon 83
Elmhurst 56, DePauw 49
Ferrum 79, Emory and Henry 77
Kean 63, Stockton State 60
Hope 76, Wittenberg 60
Colorado College 87, Simpson 67

Jersey City State is now known as New Jersey City. Stockton State is now known as Richard Stockton.