The Ohio Northern University Polar Bears defeated the Vikings of Augustana, 71-68 on March 20 in Buffalo, N.Y. The first NCAA Division III championship to be held in the East since 1976 pitted these two Midwestern institutions in the title game.

Ohio Northern played aggressively in the first half, heading to the locker room with a 10-point halftime lead. The Polar Bears were able to hold Augustana's Kirk Anderson, the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, to two points in the half. Anderson had 20 points in the championship game, going 4-for-16 from three-point land. He set both NCAA Division III tournament records for most three point field goals in a single game with 12 vs. UW-Platteville and most in a series with 35. Ohio Northern shot 48.3% from the field and 76% from the free throw line to hold off the Vikings to capture their first NCAA Division III title.

Rowan College of New Jersey (formerly Glassboro State) defeated Massachusetts-Dartmouth (formerly Southeastern Mass) in the third place game, 72-61.

Championship
Ohio Northern 71, Augustana 68
(at Buffalo, NY, att. 2,120) 

All-Tournament Team
Kirk Anderson, Augustana (Most Outstanding Player)
Mark Gooden, Ohio Northern
Aaron Madry, Ohio Northern
Steven Haynes, Mass-Dartmouth
Keith Wood, Rowan

Third Place
Rowan 95, Mass-Dartmouth 74

National Semifinals
Ohio Northern 74, Mass-Dartmouth 73
Augustana 83, Rowan 81

Sectional Championships
at Mass-Dartmouth 75, Eastern Connecticut 64
Ohio Northern 67, Calvin 56 (at Emory)
at Rowan 80, Scranton 73
Augustana 100, at UW-Platteville 86

Sectional Semifinals
Eastern Connecticut 78, NYU 73 (2 OT)
Mass-Dartmouth 68, Geneseo State 66
Calvin 101, Emory & Henry 67
Ohio Northern 83, Christopher Newport 67
Scranton 78, Hunter 62
Rowan 69, Franklin & Marshall 68
Augustana 87, La Verne 84
UW-Platteville 70, St. Thomas 60

Second Round
NYU 75, Ithaca 61
Eastern Connecticut 81, Salem State 71
Geneseo State 80, Buffalo State 69
Mass-Dartmouth 90, Westfield State 81
Calvin 90, Otterbein 68
Emory & Henry 85, Maryville 61
Ohio Northern 88, Wooster 62
Christopher Newport 84, Rhodes 74
Scranton 58, Lebanon Valley 56
Hunter 83, New Jersey Tech 70
Franklin & Marshall 78, Elizabethtown 64
Rowan 84, Stockton State 61
La Verne 67, Cal Lutheran 56
Augustana 92, Beloit 66
St. Thomas 75, St. John's (Minn.) 61
UW-Platteville 88, UW-Whitewater 72

First Round
Ithaca 71, Fredonia State 56
Otterbein 80, Defiance 66
Rhodes 71, Virginia Wesleyan 62
Lebanon Valley 53, Johns Hopkins 49
Stockton State 106, Catholic University 91
Augustana 79, DePauw 66
St. John's 80, Wartburg 75 (OT)
UW-Whitewater 84, Manchester 68

Stockton State is now known as Stockton.