1989 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

1989 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	38
Finals site	Springfield, Ohio
Champions	UW–Whitewater (2nd title)
Runner-up	Trenton State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Southern Maine (1st Final Four) Centre (KY) (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Dave Vander Meulen (UWW)
MOP	Greg Grant (TSC)
Attendance	37,396
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1988 1990»

The 1989 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 15th 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 1989, the field included forty teams, an increase of eight from 1988. For the first time, the championship rounds were contested in Springfield, Ohio.

Wisconsin–Whitewater defeated Trenton State (now TCNJ), 94–86, to clinch their second NCAA Division III national title. The Warhawks' previous title came in 1984.

Bracket

Regionals

	First Round					Regional Championship
	North Adams State		80
	Southern Maine		88
						Southern Maine		90
						Western Connecticut State		88
	Salem State		84
	Western Connecticut State		89			Regional Third-place
						North Adams State		112
						Salem State		78

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Franklin & Marshall		59
	Susquehanna		54
						Franklin & Marshall		96
						Washington College		76
	Grove City		69
	Washington College		82			Regional Third-place
						Susquehanna		60
						Grove City		74

	First Round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
						Buffalo State		76
						Staten Island		51
	Alfred		72
	Staten Island		96
											Buffalo State		60
											Potsdam		74
						Merchant Marine		68			Regional Third-place
						Potsdam		80
											Staten Island		54
											Merchant Marine		69

	First Round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
						Trenton State		96
						Shenandoah		74
	Shenandoah		74
	Stockton State		64
											Trenton State		78
											Jersey City State		77
						Hampden-Sydney		84			Regional Third-place
						Jersey City State		94
											Shenandoah		78
											Hampden-Sydney		80

	First Round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
						Wisconsin–Whitewater		112
						Monmouth (IL)		76
	Beloit		70
	Monmouth (IL)		82
											Wisconsin–Whitewater		95
											North Central (IL)		83
						Millikin		59			Regional Third-place
						North Central (IL)		63
											Millikin		84
											Monmouth (IL)		87

First Round

Regional semifinals

Regional finals

Wittenberg

61

Allegheny

46

Allegheny

71

Hope

69

Wittenberg

66

Otterbein

76

Otterbein

93

Regional Third-place

Calvin

90

Calvin

69

Allegheny

87

Capital

64

Calvin

89*

First Round

Regional semifinals

Regional finals

Nebraska Wesleyan

87

Wartburg

63

Gustavus Adolphus

62

Wartburg

78

Nebraska Wesleyan

66

Stanislaus State

76

Stanislaus State

90

Regional Third-place

Pomona-Pitzer

78

Cal State San Bernardino

104

Wartburg

67

Pomona-Pitzer

108**

Pomona-Pitzer

80

First Round

Regional semifinals

Regional finals

Centre (KY)

88

Rose-Hulman

75

Christopher Newport

42

Rose–Hulman

56

Centre

69

Washington St. Louis

68

Rust

0

Washington St. Louis

2†

• † indicates a forfeit

National finals

• Site: Springfield, Ohio

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National championship
	Southern Maine		79
	Franklin & Marshall		71
						Southern Maine		62
						Trenton State		84
	Trenton State		78
	Potsdam		62
											Trenton State		86
											UW–Whitewater		94
	UW–Whitewater		105
	Otterbein		86
						UW–Whitewater		88			National third-place game
						Centre (KY)		81
	Centre (KY)		124**								Southern Maine		81
	Stanislaus State		123								Centre (KY)		70

See also

• 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1989 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1989 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1989 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament