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.^[1]

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