1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 17th 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.

1991 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Finals site	Springfield, Ohio
Champions	Wisconsin–Platteville (1st title)
Runner-up	Franklin & Marshall (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Otterbein (2nd Final Four) Ramapo (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Bo Ryan (UWP)
MOP	Shawn Frison (UWP)
Attendance	44,538
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1990 1992»

Held during March 1991, the field included forty teams. The championship rounds were contested in Springfield, Ohio.

Wisconsin–Platteville (28–3) defeated Franklin & Marshall, 81–74, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Salem State	83
					Western Connecticut	62
									Salem State	98
									Ramapo	101
					Ramapo	87
					Salisbury State	75
													Ramapo	80
													Kean	77
					SE Massachusetts	87
					Southern Maine	76
									SE Massachusetts	80
									Kean	105
	Glassboro State	88
	NJIT	80
					Glassboro State	66
					Kean	85

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Franklin & Marshall	65
					Johns Hopkins	56
	Dickinson	60
	Johns Hopkins	65
									Franklin & Marshall	94
									Geneseo	63
					Buffalo State	75
					Geneseo	83
													Franklin & Marshall	76*
													Rochester	73
					King's (PA)	62
					Scranton	85
									Scranton	62
									Rochester	64*
	RPI	69
	Rochester	73
					Rochester	71
					Stony Brook	67

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Wisconsin–Platteville	96
					Ripon	77
	Illinois Wesleyan	63
	Ripon	65
									Wisconsin–Platteville	110
									Christopher Newport	50
	Emory & Henry	88
	Shenandoah	69
					Emory & Henry	71
					Christopher Newport	81
													Wisconsin–Platteville	101
													Benedictine (IL)	65
					Benedictine (IL)	76
					DePauw	72
									Benedictine (IL)	74
									Randolph-Macon	62
	Maryville (TN)	73
	Washington St. Louis	76
					Washington St. Louis	53
					Randolph-Macon	77

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Hope	84
					Calvin	87*
	Calvin	85
	Wooster	68
									Calvin	76
									Wartburg	71
	Bethel (MN)	77
	Central (IA)	88
					Central (IA)	73
					Wartburg	76
													Calvin	73
													Otterbein	75
					Otterbein	88
					Wittenberg	62
									Otterbein	108
									UC San Diego	95
					Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	72
					UC San Diego	76

National finals

• Site: Springfield, Ohio

	National Semifinals				National Championship
	Ramapo	56
	Franklin & Marshall	106
					Franklin & Marshall	74
					UW–Platteville	81
	UW–Platteville	96
	Otterbein	94			National Third-place
					Ramapo	84
					Otterbein	113

All-tournament team

• Shawn Frison, Wisconsin–Platteville
• James Bradley, Otterbein
• Robby Jeter, Wisconsin–Platteville
• Will Lasky, Franklin & Marshall
• David Wilding, Franklin & Marshall

See also

• 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1991 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1991 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament