1981 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament![NCAA logo.svg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/NCAA_logo.svg/125px-NCAA_logo.svg.png) |
Teams | 32 |
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Finals site | Rock Island, Illinois |
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Champions | Potsdam State Bears (1st title) |
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Runner-up | Augustana Vikings (1st title game) |
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Semifinalists | - Ursinus Bears (1st Final Four)
- Otterbein Cardinals (1st Final Four)
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Winning coach | (Potsdam State) |
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The 1981 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the seventh annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1981, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The tournament field included 32 teams with the national championship rounds contested at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.[1]
SUNY Potsdam defeated hosts Augustana (IL), 67–65 (in overtime), in the championship game to claim their first national title.
Bracket[]
Regional No. 1[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Clark (MA)
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109
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UMass Boston
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69
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Clark (MA)
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78
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Rochester (NY)
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74
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Rochester (NY)
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Salem State
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Regional Third-place
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UMass Boston
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90
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Salem State
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91
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Regional No. 2[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Potsdam State
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80
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Staten Island
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57
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Potsdam State
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68*
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Albany (NY)
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63
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Albany (NY)
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45
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St. Lawrence
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44
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Regional Third-place
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Staten Island
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60
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St. Lawrence
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62
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Regional No. 3[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Ursinus
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69
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Franklin & Marshall
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58
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Ursinus
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66
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William Paterson
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64
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William Paterson
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87
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Scranton
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70
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Regional Third-place
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Franklin & Marshall
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73
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Scranton
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68
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Regional No. 4[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Upsala
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73
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Allegheny
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66
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Upsala
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86
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Montclair State
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64
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Montclair State
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57
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Roanoke
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55
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Regional Third-place
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Allegheny
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75
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Roanoke
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84
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Regional No. 5[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Beloit
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68
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William Penn
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58
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Beloit
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53
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Augustana (IL)
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56
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Augustana (IL)
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81
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North Park
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68
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Regional Third-place
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William Penn
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85
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North Park
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81
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Regional No. 6[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Whittier
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103
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Stanislaus State
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95
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Whittier
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66*
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Muskingum
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61
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Muskingum
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75
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Dubuque
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61
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Regional Third-place
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Stanislaus State
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73
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Dubuque
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86
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Regional No. 7[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Wittenberg
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72
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Calvin
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50
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Wittenberg
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68
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Otterbein
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72
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Otterbein
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81
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Wabash
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69
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Regional Third-place
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Calvin
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71
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Wabash
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93
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Regional No. 8[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Savannah State
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76
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Rose–Hulman
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62
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Savannah State
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76
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Southwestern (TN)
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75
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Southwestern (TN)
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72
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St. Andrews
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70
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Regional Third-place
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Rhodes–Hulman
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80
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St. Andrews
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84
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National Quarterfinals[]
| National quarterfinals
| | | National semifinals
| | | National championship
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| Clark (MA)
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| Potsdam State
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| Potsdam State
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| Ursinus
| 61
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| Ursinus
| 71
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| Uppsala
| 69
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| Potsdam State
| 67*
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| Augustana (IL)
| 65
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| Augustana (IL)
| 69
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| Whittier
| 67
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| Augustana (IL)
| 93
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| Otterbein
| 81
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| Otterbein
| 67*
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| Ursinus
| 82
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| Savannah State
| 64
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| Otterbein
| 79
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