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NCAA Basketball
Division III


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Men's National Champions Women's National Champions
Through the 2024 Championships
Men's Championship Schools  Women's Championship Schools
YEAR WINNER LOSER SCORE
1975 LeMoyne-Owen Magicians
Rowan Profs
57-54
1976 Scranton Royals
Wittenberg Tigers
60-57
1977 Wittenberg Tigers
Oneonta State Red Dragons
79-66
1978 North Park Vikings
Widener Pioneers
69-57
1979 North Park Vikings
SUNY-Potsdam Bears
66-62
1980 North Park Vikings
Upsala College Vikings
83-76
1981 SUNY-Potsdam Bears
Augustana Vikings
67-65 OT
1982 Wabash Little Giants
SUNY-Potsdam Bears
83-62
1983 Scranton Royals
Wittenberg Tigers
64-63
1984 Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks
Clark Cougars
103-86
1985 North Park Vikings
SUNY-Potsdam Bears
72-71
1986 SUNY-Potsdam Bears
LeMoyne-Owen Magicians
76-73
1987 North Park Vikings
Clark Cougars
106-100
1988 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops
Scranton Royals
92-70
1989 Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks
Trenton State Lions
94-86
1990 Rochester Yellow Jackets
DePauw Tigers
43-42
1991 Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneers
Franklin & Marshall Diplomats
81-74
1992 Calvin Knights
Rochester Yellowjackets
62-49
1993 Ohio Northern Polar Bears
Augustana Vikings
71-68
1994 Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen
New York University Violets
66-59 OT
1995 Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneers
Manchester Spartans
69-55
1996 Rowan Profs
Hope Flying Dutchmen
100-93
1997 Illinois Wesleyan Titans
Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves
89-86
1998 Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneers
Hope Flying Dutchmen
69-56
1999 Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneers
Hampden-Sydney Tigers
76-75 2OT
2000 Calvin Knights
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds
79-74
2001 Catholic Cardinals
William Paterson Pioneers
76-62
2002
Otterbein Cardinals
Elizabethtown Blue Jays
102-83
2003
Williams Ephs
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties
67-65
2004
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers
Williams Ephs
84-82
2005
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers Rochester Yellowjackets
73-49
2006
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins
Wittenberg Tigers
59-56
2007
Amherst Lord Jeffs
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins
80-67
2008
Washington-St. Louis Bears
Amherst Lord Jeffs
90-68
2009
Washington-St. Louis Bears
Richard Stockton Ospreys
61-52
2010
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers Williams Ephs
78-73
2011
St. Thomas Tommies
Wooster Fighting Scots
78-54
2012
Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks
Cabrini Cavaliers
63-60
2013
Amherst Lord Jeffs
Mary-Hardin Baylor Crusaders
87-70
2014
Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks
Williams Ephs
75-73
2015
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers
Augustana Vikings
70-54
2016
St. Thomas Tommies
Benedictine Eagles
82-76
2017
Babson Beavers
Augustana Vikings
79-78
2018
Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans
78-72
2019
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans
Swarthmore Garnet
96-82
2020
Tournament
Canceled
--
2021
Tournament Canceled --
2022
Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets
Elmhurst Bluejays
75-45
2023
Christopher Newport Captains
Mount Union Purple Raiders
74-72
2024
Trine Thunder
Hampden-Sydney Tigers
69-61

MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SCHOOLS
POSITION
SCHOOL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAST CHAMPIONSHIP
1
North Park Vikings 5
1987
2
Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneers 4
1999
3
Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks 4
2014
4
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers 4
2015
5
Scranton Royals 2
1983
6
SUNY-Potsdam Bears 2
1986
7
Calvin Knights 2
2000
8
Washington-St. Louis Bears 2
2009
9
Amherst Lord Jeffs 2
2013
10
St. Thomas Tommies
2
2016
11
LeMoyne-Owen Magicians 1
1975
12
Wittenberg Tigers
1
1977
13
Wabash Little Giants
1
1982
14
Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops
1
1988
15
Rochester Yellow Jackets
1
1990
16
Ohio Northern Polar Bears
1
1993
17
Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen
1
1994
18
Rowan Profs
1
1996
19
Illinois Wesleyan Titans
1
1997
20
Catholic Cardinals
1
2001
21
Otterbein Cardinals 1
2002
22
Williams Ephs
1
2003
23
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins 1
2006
24
Babson Beavers
1
2017
25
Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves 1
2018
26
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans
1
2019
27
Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets 1
2022
28
Christopher Newport Captains
1
2023
29
Trine Thunder
1
2024

Women's National Champions  Men's National Champions
YEAR WINNER LOSER SCORE
1982 Elizabethtown Blue Jays
North Carolina-Greensboro Spartans
67-66 OT
1983 North Central Cardinals
Elizabethtown Blue Jays
83-71
1984 Rust Bearcats
Elizabethtown Blue Jays
51-49
1985 Scranton Lady Royals
New Rochelle Blue Angels
68-59
1986 Salem State Vikings
Bishop Tigers
89-85
1987 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers
Concordia Cobbers
81-74
1988 Concordia Cobbers
St. John Fisher Cardinals
65-57
1989 Elizabethtown Blue Jays
Cal State Stanislaus Warriors
66-65
1990 Hope Flying Dutchmen
St. John Fisher Cardinals
65-63
1991 St. Thomas Tommies
Muskingum Fighting Muskies
73-55
1992 Alma Scots
Moravian Greyhounds
79-75
1993 Central Dutch
Capital Crusaders
71-63
1994 Capital Crusaders
Washington-St. Louis Bears
82-63
1995 Capital Crusaders
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans
59-55
1996 Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans
Mount Union Purple Raiders
66-50
1997 New York University Violets
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds
72-70
1998 Washington-St. Louis Bears
Southern Maine Huskies
77-69
1999 Washington-St. Louis Bears
St. Benedict Blazers
74-65
2000 Washington-St. Louis Bears
Southern Maine Huskies
79-33
2001 Washington-St. Louis Bears
Messiah Falcons
67-45
2002
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers
St. Lawrence Saints
67-65
2003
Trinity Tigers
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
60-58
2004
Wilmington Fightin Quakers
Bowdoin Polar Bears
59-53
2005
Millikin Big Blue
Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets
70-50
2006
Hope Flying Dutchmen
Southern Maine Huskies
69-56
2007
DePauw Tigers
Washington-St. Louis Bears
55-52
2008
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets
Messiah Falcons
68-54
2009
George Fox Bruins
Washington-St. Louis Bears
60-53
2010
Washington-St. Louis Bears
Hope Flying Dutchmen
65-59
2011
Amherst Lady Jeffs
Washington-St. Louis Bears
64-55
2012
Illinois Wesleyan Titans
George Fox Bruins
57-48
2013
DePauw Tigers
Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks
69-51
2014
Fairleigh-Dickinson-Florham Devils
Whitman Missionaries
80-72
2015
Thomas More Saints
George Fox Bruins
83-63
2016
Thomas More Saints
Tufts Jumbos
63-51
2017
Amherst Lady Jeffs
Tufts Jumbos
52-29
2018
Amherst Mammoths
Bowdoin Polar Bears
65-45
2019
Thomas More Saints
Bowdoin Polar Bears
81-67
2020
Tournament
Canceled
--
2021
Tournament Canceled --
2022
Hope Flying Dutchmen
Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks 71-58
2023
Transylvania Pioneers
Christopher-Newport Captains
57-52
2024
New York University Violets
Smith Pioneers
51-41

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SCHOOLS
POSITION
SCHOOL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAST CHAMPIONSHIP
1
Washington-St. Louis Bears 5
2010
2
Amherst Mammoths 3
2018
3
Thomas More Saints 3
2019
4
Hope Flying Dutchmen 3
2022
5
Elizabethtown Blue Jays
2
1989
6
Capital Crusaders 2
1995
7
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers 2
2002
8
DePauw Tigers 2
2013
9
New York University Violets 2
2024
10
North Central Cardinals
1
1983
11
Rust Bearcats
1
1984
12
Scranton Lady Royals
1
1985
13
Salem State Vikings
1
1986
14
Concordia Cobbers
1
1988
15
St. Thomas Tommies
1
1991
16
Alma Scots
1
1992
17
Central Dutch
1
1993
18
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans
1
1996
19
Trinity Tigers
1
2003
20
Wilmington Fightin Quakers
1
2004
21
Millikin Big Blue
1
2005
22
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets
1
2008
23
George Fox Bruins
1
2009
24
Illinois Wesleyan Titans
1
2012
25
Fairleigh-Dickinson-Florham Devils 1
2014
26
Transylvania Pioneers
1
2023