2000 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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Teams | 48 | ||||
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Finals site | Salem, Virginia | ||||
Champions | Calvin (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Kevin Vande Streek (Calvin) | ||||
MOP | Sherm Carstensen (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) | ||||
Attendance | 52,847 | ||||
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The 2000 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 26th 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.
The field contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.[1]
Calvin defeated Wisconsin–Eau Claire, 79–74, in the championship, clinching a second national title.
The Knights (31–1) were coached by Kevin Vande Streek. Calvin's prior championship came in 1992.
Sherm Carstensen of Wisconsin-Eau Claire was named Most Outstanding Player after scoring 34 points in the semifinal and 36 in the championship game.[2]
Bracket
[edit]Top left sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Williams | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Springfield | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Springfield | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Eastern Connecticut | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Springfield | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Western New England | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Penn State Behrend | 69 | ||||||||||||||
RIT | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Penn State Behrend | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Penn State Behrend | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Alvernia | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Penn State Behrend | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Cortland State | 52 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Endicott | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Cortland State | 60 |
Bottom left sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 69 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 66 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Nebraska Wesleyan | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 75 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Eau Claire | 82* | ||||||||||||||
UW–Eau Claire | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Concordia (WI) | 54 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Eau Claire | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Carthage | 62 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Eau Claire | 60 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 58 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Lewis & Clark | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Lewis & Clark | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Pacific (OR) | 75 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stevens Point | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Chicago | 49 | ||||||||||||||
Ripon | 58 | ||||||||||||||
St. John's (MN) | 55 | ||||||||||||||
Ripon | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Chicago | 75 |
Top right sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
McMurry | 111 | ||||||||||||||
Pomona–Pitzer | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Pomona–Pitzer | 65 | ||||||||||||||
McMurry | 112 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 95 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 69 | ||||||||||||||
SCAD | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Hampden–Sydney | 75 | ||||||||||||||
McMurry | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 115 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Ohio Northern | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Ohio Northern | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Benedictine (IL) | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 53 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Webster | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin | 90 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 92* |
Bottom right sectional
[edit]First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
William Paterson | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 78 | ||||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary (NY) | 66 | ||||||||||||||
William Paterson | 52 | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 61 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Rowan | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Roanoke | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Roanoke | 83* | ||||||||||||||
Marymount | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Rowan | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Baruch | 46 | ||||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Widener | 62 |
National finals
[edit]National semifinals | National championship | ||||||
Salem State | 42 | ||||||
UW–Eau Claire | 70 | ||||||
UW–Eau Claire | 74 | ||||||
Calvin | 79 | ||||||
Calvin | 79 | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 77 | National third-place | |||||
Salem State | 79 | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 75 |
See also
[edit]- 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2000 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 2000 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 2000 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 24. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ "2000 Division III men's basketball tournament".