1983 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (1983) August 2023 March 2026 1983 III NCAA logo.svg 125px 32 Grand Rapids, Michigan Scranton Royals 2nd Wittenberg Tigers 3rd Roanoke Maroons 1st Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks 1st Bob Bessoir (Scranton) Bill Bessoir (Scranton) 36731 The 1983 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the ninth 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 1983, the field included 32 teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Division III Men's Basketball Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2020/D3.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 15 January 2022 17 Scranton defeated Wittenberg, 64–63, to claim their second national title. Bracket Regionals 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Clark (MA) 82 UMass Boston 71 Bridgewater State 56 Muskingum 54 Clark (MA) 82 Bridgewater State 80 UMass Boston 75 Muskingum 68 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Roanoke 66 North Carolina Wesleyan 63 William Paterson 70 Upsala 58 Roanoke 58 William Paterson 56 North Carolina Wesleyan 88 Upsala 97 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Potsdam State 76*** Ithaca 74 Hartwick 61 Union (NY) 49 Potsdam State 60 Hartwick 56 Ithaca 69 Union (NY) 89 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Scranton 73 Moravian 59 Widener 56 Grove City Scranton 74*** Widener 69 Moravian 54 Grove City 76 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Stanislaus State 80 Augustana (IL) 73 Sonoma State 88 Bishop (TX) 65 Stanislaus State 71 Sonoma State 61 Augustana (IL) 100 Bishop (TX) 104 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Hope 81 John Carroll 72 Wittenberg 57 Capital 56 Hope 55 Wittenberg 63 John Carroll 64 Capital 75 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Millikin 66 Beloit 49 Wisconsin–Whitewater 62 William Penn 47 Millikin 61 Wisconsin–Whitewater 63 Beloit 68 William Penn 73 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place St. Andrews 69 Centre (KY) 57 LeMoyne-Owen 76 Rust 62 St. Andrews 88 LeMoyne-Owen 90* Centre (KY) 58 Rust 59 National finals National quarterfinals National semifinals National championship National third-place game 145 30 high no Clark (MA) 83 Roanoke 87 Potsdam State 64 Scranton 65 Stanislaus State 65 Wittenberg 68 Wisconsin–Whitewater 94 LeMoyne-Owen 83 Roanoke 67 Scranton 82 Wittenberg 85 Wisconsin–Whitewater 80 Scranton 64 Wittenberg 63 Roanoke 83 Wisconsin–Whitewater 77 See also 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1983 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 1983 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 1983 NAIA men's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Ncaa Tournament NCAA Division III basketball tournament