2001 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 2001 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 27th 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.

2001 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	48
Finals site	, Salem, Virginia
Champions	Catholic (1st title)
Runner-up	William Paterson (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Illinois Wesleyan (3rd Final Four) Ohio Northern (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Mike Lonergan (Catholic)
MOP	Pat Maloney (Catholic)
Attendance	57,784
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «2000 2002»

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]

Catholic defeated William Paterson, 76–62, in the championship, clinching their first national title.

The Cardinals (28–5) were coached by Mike Lonergan. Lonergan would later coach at Division I programs Vermont and George Washington.

Pat Maloney, also from Catholic, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					UMass Dartmouth	86
					Salem State	64
	Salem State	96
	Western New England	71
									UMass Dartmouth	41
									Carthage	90
	Carthage	83
	Marian (WI)	65
					Carthage	88
					Wooster	80
													Carthage	64
													Ohio Northern	66
					Wittenberg	71
					Maryville (TN)	51
	Maryville (TN)	85
	MacMurray	69
									Wittenberg	66
									Ohio Northern	82
	Calvin	89
	Defiance	78
					Calvin	68
					Ohio Northern	79

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Wilkes	98
					Kings Point	100*
	Cabrini	96
	Kings Point	106
									Kings Point	69
									Clark (MA)	75
	Amherst	89
	St. John Fisher	76
					Amherst	76
					Clark (MA)	89
													Clark (MA)	78
													Catholic	82
					Widener	67
					Catholic	69
	Catholic	82
	CCNY	65
									Catholic	69
									Brockport State	64
	Colby–Sawyer	59
	Brockport State	65
					Brockport State	77
					Hobart	75

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Chicago	74
					UW–Eau Claire	67
	Benedictine (IL)	55
	UW–Eau Claire	66
									Chicago	62
									Lewis & Clark	52
	Linfield	85
	Cal Lutheran	66
					Linfield	89
					Lewis & Clark	101
													Chicago	68
													Illinois Wesleyan	77
					Elmhurst	78
					Washington–St. Louis	77
	Washington–St. Louis	101
	Aurora	84
									Elmhurst	60
									Illinois Wesleyan	63
	Illinois Wesleyan	132
	Grinnell	91
					Illinois Wesleyan	65
					Wartburg	60

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Christopher Newport	84
					Roanoke	54
	Roanoke	70
	SCAD	62
									Christopher Newport	71
									St. John's (MN)	65
	Gustavus Adolphus	69
	Nebraska Wesleyan	60
					Gustavus Adolphus	75
					St. John's (MN)	84
													Christopher Newport	75
													William Paterson	86
					McMurry	86
					Mississippi College	82
	Millsaps	45
	Mississippi College	61
									McMurry	59
									William Paterson	77
	Hampden–Sydney	60
	Gettysburg	52
					Hampden–Sydney	65
					William Paterson	84

National finals

• Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia

	National semifinals				National championship
	Ohio Northern	77
	Catholic	82
					Catholic	76
					William Paterson	62
	Illinois Wesleyan	52
	William Paterson	67			National third-place
					Ohio Northern	73
					Illinois Wesleyan	76

See also

• 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2001 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament