# 1999 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 1999 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 25th 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.
Defending champions Wisconsin–Platteville defeated Hampden-Sydney, 76–75 (in two overtimes), in the final, clinching a fourth overall title and a second consecutive championship.
The Pioneers (30–2) were coached by Bo Ryan, who claimed his fourth title at Platteville (1991, 1995, and 1998). Ryan departed for Division I Milwaukee after this season before eventually becoming the head coach for Wisconsin in 2001.
Merrill Brunson, also from Platteville, was named Most Outstanding Player.

## Bracket
### Top left sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | St. John Fisher | 70 | | | | | |
| | | Hamilton | 72 | | | | | |
| Rochester | 58 | Hamilton | 72 | | | | | |
| Hamilton | 66 | | | | | | | |
| Hamilton | 66 | | | Hamilton | 73 | | | |
| | | | | Trinity (CT) | 89 | | | |
| Bowdoin | 68 | | | | | Trinity (CT) | 89 | |
| Bridgewater State | 48 | | | | | | | |
| Bridgewater State | 48 | Bowdoin | 57 | | | | | |
| | | Trinity (CT) | 71 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Trinity (CT) | 70 |
| | | | | | | | Connecticut College | 73 |
| | | Geneseo State | 61 | | | | | |
| | | Cortland State | 71 | | | | | |
| Cortland State | 85 | Cortland State | 71 | | | | | |
| RIT | 49 | | | | | | | |
| RIT | 49 | | | Cortland State | 66 | | | |
| | | | | Connecticut College | 80 | | | |
| Clark (MA) | 51 | | | | | Connecticut College | 80 | |
| Western Connecticut | 70 | | | | | | | |
| Western Connecticut | 70 | Western Connecticut | 76 | | | | | |
| | | Connecticut College | 94 | | | | | |

### Bottom left sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Ohio Northern | 83 | | | | | |
| | | John Carroll | 88* | | | | | |
| John Carroll | 68 | John Carroll | 88* | | | | | |
| Allegheny | 62 | | | | | | | |
| Allegheny | 62 | | | John Carroll | 78 | | | |
| | | | | Mississippi College | 57 | | | |
| Maryville (TN) | 66 | | | | | Mississippi College | 57 | |
| Rose–Hulman | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Rose–Hulman | 59 | Maryville (TN) | 53 | | | | | |
| | | Mississippi College | 67 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | John Carroll | 51 |
| | | | | | | | Hampden–Sydney | 68 |
| | | Wooster | 89 | | | | | |
| | | Otterbein | 80 | | | | | |
| Otterbein | 104 | Otterbein | 80 | | | | | |
| Defiance | 90 | | | | | | | |
| Defiance | 90 | | | Wooster | 66 | | | |
| | | | | Hampden–Sydney | 74 | | | |
| Christopher Newport | 66 | | | | | Hampden–Sydney | 74 | |
| Randolph–Macon | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Randolph–Macon | 68 | Randolph–Macon | 65 | | | | | |
| | | Hampden–Sydney | 74 | | | | | |

### Top right sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Wilkes | 77 | | | | | |
| | | Franklin & Marshall | 72 | | | | | |
| Franklin & Marshall | 81 | Franklin & Marshall | 72 | | | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | 66 | | | | | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | 66 | | | Wilkes | 50 | | | |
| | | | | Richard Stockton | 60 | | | |
| Kings Point | 66 | | | | | Richard Stockton | 60 | |
| New Jersey City | 79 | | | | | | | |
| New Jersey City | 79 | New Jersey City | 56 | | | | | |
| | | Richard Stockton | 62 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Richard Stockton | 49 |
| | | | | | | | William Paterson | 50 |
| | | Goucher | 69 | | | | | |
| | | Catholic | 73 | | | | | |
| Lebanon Valley | 72 | Catholic | 73 | | | | | |
| Catholic | 77 | | | | | | | |
| Catholic | 77 | | | Catholic | 71 | | | |
| | | | | William Paterson | 79 | | | |
| William Paterson | 76 | | | | | William Paterson | 79 | |
| Staten Island | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Staten Island | 59 | William Paterson | 58 | | | | | |
| | | Rowan | 55 | | | | | |

### Bottom right sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | UW–Platteville | 85 | | | | | |
| | | Augsburg | 53 | | | | | |
| Augsburg | 102 | Augsburg | 53 | | | | | |
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 91 | | | | | | | |
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 91 | | | UW–Platteville | 74 | | | |
| | | | | Manchester | 65 | | | |
| Wheaton (IL) | 81 | | | | | Manchester | 65 | |
| Washington–St. Louis | 79 | | | | | | | |
| Washington–St. Louis | 79 | Wheaton (IL) | 60 | | | | | |
| | | Manchester | 62 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | UW–Platteville | 61 |
| | | | | | | | Gustavus Adolphus | 47 |
| | | Upper Iowa | 55 | | | | | |
| | | Gustavus Adolphus | 58 | | | | | |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 67 | Gustavus Adolphus | 58 | | | | | |
| Pomona–Pitzer | 37 | | | | | | | |
| Pomona–Pitzer | 37 | | | Gustavus Adolphus | 66 | | | |
| | | | | Franklin | 65 | | | |
| Ripon | 63 | | | | | Franklin | 65 | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 58 | | | | | | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 58 | Ripon | 73 | | | | | |
| | | Franklin | 81 | | | | | |

### National finals

* Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia
| National semifinals | National semifinals | National championship | National championship |
| Connecticut College | 58 | | |
| Hampden–Sydney | 74 | | |
| Hampden–Sydney | 74 | Hampden–Sydney | 75 |
| | | UW–Platteville | 76** |
| William Paterson | 51 | UW–Platteville | 76** |
| UW–Platteville | 75 | National third-place | National third-place |
| | | Connecticut College | 92* |
| | | William Paterson | 83 |