# 1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 17th 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 1991, the field included forty teams. The championship rounds were contested in Springfield, Ohio.
Wisconsin–Platteville (28–3) defeated Franklin & Marshall, 81–74, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title.

## Bracket
### Top left sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Salem State | 83 | | | | | |
| | | Western Connecticut | 62 | | | | | |
| | | | | Salem State | 98 | | | |
| | | | | Ramapo | 101 | | | |
| | | Ramapo | 87 | | | | | |
| | | Salisbury State | 75 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Ramapo | 80 |
| | | | | | | | Kean | 77 |
| | | SE Massachusetts | 87 | | | | | |
| | | Southern Maine | 76 | | | | | |
| | | | | SE Massachusetts | 80 | | | |
| | | | | Kean | 105 | | | |
| Glassboro State | 88 | | | | | Kean | 105 | |
| NJIT | 80 | | | | | | | |
| NJIT | 80 | Glassboro State | 66 | | | | | |
| | | Kean | 85 | | | | | |

### Bottom left sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Franklin & Marshall | 65 | | | | | |
| | | Johns Hopkins | 56 | | | | | |
| Dickinson | 60 | Johns Hopkins | 56 | | | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | 65 | | | Franklin & Marshall | 94 | | | |
| | | | | Geneseo | 63 | | | |
| | | Buffalo State | 75 | | | | | |
| | | Geneseo | 83 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Franklin & Marshall | 76* |
| | | | | | | | Rochester | 73 |
| | | King's (PA) | 62 | | | | | |
| | | Scranton | 85 | | | | | |
| | | | | Scranton | 62 | | | |
| | | | | Rochester | 64* | | | |
| RPI | 69 | | | | | Rochester | 64* | |
| Rochester | 73 | | | | | | | |
| Rochester | 73 | Rochester | 71 | | | | | |
| | | Stony Brook | 67 | | | | | |

### Top right sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Wisconsin–Platteville | 96 | | | | | |
| | | Ripon | 77 | | | | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 63 | Ripon | 77 | | | | | |
| Ripon | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Ripon | 65 | | | Wisconsin–Platteville | 110 | | | |
| | | | | Christopher Newport | 50 | | | |
| Emory & Henry | 88 | | | | | Christopher Newport | 50 | |
| Shenandoah | 69 | | | | | | | |
| Shenandoah | 69 | Emory & Henry | 71 | | | | | |
| | | Christopher Newport | 81 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Wisconsin–Platteville | 101 |
| | | | | | | | Benedictine (IL) | 65 |
| | | Benedictine (IL) | 76 | | | | | |
| | | DePauw | 72 | | | | | |
| | | | | Benedictine (IL) | 74 | | | |
| | | | | Randolph-Macon | 62 | | | |
| Maryville (TN) | 73 | | | | | Randolph-Macon | 62 | |
| Washington St. Louis | 76 | | | | | | | |
| Washington St. Louis | 76 | Washington St. Louis | 53 | | | | | |
| | | Randolph-Macon | 77 | | | | | |

### Bottom right sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Hope | 84 | | | | | |
| | | Calvin | 87* | | | | | |
| Calvin | 85 | Calvin | 87* | | | | | |
| Wooster | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Wooster | 68 | | | Calvin | 76 | | | |
| | | | | Wartburg | 71 | | | |
| Bethel (MN) | 77 | | | | | Wartburg | 71 | |
| Central (IA) | 88 | | | | | | | |
| Central (IA) | 88 | Central (IA) | 73 | | | | | |
| | | Wartburg | 76 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Calvin | 73 |
| | | | | | | | Otterbein | 75 |
| | | Otterbein | 88 | | | | | |
| | | Wittenberg | 62 | | | | | |
| | | | | Otterbein | 108 | | | |
| | | | | UC San Diego | 95 | | | |
| | | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 72 | | | | | |
| | | UC San Diego | 76 | | | | | |

### National finals

* Site: Springfield, Ohio
| National Semifinals | National Semifinals | National Championship | National Championship |
| Ramapo | 56 | | |
| Franklin & Marshall | 106 | | |
| Franklin & Marshall | 106 | Franklin & Marshall | 74 |
| | | UW–Platteville | 81 |
| UW–Platteville | 96 | UW–Platteville | 81 |
| Otterbein | 94 | National Third-place | National Third-place |
| | | Ramapo | 84 |
| | | Otterbein | 113 |

## All-tournament team

* Shawn Frison, Wisconsin–Platteville
* James Bradley, Otterbein
* Robby Jeter, Wisconsin–Platteville
* Will Lasky, Franklin & Marshall
* David Wilding, Franklin & Marshall