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

### Bottom left sectional

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

### Top right sectional

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

### Bottom right sectional

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

### National finals

* Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia
| National semifinals | National semifinals | National championship | National championship |
| Ohio Northern | 77 | | |
| Catholic | 82 | | |
| Catholic | 82 | Catholic | 76 |
| | | William Paterson | 62 |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 52 | William Paterson | 62 |
| William Paterson | 67 | National third-place | National third-place |
| | | Ohio Northern | 73 |
| | | Illinois Wesleyan | 76 |