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The 1986 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 12th 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.
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| Finals site | Grand Rapids, Michigan | ||||
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| Champions | Potsdam State Bears (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | LeMoyne-Owen Magicians (2nd title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Jerry Welsh (Potsdam State) | ||||
| MOP | Roosevelt Bullock (Potsdam State) | ||||
| Attendance | 34,366 | ||||
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Held during March 1986, the field included thirty-two teams and the final championship rounds were contested at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]
SUNY Potsdam defeated LeMoyne–Owen, 76–73, to claim their second NCAA Division III national title and first since 1981. The Bears also completed an undefeated season (32–0), the first Division III program to complete this feat.
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| National quarterfinals | National semifinals | National championship | ||||||||||||
| Potsdam | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Susquehanna | 65 | |||||||||||||
| Potsdam | 91 | |||||||||||||
| Jersey City State | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Jersey City State | 83 | |||||||||||||
| SE Massachusetts | 69 | |||||||||||||
| Potsdam | 76 | |||||||||||||
| LeMoyne–Owen | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Illinois Wesleyan | 85 | |||||||||||||
| LeMoyne–Owen | 93 | |||||||||||||
| LeMoyne–Owen | 86 | National third-place game | ||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 87* | Jersey City State | 93 | |||||||||||
| Otterbein | 82 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 97 | |||||||||||
- Roosevelt Bullock, Potsdam (Most outstanding player)
- Barry Stanton, Potsdam
- Johnny Mayers, Jersey City State
- Michael Neal, LeMoyne–Owen
- Dana Janssen, Nebraska Wesleyan
- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved January 3, 2018.