2000 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

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2000 NCAA Men's Division III
Basketball Tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams 64
Finals site Virginia Salem, Virginia
Champions Calvin (2nd title)
Runner-up Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Kevin Vande Streek (Calvin)
MOP Sherm Carstensen (Calvin)
Attendance 52,847
NCAA Men's Division III Tournaments
«1999 2001»

The 2000 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 26th 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 sixty-four 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]

Calvin defeated Wisconsin–Eau Claire, 79–75, in the championship, clinching a second national title.

The Knights (31–1) were coached by Kevin Vande Streek. Calvin's prior championship came in 1992.

Sherm Carstensen, also from Calvin, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Championship Rounds

  National Semifinals     National Championship
                 
   Salem State 42  
   Wisconsin–Eau Claire 70    
       Wisconsin–Eau Claire 74
       Calvin 79
   Calvin 79    
   Franklin & Marshall 77   National Third-place
 
 Salem State 79
   Franklin & Marshall 75

See also

References

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