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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana | ||||
| Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
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The 2021 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was to have been the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III men's collegiate basketball in the United States for the 2021–22 NCAA Division III men's basketball season.[1] However, the tournament was cancelled due to an insufficient number of teams participating in Division III. Only 48.6% of schools participated in men's basketball when 60% was required as schools were in the midst of reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic the previous March.
The championship rounds were scheduled to be played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Despite not having an official championship, D3Sports.com organised a weekly poll for the eight weeks of play. On March 13, 2021, the Trine Thunder (17-0), which was No. 2 in the D3sports.com poll, traveled to the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets (11-0), No. 1 in the same poll, for a game billed as a "postseason bowl game" by organisers. Randolph-Macon won, 69-55.[2] The following season, Randolph-Macon repeated their title in 2022, but this time as an official national champion.
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References
- ↑ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Randolph-Macon runs out to win in showdown". March 14, 2021.