The 1990 Tournament

All-Tournament Team

Chris Fite, Rochester
Brett Crist, DePauw
Chris Brandt, Washington (Md.)
Brett Heck, DePauw 
Steve Honderd, Calvin

Rochester defeated DePauw 43-42 to win the Division III Men's Basketball Championship in only its second appearance in the tournament. The Yellow Jackets' other appearance came in 1981. Chris Johnson hit both ends of a one-and-one with 1:05 left to give Rochester a 43-37 lead. DePauw fought back and trailed by three with 17 seconds remaining. Dave Ferrell scored on a layup with seven seconds left to cut the margin to one. DePauw got one more chance after Rochester missed a free throw but could not get off a shot. Rochester shot 38 percent and DePauw 31 percent for the game. In the third-place game, Charles Duckett stole the ball and dished off to Chris Brandt, whose bankshot gave Washington (Md.) an 87-86 victory against Calvin. 

Results

First/Second Rounds
Northeast First Round at Gorham, Me.: Southern Maine 74, Western New England 52; Second Round at North Adams, Mass.: North Adams State 88, Southern Maine 79; Second Round at N. Dartmouth, Mass.: S.E. Mass. 122, Salem St. 112
Middle Atlantic First Round at Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins 90, FDU-Madison 72; Second Round at Lancaster, Pa.: Johns Hopkins 85, Franklin & Marshall 78; Second Round at Chestertown, Md.: Washington (Md.) 85, King's (Pa.) 83.
East First Round at Rochester, N.Y.: Rochester 73, Nazareth (N.Y.) 54; Second Round at Potsdam, N.Y.: Albany (N.Y.) 85, Potsdam St. 75. Second Round at Buffalo, N.Y.: Rochester 62, Buffalo St. 57.
Atlantic First Round at Pomona, N.J.: Stockton State 100, Hunter 84; Second Round at Danbury, Conn.: Western Connecticut St. 69, Trenton State 68. Second Round at Jersey City, N.J.: Stockton State 73, Jersey City St. 71.
Midwest First Round at Bloomington, Ill.: Illinois Wesleyan 83, North Park 68; Second Round at Naperville, Ill.: Illinois Wesleyan 71, North Central 63; Second Round at Monmouth, Ill.: DePauw 71, Monmouth (Ill.) 69.
Great Lakes First Round at New Concord, Ohio: Muskingum 70, Otterbein 64; Second Round at Springfield, Ohio: Wittenberg 69, Muskingum 50; Second Round at Grand Rapids, Mich.: Calvin 95, Hope 68.
West First Round at Dubuque, Iowa: Dubuque 84, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 77; Second Round at Lincoln, Neb.: Nebraska Wesleyan 77, UC San Diego 75; Second Round at St. Paul, Minn.: St. Thomas (Minn.) 65, Dubuque 55.
South First Round at Emory, Va.: Emory & Henry 91, Christopher Newport 80; Second Round at Ashland, Va.: Averett 91, Randolph-Macon 78 (OT); Second Round at Atlanta, Ga.: Emory 91, Emory & Henry 81.

Sectionals
Northeast-East (at Albany, N.Y.): North Adams State 69, Albany St. 66; Rochester 92, S.E. Mass. 80; Third Place-S.E. Mass. 92, Albany St. 91; Championship-Rochester 50, North Adams St.: 47.
Atlantic/Mid-Atlantic (at Chestertown, Md.): Western Connecticut State 79, Johns Hopkins 69; Washington (Md.) 89, Stockton St. 88; Third Place-Johns Hopkins 80, Stockton State 74; Championship-Washington (Md.) 107, Western Connecticut State: 104 (OT).
South/Great Lakes (at Springfield, Ohio): Wittenberg 86, Averett 64; Calvin 80, Emory 73; Third Place-Emory 102; Averett 93; Championship-Calvin 63, Wittenberg 59.
Midwest/West (at St. Paul, Minn.): Illinois Wesleyan 85, Nebraska Wesleyan 63; DePauw 75, St. Thomas (Minn.) 69 (2 OT); Third Place-St. Thomas (Minn.) 77, Nebraska Wesleyan 71; Championship-DePauw 68, Illinois Wesleyan 65.

National Championship
At Springfield, Ohio
Semifinals
Rochester 86, Washington (Md.) 70
DePauw 82, Calvin 79

Third Place
Washington (Md.) 87, Calvin 86

Championship
Rochester 43, DePauw 42