NCAA
NCAA Men’s Division III Basketball Champions
See a complete list of NCAA Men’s Division III Basketball Champions. The 2025 champions are Trinity (CT). This was their first national basketball championship title.
Fast Facts:
- North Park has won the most national championship titles at five.
Trinity (CT) vs. NYU: Division III men’s basketball finals highlights
NCAA Men’s Division III Basketball Champions:
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Location |
| 2025 | Trinity (CT) | 64–60 | NYU | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 2024 | Trine | 69–61 | Hampden-Sydney | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 2023 | Christopher Newport | 74–72 | Mount Union | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 2022 | Randolph-Macon | 75–45 | Elmhurst | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 2021 | ||||
| 2020 | Canceled | |||
| 2019 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 96–82 | Swarthmore | Fort Wayne, IN |
| 2018 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 78–72 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | Salem, Va. |
| 2017 | Babson | 79-78 | Augustana (Ill.) | Salem, Va. |
| 2016 | St. Thomas | 82-76 | Benedictine (Ill.) | Salem, Va. |
| 2015 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 70-54 | Augustana (Ill.) | Salem, Va. |
| 2014 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 75-73 | Williams | Salem, Va. |
| 2013 | Amherst | 87-70 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2012 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 63-60 | Cabrini | Salem, Va. |
| 2011 | St. Thomas | 78-54 | Wooster | Salem, Va. |
| 2010 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 78-73 | Williams | Salem, Va. |
| 2009 | Washington-St. Louis | 61-52 | Richard Stockton | Salem, Va. |
| 2008 | Washington-St. Louis | 90-68 | Amherst | Salem, Va. |
| 2007 | Amherst | 80-67 | Virginia Wesleyan | Salem, Va. |
| 2006 | Virginia Wesleyan | 59-56 | Wittenberg | Salem, Va. |
| 2005 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 73-49 | Rochester (N.Y.) | Salem, Va. |
| 2004 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 84-82 | Williams | Salem, Va. |
| 2003 | Williams | 67-65 | Gustavus Adolphus | Salem, Va. |
| 2002 | Otterbein | 102-83 | Elizabethtown | Salem, Va. |
| 2001 | Catholic | 76-62 | William Paterson | Salem, Va. |
| 2000 | Calvin | 79-75 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Salem, Va. |
| 1999 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 76-75 (OT) | Hampden-Sydney | Salem, Va. |
| 1998 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 69-56 | Hope | Salem, Va. |
| 1997 | Illinois Wesleyan | 89-86 | Nebraska Wesleyan | Salem, Va. |
| 1996 | Rowan | 100-93 | Hope | Salem, Va. |
| 1995 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 69-55 | Manchester | Buffalo, N.Y. |
| 1994 | Lebanon Valley | 66-59 (OT) | New York University | Buffalo, N.Y. |
| 1993 | Ohio Northern | 71-68 | Augustana (Ill.) | Buffalo, N.Y. |
| 1992 | Calvin | 62-49 | Rochester (N.Y.) | Springfield, Ohio |
| 1991 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 81-74 | Franklin & Marshall | Springfield, Ohio |
| 1990 | Rochester (N.Y.) | 43-42 | DePauw | Springfield, Ohio |
| 1989 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 94-86 | TCNJ | Springfield, Ohio |
| 1988 | Ohio Wesleyan | 92-70 | Scranton | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 1987 | North Park | 106-100 | Clark (Mass.) | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 1986 | SUNY Potsdam | 76-73 | LeMoyne-Owen | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 1985 | North Park | 72-71 | SUNY Potsdam | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 1984 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 103-86 | Clark (Mass.) | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 1983 | Scranton | 64-63 | Wittenberg | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 1982 | Wabash | 83-62 | SUNY Potsdam | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 1981 | SUNY Potsdam | 67-65 (OT) | Augustana (Ill.) | Rock Island, Ill. |
| 1980 | North Park | 83-76 | Upsala | Rock Island, Ill. |
| 1979 | North Park | 66-62 | SUNY Potsdam | Rock Island, Ill. |
| 1978 | North Park | 69-57 | Widener | Rock Island, Ill. |
| 1977 | Wittenberg | 79-66 | Oneonta State | Rock Island, Ill. |
| 1976 | Scranton | 60-57 | Wittenberg | Reading, Pa. |
| 1975 | LeMoyne-Owen | 57-54 | Rowan | Reading, Pa. |