2013 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 2013 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 62 teams held to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. It began on March 2, 2013, and concluded with the championship game on April 7, 2013, at Philips Arena in Atlanta as part of the festivities for the 75th anniversary of the NCAA Tournament.^[1] The Amherst Lord Jeffs defeated the Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders 87–70 in the championship game. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were held in Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, the traditional Final Four host.

2013 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	62
Finals site	Two sites Salem, Virginia & Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	Amherst Lord Jeffs (2nd title)
Runner-up	Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders (1st title game)
Semifinalists	St. Thomas Tommies (2nd Final Four) North Central (IL) Cardinals (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	David Hixon (2nd title)
MOP	Allen Williamson (Amherst)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «2012 2014»

Qualified teams

Further information: 2013 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2013 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid
Allegheny Mountain	Penn State Behrend	6th	2011
American Southwest	Concordia (TX)	1st	Never
Capital	St. Mary's (MD)	5th	2012
Centennial	Dickinson	3rd	1997
CUNYAC	Staten Island	11th	2012
CCIW	North Central (IL)	7th	2012
Colonial States	Cabrini	11th	2012
Commonwealth Coast	Curry	2nd	2008
Empire 8	Ithaca	10th	2012
Great Northeast	Albertus Magnus	3rd	2012
Heartland	Rose-Hulman	10th	2012
Iowa	Dubuque	5th	1990
Landmark	Catholic	12th	2007
Liberty	Hobart	3rd	2012
Little East	Rhode Island College	10th	2012
MASCAC	Fitchburg State	1st	Never
Michigan	Calvin	18th	2007
MAC Commonwealth	Alvernia	8th	2011
MAC Freedom	Delaware Valley	2nd	2011
Midwest	St. Norbert	5th	2011
Minnesota	St. Thomas	14th	2012
NEWMAC	WPI	9th	2011
New England	Elms	8th	2011
NESCAC	Amherst	15th	2012
New Jersey	Ramapo	6th	2011
North Atlantic	Husson	3rd	2011
North Coast	Ohio Wesleyan	4th	2012
North Eastern	Morrisville State	2nd	2012
Northern	Aurora	9th	2010
Northwest	Whitworth	8th	2012
Ohio	Marietta	3rd	2011
Old Dominion	Randolph–Macon	13th	2012
Presidents'	St. Vincent	1st	Never
Skyline	SUNY-Purchase	3rd	2011
SCIAC	Redlands	3rd	2011
SCAC	Trinity (TX)	9th	2012
SLIAC	Spalding	1st	Never
SUNYAC	Cortland State	5th	2006
UAA	Washington U.	17th	2012
Upper Midwest	Northwestern (MN)	3rd	2012
USA South	Christopher Newport	19th	2012
Wisconsin	UW–Whitewater	18th	2012

At-large qualifiers

The NCAA Selection Committee, by rule, must select one team from the conferences without automatic berths and non-affiliated schools (Pool B). The Selection Committee makes the remaining 19 selections at-large from all conferences (Pool C).

Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid	Pool
Southern	Centre	15th	2011	B
UAA	Emory	2nd	1990	C
Old Dominion	Hampden–Sydney	14th	2007	C
CCIW	Illinois Wesleyan	22nd	2012	C
American Southwest	Mary Hardin–Baylor	6th	2012	C
NESCAC	Middlebury	6th	2012	C
NEWMAC	MIT	5th	2012	C
SUNYAC	Plattsburgh State	7th	2010	C
Old Dominion	Randolph	1st	Never	C
UAA	Rochester	14th	2011	C
New Jersey	Rutgers–Newark	2nd	2010	C
NEWMAC	Springfield	6th	2005	C
Empire 8	Stevens	2nd	2007	C
Heartland	Transylvania	9th	2012	C
Wisconsin	UW–Stevens Point	12th	2012	C
Old Dominion	Virginia Wesleyan	13th	2012	C
Capital	Wesley	3rd	2010	C
CCIW	Wheaton (IL)	9th	2012	C
NESCAC	Williams	13th	2011	C
North Coast	Wooster	22nd	2012	C

Bracket

 

 

St. Paul

 

Williamstown

 

Spokane

 

St. Mary's City

 

Amherst

 

Wooster

 

Naperville

 

Middlebury

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2013 Third Round Hosts

* – Denotes overtime period

Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

St. Paul, MN Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

Rose-Hulman

52

Calvin

72

Calvin

67

at

UW–Stevens Point

58

at

UW–Stevens Point

71

Northwestern (MN)

54

Calvin

62

at

St. Thomas

63

at

St. Thomas

91

Aurora

62

at

St. Thomas

68

Wheaton (IL)

58

at

Wheaton (IL)

59

St. Norbert

58

Williamstown, MA Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

Virginia Wesleyan

76

Delaware Valley

61

at

Virginia Wesleyan

80

Christopher Newport

69

at

Christopher Newport

84

Rutgers–Newark

72

Virginia Wesleyan

75

at

Williams

84

at

Williams

79

Wesley

78

at

Williams

89

Catholic

78

at

Catholic

67

Staten Island

61

Spokane, WA Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

Mary Hardin–Baylor

117

Concordia (TX)

92

at

Trinity (TX)

83

Concordia (TX)

87

Mary Hardin–Baylor

69

at

Whitworth

63

at

Whitworth

75

Redlands

69

at

Whitworth

80

Emory

77

at

Emory

77

Randolph

56

St. Mary's City, MD Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

St. Mary's (MD)

85

MIT

76

St. Mary's (MD)

72

at

Alvernia

78

at

Alvernia

97

Albertus Magnus

78

at

St. Mary's (MD)

84

Morrisville State

66

Ramapo

78

Morrisville State

86

Morrisville State

66*

at

Rhode Island College

59

at

Rhode Island College

62*

Hobart

59

Due to an NCAA ban on postseason games in New Jersey, the first round match between top-seeded Ramapo and Morrisville State was held in Nyack, NY on the campus of Nyack College.

Amherst, MA Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

Amherst

89

Plattsburgh State

72

at

Plattsburgh State

84

Husson

63

at

Amherst

93

Randolph–Macon

76

Stevens

60

Randolph–Macon

69

Randolph–Macon

79

WPI

68

at

WPI

80

SUNY-Purchase

67

Due to an NCAA ban on postseason games in New Jersey, Stevens was unable to host its first round match between against Randolph-Macon. The match was moved to Bronx, NY on the campus of Lehman College.

Due to a scheduling conflicting, WPI could not host its second round match against Randolph–Macon. The match was moved to Assumption College, also located in Worcester, MA.

Wooster, OH Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

Wooster

62

Penn State-Behrend

44

at

Wooster

80

Dickinson

54

at

Dickinson

80

Marietta

65

at

Wooster

63

Cabrini

70

at

Hampden–Sydney

78

Cabrini

80

Cabrini

84

at

Ohio Wesleyan

81

at

Ohio Wesleyan

84

St. Vincent

75

Naperville, IL Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

Washington U.

70

Spalding

61

at

Washington U.

67

Illinois Wesleyan

71

at

Illinois Wesleyan

80

Transylvania

71

Illinois Wesleyan

73

at

North Central (IL)

83

at

UW–Whitewater

58

Dubuque

42

UW–Whitewater

60

North Central (IL)

64

at

North Central (IL)

66

Centre

50

Middlebury, VT Sectional

First round March 2

Second round March 9

Third round March 16

at

Springfield

77

Ithaca

89

Ithaca

70

at

Rochester

68

at

Rochester

91

Fitchburg State

86

Ithaca

72

at

Middlebury

73

at

Middlebury

68

Curry

66

Middlebury

67

at

Cortland State

63

at

Cortland State

85

Elms

59

Elite Eight - Salem, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia

	Quarterfinals March 22					Semifinals March 23					National Championship Game April 7
	St. Thomas		82
	Williams		79
						St. Thomas		67
						Mary Hardin–Baylor		74
	Mary Hardin–Baylor		69
	St. Mary's (MD)		66
											Mary Hardin–Baylor		70
											Amherst		87
	Amherst		101
	Cabrini		82
						Amherst		52
						North Central (IL)		44
	North Central (IL)		77
	Middlebury		65

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	R62	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
NESCAC	3	11-2	.846	2	3	3	3	1	1	1
American Southwest	2	5–2	.714	1	2	1	1	1	1	–
CCIW	3	7–3	.700	3	3	2	1	1	–	–
Minnesota	1	4–1	.800	1	1	1	1	1	–	–
Capital	2	3–2	.600	2	1	1	1	–	–	–
CSAC	1	3–1	.750	1	1	1	1	–	–	–
ODAC	4	4–4	.500	4	2	2	–	–	–	–
North Coast	2	3–2	.600	2	2	1	–	–	–	–
Empire 8	2	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
Michigan	1	2–1	.667	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
North Eastern	1	2–1	.667	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
Northwest	1	2–1	.667	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
UAA	3	3-3	.500	3	3	–	–	–	–	–
SUNYAC	2	2–2	.500	2	2	–	–	–	–	–
Wisconsin	2	2-2	.500	2	2	–	–	–	–	–
NEWMAC	3	1–3	.250	3	1	–	–	–	–	–
Centennial	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Landmark	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Little East	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAC Commonwealth	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
USA South	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–

• The R62, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 62 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
• The ASC and NESCAC each had one representative which earned a bye to the second round.
• The AMCC, CCC, CUNYAC, GNAC, IIAC, Liberty League, MAC Freedom, MASCAC, MWC, North Atlantic, NACC, NECC, OAC, Presidents', SAA, SCIAC, Skyline, SLIAC, and UMAC each had one representative, eliminated in the first round with a record of 0–1.
• The Heartland and NJAC had two representatives, eliminated in the first round, with a record of 0–2.

See also

• 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2013 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

References

1. "New format developed for 2013 DIII men's basketball tourney". July 25, 2012.