The NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is a tournament to determine the NCAA Division III national champion. It has been held annually from 1975 to 2019 & since 2022, but not played in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 issues.
From 1996 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018, the NCAA Division III men's basketball championship was held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. The event had been hosted by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem. From 2017 to 2020 & since 2022, the tournament has been a 64-team single-elimination tournament, with teams advancing from four sectionals to the semifinals and final in Fort Wayne.
For 2013, as part of the celebration of the 75thNCAA Division I tournament, the championship games in both the NCAA Division II and Division III tournaments were played at Philips Arena, now known as State Farm Arena, in Atlanta.[1] From 2014 to 2018, the final game returned to Salem.[2] Currently, the Final Four is held in Fort Wayne, Indiana at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. For 2020 only, the national semifinals were to be played in Fort Wayne, but the championship game was to have returned to Atlanta, with the NCAA choosing to hold the championship games of both Divisions II and III as part of the festivities surrounding the men's Division I Final Four; however, the NCAA decided to abandon the tournament after the second round, 16 teams remaining.[3] The NCAA also canceled the 2021 tournament after a majority of D-III conferences chose not to play due to continued COVID-19 issues. Of teams and conferences that played, D3Hoops' top two ranked teams, No. 1 Randolph-Macon College and No. 2 Trine University, opted to play a self-organised mythical national championship game. Randolph-Macon won, 69-55.[4]
Not held because insufficient number of Division III schools played a season because of pandemic. A bowl-game style championship was organised by top two teams in D3Sports.com polls Randolph-Macon defeated Trine, 69-55, on campus in Ashland, VA.[14]
^Only the championship game was played in Atlanta. The semifinals were played at the then-traditional site of the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
^Only the championship game would have been played in Atlanta. The semifinals would have been played at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
^'Willy stuff' helps Amherst to Division III national title
^"It's a family tradition at Whitewater; KJ Evans earns MOP, follows in uncle's footsteps". NCAA. NCAA.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
^"Randolph-Macon runs out to win in showdown". D3Sports.com. Presto Sports. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
^"Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
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The NCAA Division III men s basketball tournament officially styled as Championship instead of Tournament is a tournament to determine the NCAA Division III national champion It has been held annually from 1975 to 2019 amp since 2022 but not played in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID 19 issues NCAA Division III men s basketball tournamentCurrent season competition or edition 2024 NCAA Division III men s basketball tournamentSportBasketballFounded1975No of teams64CountryNCAA Division III USA Most recentchampion s Trine 2024 1st title Most titlesNorth Park 5 titles TV partner s CBS Sports NetworkOfficial websiteNCAA comFrom 1996 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018 the NCAA Division III men s basketball championship was held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem Virginia The event had been hosted by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem From 2017 to 2020 amp since 2022 the tournament has been a 64 team single elimination tournament with teams advancing from four sectionals to the semifinals and final in Fort Wayne For 2013 as part of the celebration of the 75th NCAA Division I tournament the championship games in both the NCAA Division II and Division III tournaments were played at Philips Arena now known as State Farm Arena in Atlanta 1 From 2014 to 2018 the final game returned to Salem 2 Currently the Final Four is held in Fort Wayne Indiana at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum For 2020 only the national semifinals were to be played in Fort Wayne but the championship game was to have returned to Atlanta with the NCAA choosing to hold the championship games of both Divisions II and III as part of the festivities surrounding the men s Division I Final Four however the NCAA decided to abandon the tournament after the second round 16 teams remaining 3 The NCAA also canceled the 2021 tournament after a majority of D III conferences chose not to play due to continued COVID 19 issues Of teams and conferences that played D3Hoops top two ranked teams No 1 Randolph Macon College and No 2 Trine University opted to play a self organised mythical national championship game Randolph Macon won 69 55 4 Trine is the defending national champion beating Hampden Sydney 69 61 in the 2024 championship Contents 1 Qualification 1 1 Conference tournaments 1 1 1 Defunct conferences 2 Summary 3 Locations 4 Championships by team 4 1 Active programs 4 2 Former programs 5 Programs with at least 20 appearances in the Division III tournament 6 Notes 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksQualification editSince 2023 24 a total of 64 bids have been available for each tournament 42 automatic bids awarded to the champions of all Division III conferences 22 at large bids Conference tournaments edit Schools in italics are as of the current 2023 24 basketball season no longer members of that specific conference NCAA Division III men s conference tournamentsConference Tournament Most titles Current champion 2024 Allegheny Mountain Tournament La Roche Medaille amp Penn State Behrend 6 La Roche 6th American Rivers Tournament Buena Vista 7 Loras 3rd American Southwest Tournament Mississippi College amp Texas Dallas 5 Texas Dallas 5th Atlantic East Tournament Marymount 2 Marymount 2nd Centennial Tournament Franklin amp Marshall 8 Swarthmore 4th CUNYAC Tournament Staten Island 15 Baruch 6th Coast to Coast C2C Tournament Catholic 7 Christopher Newport 6th CCIW Tournament Augustana 6 Elmhurst 3rd CCS Tournament Maryville TN 2 Maryville TN 2nd Commonwealth Coast Tournament Endicott 7 Roger Williams 3rd Empire 8 Tournament St John Fisher 8 Utica 2nd Great Northeast Tournament Albertus Magnus 9 Saint Joseph CT 3rd Heartland Tournament Franklin amp Hanover 6 Anderson 2nd Landmark Tournament Scranton 8 Catholic 3rd Liberty Tournament Skidmore 5 Hobart 3rd Little East Tournament UMass Dartmouth 12 Keene State 7th MASCAC Tournament Salem State 18 Worcester State 3rd Michigan Tournament Hope 15 Hope 15th MAC Commonwealth Tournaments Scranton 16 Eastern 1st MAC Freedom Stevens 3rd Midwest Tournament Ripon 8 Illinois College 3rd Minnesota Tournament St Thomas 9 Gustavus Adolphus 4th NESCAC Tournament Amherst 8 Trinity 2nd NEWMAC Tournament Babson amp MIT 6 Babson 6th NJAC Tournament Stockton 6 TCNJ 2nd North Atlantic Championship Husson 9 Husson 9th NCAC Tournament Wooster 16th Wabash 3rd NACC Tournament Aurora 5 Wisconsin Lutheran 2nd Northwest Tournament Whitworth 16 Whitworth 16th Ohio Tournament Wittenberg 14 John Carroll 6th ODAC Tournament Hampden Sydney 11 Hampden Sydney 11th Presidents Tournament Bethany 6 Geneva 1st SLIAC Tournament Fontbonne 7 Fontbonne 7th Skyline Tournament Farmingdale State 7 Farmingdale State 7th SAA Tournament Berry 4 Berry 4th SCIAC Tournament Claremont Mudd Scripps 7 Claremont Mudd Scripps 7th SCAC Tournament Trinity TX 6 Centenary LA 2nd SUNYAC Tournament Buffalo State 15 New Paltz 1st United East Championship Morrisville State 5 Penn State Harrisburg 3rd UAA No tournamentUMAC Tournament Northwestern St Paul 13 Bethany Lutheran 4rd USA South Tournament Christopher Newport 15 Mary BaldwinWIAC Tournament Wisconsin Stevens Point 9 Wisconsin Platteville 4th Defunct conferences edit Defunct NCAA Division III men s conference tournamentsConference Tournament First year Last year Most titlesColonial States Tournament 1994 2023 Cabrini 13 NECC Tournament 2009 2023 Elms and Mitchell 4 Summary editNCAA Division III Men s Basketball ChampionshipYear Finals Site Championship Game Semifinalists Tournament MOP University Winner Score Runner up1975 Reading Pennsylvania LeMoyne Owen 57 54 Glassboro State Augustana IL Brockport Bob Newman LeMoyne Owen 1976 Scranton 60 57 OT Wittenberg Augustana IL Plattsburgh State Jack Maher Scranton 1977 Rock Island Illinois Wittenberg 79 66 Oneonta State ScrantonHamline Rick White Wittenberg 1978 North Park 69 57 Widener AlbionStony Brook Michael Harper North Park 1979 North Park 2 66 62 SUNY Potsdam Franklin amp MarshallCentre Michael Harper North Park 1980 North Park 3 83 76 Upsala WittenbergLongwood Michael Thomas North Park 1981 Potsdam State 67 65 OT Augustana IL UrsinusOtterbein Maxwell Artis Augustana IL 1982 Grand Rapids Michigan Wabash 83 62 Potsdam State BrooklynStanislaus State Pete Metzelaars Wabash 1983 Scranton 2 64 63 Wittenberg RoanokeWisconsin Whitewater Bill Bessoir Scranton 1984 Wisconsin Whitewater 103 86 Clark MA DePauwUpsala Andre McKoy Wisconsin Whitewater 1985 North Park 4 72 71 Potsdam State Nebraska WesleyanWidener Earnest Hubbard North Park 1986 Potsdam State 2 76 73 LeMoyne Owen Nebraska WesleyanNew Jersey City Roosevelt Bullock Potsdam State 1987 North Park 5 106 100 Clark MA WittenbergRichard Stockton Michael Starks North Park 1988 Ohio Wesleyan 92 70 Scranton Nebraska WesleyanHartwick Scott Tedder Ohio Wesleyan 1989 Springfield Ohio Wisconsin Whitewater 2 94 86 Trenton State Southern MaineCentre Greg Grant Trenton State 1990 Rochester 43 42 DePauw Washington CollegeCalvin Chris Fite Rochester 1991 Wisconsin Platteville 81 74 Franklin amp Marshall OtterbeinRamapo Shawn Frison Wisconsin Platteville 1992 Calvin 62 49 Rochester Wisconsin PlattevilleNew Jersey City Steve Honderd Calvin 1993 Buffalo New York Ohio Northern 71 68 Augustana IL RowanUMass Dartmouth Kirk Anderson Augustana IL 1994 Lebanon Valley 66 59 OT NYU WittenbergSt Thomas MN Mike Rhoades Adam Crawford Lebanon Valley NYU 1995 Wisconsin Platteville 2 69 55 Manchester IN RowanTrinity CT Ernie Peavy Wisconsin Platteville 1996 Salem Virginia Rowan 100 93 Hope Illinois WesleyanFranklin amp Marshall Terrence Stewart Rowan 1997 Illinois Wesleyan 89 86 Nebraska Wesleyan WilliamsAlvernia Bryan Crabtree Illinois Wesleyan 1998 Wisconsin Platteville 3 69 56 Hope WilliamsWilkes Ben Hoffmann Wisconsin Platteville 1999 Wisconsin Platteville 4 76 75 2OT Hampden Sydney Connecticut CollegeWilliam Paterson Merrill Brunson Wisconsin Platteville 2000 Calvin 2 79 74 Wisconsin Eau Claire Salem StateFranklin amp Marshall Sherm Carstensen Wisconsin Eau Claire 2001 Catholic 76 62 William Paterson Illinois WesleyanOhio Northern Pat Maloney Catholic 2002 Otterbein 102 83 Elizabethtown CarthageRochester Jeff Gibbs Otterbein 2003 Williams 67 65 Gustavus Adolphus WoosterHampden Sydney Benjamin Coffin Williams 2004 5 Wisconsin Stevens Point 84 82 Williams John CarrollAmherst Nick Bennett Wisconsin Stevens Point 2005 Wisconsin Stevens Point 2 73 49 Rochester CalvinYork PA Jason Kalsow Wisconsin Stevens Point 2006 Virginia Wesleyan 59 56 6 Wittenberg Illinois WesleyanAmherst Ton Ton Balenga Virginia Wesleyan 2007 Amherst 80 67 7 Virginia Wesleyan Washington St LouisWooster Andrew Olson Amherst 2008 Washington St Louis 90 68 Amherst HopeUrsinus Troy Ruths Washington St Louis 2009 Washington St Louis 2 61 52 8 Richard Stockton GuilfordFranklin amp Marshall Sean Wallis Washington St Louis 2010 Wisconsin Stevens Point 3 78 73 9 Williams GuilfordRandolph Macon Matt Moses Wisconsin Stevens Point 2011 St Thomas MN 78 54 10 Wooster MiddleburyWilliams Tyler Nicolai St Thomas MN 2012 Wisconsin Whitewater 3 63 60 11 Cabrini Illinois WesleyanMIT Chris Davis Wisconsin Whitewater 2013 Atlanta Georgia a Amherst 2 87 70 12 Mary Hardin Baylor St Thomas MN North Central IL Allen Williamson Amherst 2014 Salem Virginia Wisconsin Whitewater 4 75 73 13 Williams AmherstIllinois Wesleyan K J Evans Wisconsin Whitewater 2015 Wisconsin Stevens Point 4 70 54 Augustana IL BabsonVirginia Wesleyan Austin Ryf Wisconsin Stevens Point 2016 St Thomas MN 2 82 76 Benedictine Christopher NewportAmherst Taylor Montero St Thomas MN 2017 Babson 79 78 Augustana IL WhitmanWilliams Joey Flannery Babson 2018 Nebraska Wesleyan 78 72 Wisconsin Oshkosh RamapoSpringfield Cooper Cook Nebraska Wesleyan 2019 Fort Wayne Indiana Wisconsin Oshkosh 96 82 Swarthmore Christopher NewportWheaton IL Jack Flynn Wisconsin Oshkosh 2020 Atlanta Georgia b Abandoned after second round due to the COVID 19 pandemic2021 Fort Wayne Indiana Not held because insufficient number of Division III schools played a season because of pandemic A bowl game style championship was organised by top two teams in D3Sports com polls Randolph Macon defeated Trine 69 55 on campus in Ashland VA 14 2022 Randolph Macon 75 45 Elmhurst MariettaWabash Buzz Anthony Randolph Macon 2023 Christopher Newport 74 72 Mount Union Wisconsin WhitewaterSwarthmore Trey Barber Christopher Newport 2024 Trine 69 61 Hampden Sydney GuilfordTrinity CT Cortez Garland Trine 20252026Source 15 Notes Only the championship game was played in Atlanta The semifinals were played at the then traditional site of the Salem Civic Center in Salem Virginia Only the championship game would have been played in Atlanta The semifinals would have been played at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne Indiana Locations editReading Pennsylvania 1975 1976 Rock Island Illinois 1977 1981 Grand Rapids Michigan 1982 1988 Springfield Ohio 1989 1992 Buffalo New York 1993 1995 Salem Virginia 1996 2018 semifinals only in 2013 Atlanta 2013 championship game only Fort Wayne Indiana 2019 2022 Championships by team edit nbsp nbsp North Park nbsp UWSP nbsp UWW nbsp UWP nbsp Amherst nbsp Calvin nbsp Potsdam nbsp Scranton nbsp WashU nbsp Babson nbsp Catholic nbsp CNU nbsp IWU nbsp LVC nbsp LeMoyne Owen nbsp NWU nbsp ONU nbsp OWU nbsp Ott nbsp RMC nbsp Rochester nbsp Rowan nbsp Trine nbsp Virginia Wesleyan nbsp Wabash nbsp Williams nbsp Witt nbsp UWOclass notpageimage National championships among active Division III programs nbsp 5 nbsp 4 nbsp 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 1 Active programs edit Team Titles YearsNorth Park 5 1978 1979 1980 1985 1987Wisconsin Stevens Point 4 2004 2005 2010 2015Wisconsin Whitewater 4 1984 1989 2012 2014Wisconsin Platteville 4 1991 1995 1998 1999Amherst 2 2007 2013Calvin 2 1992 2000Scranton 2 1976 1983SUNY Potsdam 2 1981 1986Washington St Louis 2 2008 2009Trine 1 2024Christopher Newport 1 2023Randolph Macon 1 2022Wisconsin Oshkosh 1 2019Nebraska Wesleyan 1 2018Babson 1 2017Virginia Wesleyan 1 2006Williams 1 2003Otterbein 1 2002Catholic 1 2001Illinois Wesleyan 1 1997Rowan 1 1996Lebanon Valley 1 1994Ohio Northern 1 1993Rochester 1 1990Ohio Wesleyan 1 1988Wabash 1 1982Wittenberg 1 1977Former programs edit Team Titles YearsSt Thomas MN Note 1 2 2011 2016LeMoyne Owen Note 2 1 1975Programs with at least 20 appearances in the Division III tournament editSee also List of NCAA Division III men s basketball tournament bids by school List below only includes teams that are currently in Division III Bids School Conference First Bid Most Recent30 Hope Michigan 1982 202430 Wittenberg North Coast 1975 202029 Scranton Landmark 1975 202329 Wooster North Coast 1978 202027 Christopher Newport Coast to Coast 1986 202426 Illinois Wesleyan CCIW 1984 202225 Franklin amp Marshall Centennial 1975 201825 Salem State MASCAC 1980 201925 Washington St Louis UAA 1987 202423 Calvin Michigan 1980 202422 Wisconsin Whitewater Wisconsin 1983 202320 Amherst NESCAC 1994 201920 Maryville TN CCS 1991 201920 Randolph Macon Old Dominion 1990 202420 Williams NESCAC 1994 2024Notes edit As of 2023 24 this school is a current member of NCAA Division I As of 2023 24 this school is a current member of NCAA Division II See also editNCAA Division III women s basketball tournament NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament NCAA Division II men s basketball tournament NAIA men s basketball tournamentReferences edit Success paves way for 75th celebration Press release NCAA May 10 2012 Archived from the original on May 21 2012 Retrieved May 11 2012 Preliminary round sites announced for 2014 2015 NCAA tournaments NCAA December 16 2012 Archived from the original on May 11 2013 Retrieved January 24 2013 Combined championships for NCAA basketball planned Press release NCAA April 24 2019 Retrieved April 25 2019 EDITORIAL Randolph Macon wins mythical national title Fredricksburg com Fredricksburg Free Lance Star Kalsow comes through for Pointers Men s College Basketball ESPN Balenga leads Virginia Wesleyan to title Men s College Basketball ESPN Amherst notches first D III basketball championship Men s College Basketball ESPN Washington University repeats as Division III champion ESPN Wisconsin Stevens Point Pointers rally to beat Williams College for DIII title ESPN St Thomas pounds Wooster for NCAA Division III men s title ESPN Wisconsin Whitewater wins D III men s hoops crown ESPN Willy stuff helps Amherst to Division III national title It s a family tradition at Whitewater KJ Evans earns MOP follows in uncle s footsteps NCAA NCAA com Retrieved April 10 2014 Randolph Macon runs out to win in showdown D3Sports com Presto Sports Retrieved 2021 09 26 Division III Men s Basketball Championship PDF NCAA NCAA org Retrieved March 4 2023 External links editAwards history through 2020 2021 Archived Coaching records through 2020 2021 Archived Attendance records through 2020 2021 Archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NCAA Division III men 27s basketball tournament amp oldid 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