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| Bethany Lutheran made it a three-peat in the UMAC, but did it the hard way, as a four-seed, on the road, in overtime. Photo by Caleb Williams, d3photography.com |
In Division III basketball, "March Madness" starts in late February. There are 43 automatic qualifying bids into the 64-team NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament and 42 of those AQs are awarded to conference tournament winners.
Conference playoffs run through Sunday, March 2. You can get the lowdown on all the tournaments here, including links to live stats, game broadcasts, box scores and recaps as they are posted by participating schools.
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host first round games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Pitt-Bradford, 2 Pitt-Greensburg, 3 Penn State-Altoona, 4 Penn State-Behrend, 5 La Roche, 6 Hilbert
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Hilbert | 88 | Penn State-Altoona | 95 | Final | BX |
| La Roche | 63 | Penn State-Behrend | 59 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 28 | La Roche | 76 | Pitt-Bradford | 87 | Final | BX |
| Penn State-Altoona | 99 | Pitt-Greensburg | 78 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Penn State-Altoona | 90 | Pitt-Bradford | 92 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Pitt-Bradford (23-3)
At-large candidate: None.
American Rivers Conference
The top six of nine qualify. Top two seeds get byes to the semifinals. Higher seed hosts each round. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Dubuque, 2 Nebraska Wesleyan, 3 Loras, 4 Central, 5 Coe, 6 Wartburg
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Wartburg | 96 | Loras | 86 | Final | BX |
| Coe | 83 | Central | 99 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Wartburg | 53 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 85 | Final | BX |
| Central | 78 | Dubuque | 71 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Central | 68 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 57 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Central (17-11)
At-large candidate: None. Nebraska Wesleyan is the closest but their NPI cannot take the hit that another loss would provide.
American Southwest Conference
All five teams. Top seed get bye to semifinals. The women's basketball No. 1 seed (not a typo), East Texas Baptist, hosts men's basketball semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Hardin-Simmons, 2 LeTourneau, 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 4 Howard Payne, 5 East Texas Baptist
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | East Texas Baptist | 71 | Howard Payne | 81 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 28 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 97 | LeTourneau | 89 | Final | BX RC |
| Howard Payne | 75 | Hardin-Simmons | 101 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 62 | Hardin-Simmons | 73 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Hardin-Simmons (18-9)
At-large candidate: None.
Atlantic East Conference
Top five of seven qualify. Higher seed hosts all three rounds. Games played Monday-Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Neumann, 2 Marymount, 3 Gwynedd Mercy, 4 Centenary, 5 Marywood. Tie for the No. 2 seed was broken based on the first-round game between Centenary and Marywood.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 24 | Marywood | 82 | Centenary (N.J.) | 66 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 26 | Gwynedd Mercy | 86 | Marymount | 102 | Final | BX |
| Marywood | 69 | Neumann | 89 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Marymount | 77 | Neumann | 83 | Final - OT | BX |
Automatic bid: Neumann (20-7)
At-large candidate: None.
Centennial Conference
Top six of ten qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Franklin & Marshall, 2 Johns Hopkins, 3 Gettysburg, 4 Ursinus, 5 Swarthmore, 6 Dickinson
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Dickinson | 67 | Gettysburg | 92 | Final | BX RC |
| Swarthmore | 67 | Ursinus | 89 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 28 | Ursinus | 64 | Franklin and Marshall | 75 | Final | BX |
| Gettysburg | 67 | Johns Hopkins | 69 | Final - OT | BX RC | |
| Mar. 2 | Johns Hopkins | 47 | Franklin and Marshall | 60 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Franklin and Marshall (21-6)
At-large candidate: Despite the semifinal loss, Gettysburg is still in strong contention for an at-large bid, and F&M would be a lock if it loses to JHU in the final.
City University of New York Athletic Conference
Top six of eight qualify. Home sites for quarterfinals and semifinals, championship at Baruch. Games played Saturday-Tuesday-Friday.
Seedings: 1 Baruch, 2 John Jay, 3 Lehman, 4 Brooklyn, 5 CCNY, 6 Medgar Evers
John Jay replaced Lehman in the CUNYAC final because Lehman had an ineligible player participate in the semifinal win vs. John Jay.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Medgar Evers | 66 | Lehman | 98 | Final | BX |
| CCNY | 53 | Brooklyn | 55 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Lehman | 74 | John Jay | 63 | Final | BX |
| Brooklyn | 60 | Baruch | 62 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 28 | John Jay | 80 | Baruch | 70 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: John Jay (19-8)
At-large candidate: None.
Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference
Top four qualify. Seeded via NPI. Games played Friday-Saturday. Hosted at Salisbury.
Seedings: 1 Christopher Newport, 2 Salisbury, 3 Mary Washington, 4 UC Santa Cruz
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 28 | UC Santa Cruz | 78 | Christopher Newport | 84 | Final | BX RC |
| Mary Washington | 60 | Salisbury | 50 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Mary Washington | 71 | Christopher Newport | 66 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Mary Washington (13-14)
At-large candidate: Christopher Newport is in the tournament. This ia a bid thief conference.
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Top six of nine qualify. First round hosted by higher seed, top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Carthage, 2 Illinois Wesleyan, 3 North Park, 4 Augustana, 5 Elmhurst, 6 North Central (Ill.)
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | North Central (Ill.) | 94 | North Park | 92 | Final | BX |
| Elmhurst | 78 | Augustana | 92 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 28 | Augustana | 65 | Illinois Wesleyan | 70 | Final | BX |
| North Central (Ill.) | 83 | Carthage | 84 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Illinois Wesleyan | 79 | Carthage | 60 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Illinois Wesleyan (22-5)
At-large candidate: Carthage will be safely in as an at-large.
Collegiate Conference of the South
Top six of seven qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Maryville, 2 Belhaven, 3 Huntingdon, 4 Asbury, 5 Covenant, 6 Piedmont.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Piedmont | 67 | Huntingdon | 71 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 26 | Covenant | 83 | Asbury | 97 | Final | |
| Feb. 28 | Huntingdon | 78 | Belhaven | 66 | Final | BX |
| Asbury | 73 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 91 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Huntingdon | 93 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 92 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Huntingdon (22-6)
At-large candidate: None.
Conference of New England
Top six of 10 qualify, higher seed hosts throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Western New England, 2 Endicott, 3 Suffolk, 4 Roger Williams, 5 Nichols, 6 Wentworth
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Nichols | 75 | Roger Williams | 83 | Final | BX RC |
| Wentworth | 78 | Suffolk | 87 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 27 | Suffolk | 96 | Endicott | 85 | Final | BX P |
| Roger Williams | 65 | Western New England | 97 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Suffolk | 74 | Western New England | 75 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Western New England (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.
Empire 8
Top eight of 12 qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Brockport, 2 Utica, 3 Nazareth, 4 SUNY Poly, 5 Alfred, 6 Sage, 7 Houghton, 8 Geneseo
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Alfred | 65 | SUNYIT | 66 | Final | BX |
| Houghton | 68 | Utica | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Sage | 65 | Nazareth | 73 | Final | BX | |
| SUNY Geneseo | 66 | Brockport | 87 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Nazareth | 79 | Utica | 85 | Final | BX |
| SUNYIT | 92 | Brockport | 89 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | SUNYIT | 76 | Utica | 89 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Utica (21-7)
At-large candidate: None.
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Top 10 of 15 teams qualify. Top seeds host throughout. Games played Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 St. Joseph's (Maine), 2 Lasell, 3 St. Joseph (Conn.), 4 Albertus Magnus, 5 Norwich, 6 Rivier, 7 Dean, 8 Elms, 9 Mitchell, 10 Anna Maria
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 24 | Anna Maria | 87 | Dean | 89 | Final | BX |
| Mitchell | 74 | Elms | 72 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 25 | Rivier | 63 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 83 | Final | BX P |
| Dean | 85 | Lasell | 97 | Final | BX | |
| Norwich | 57 | Albertus Magnus | 72 | Final | BX | |
| Mitchell | 85 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 115 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 69 | Lasell | 80 | Final | BX |
| Albertus Magnus | 71 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 85 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Lasell | 72 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 79 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: St. Joseph's, Maine (24-4)
At-large candidate: None.
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top eight of 10 qualify. Highest seeds host quarterfinals. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship games. Games played Saturday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Anderson, 2 Franklin, 3 Rose-Hulman, 4 Hanover, 5 Transylvania, 6 Mount St. Joseph, 7 Berea, 8 Manchester
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Manchester | 65 | Anderson | 72 | Final | BX |
| Mount St. Joseph | 52 | Rose-Hulman | 69 | Final | BX | |
| Berea | 85 | Franklin | 88 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Transylvania | 64 | Hanover | 69 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 28 | Hanover | 69 | Anderson | 84 | Final | BX |
| Rose-Hulman | 63 | Franklin | 66 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Franklin | 72 | Anderson | 66 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Franklin (21-7)
At-large candidate: Anderson might end up on the wrong side of the at-large bubble.
Landmark Conference
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host semifinals and top remaining seed hosts championship. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Drew, 2 Catholic, 3 Wilkes, 4 Susquehanna, 5 Moravian, 6 Scranton
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Scranton | 43 | Wilkes | 59 | Final | BX |
| Moravian | 90 | Susquehanna | 100 | Final - OT | BX P | |
| Feb. 27 | Susquehanna | 81 | Drew | 97 | Final | BX |
| Wilkes | 76 | Catholic | 96 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Catholic | 70 | Drew | 85 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Drew (24-3)
At-large candidate: Catholic is in good shape for an at-large bid.
Liberty League
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 RPI, 2 Ithaca, 3 Vassar, 4 Union, 5 Hobart, 6 St. Lawrence
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | St. Lawrence | 58 | Vassar | 50 | Final | BX |
| Hobart | 80 | Union | 83 | Final - OT | BX RC | |
| Feb. 28 | Union | 64 | RPI | 72 | Final | BX |
| St. Lawrence | 42 | Ithaca | 62 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 2 | Ithaca | 72 | RPI | 67 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Ithaca (18-9)
At-large candidate: None.
Little East Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Keene State, 2 Western Connecticut, 3 Rhode Island College, 4 Mass-Boston, 5 Southern Maine, 6 Mass-Dartmouth
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Mass-Dartmouth | 64 | Rhode Island College | 80 | Final | BX |
| Southern Maine | 93 | Mass-Boston | 108 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Rhode Island College | 68 | Western Connecticut | 81 | Final - OT | BX |
| Mass-Boston | 75 | Keene State | 95 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Western Connecticut | 67 | Keene State | 80 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Keene State (22-5)
At-large candidate: None.
MAC Commonwealth Conference
Top four of eight qualify. Higher seeds hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Albright, 2 York (Pa.), 3 Hood, 4 Alvernia
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | Hood | 69 | York (Pa.) | 86 | Final | BX RC |
| Alvernia | 89 | Albright | 81 | Final | ||
| Mar. 1 | Alvernia | 67 | York (Pa.) | 82 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: York, Pa. (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.
MAC Freedom Conference
Top four of eight qualify. Higher seeds hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Stevens, 2 Delaware Valley, 3 Misericordia, 4 Arcadia
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | Arcadia | 51 | Stevens | 90 | Final | BX |
| Misericordia | 62 | Delaware Valley | 67 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Delaware Valley | 64 | Stevens | 63 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Delaware Valley (15-12)
At-large candidate: None.
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Top six of seven teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Westfield State, 2 Salem State, 3 Worcester State, 4 Framingham State, 5 Bridgewater State, 6 MCLA
*Due to two vacated games, the adjusted final standings for Worcester State is 7-5, Framingham State 6-6 and MCLA 5-7.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Bridgewater State | 60 | Framingham State | 63 | Final | BX |
| Massachusetts College | 65 | Worcester State | 89 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Framingham State | 67 | Westfield State | 83 | Final | BX |
| Worcester State | 74 | Salem State | 77 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Salem State | 63 | Westfield State | 93 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Westfield State (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Top six of eight qualify. Semifinals at higher seeds, championship at highest seed. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Calvin, 2 Trine, 3 Hope, 4 Olivet, 5 Albion, 6 Adrian
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | Albion | 68 | Olivet | 76 | Final | BX P |
| Adrian | 55 | Hope | 81 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 28 | Hope | 64 | Trine | 62 | Final | BX RC |
| Olivet | 47 | Calvin | 63 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Hope | 59 | Calvin | 62 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Calvin (21-6)
At-large candidate: Trine's semifinal loss puts them close to the wrong side of the bubble.
Midwest Conference
Top four of nine qualify. Semifinals and finals at highest seed. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Monmouth, 2 Grinnell, 3 Illinois College, 4 Lake Forest
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 28 | Illinois College | 81 | Grinnell | 86 | Final | BX RC |
| Lake Forest | 81 | Monmouth | 79 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Lake Forest | 82 | Grinnell | 95 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Grinnell (20-7)
At-large candidate: None.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of 11 teams qualify. Top two seeds get bye to semifinals. Higher seeds host. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Gustavus Adolphus, 2 St. John's, 3 Hamline, 4 Carleton, 5 Augsburg, 6 Concordia-Moorhead
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Concordia-Moorhead | 59 | Hamline | 74 | Final | BX P |
| Augsburg | 57 | Carleton | 73 | Final | BX RC P P | |
| Feb. 27 | Carleton | 75 | Gustavus Adolphus | 64 | Final | BX RC P |
| Hamline | 54 | St. John's | 72 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Carleton | 59 | St. John's | 74 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: St. John's (24-3)
At-large candidate: Gustavus Adolphus's second loss to Carleton makes their at-large chances even more sketchy, but the Gusties are hanging on at the bottom of the at-large list as Saturday ends.
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Top eight of 11 teams qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinals. Reseeded for semifinals. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and final. Games played Saturday-Saturday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Wesleyan, 2 Trinity (Conn.), 3 Tufts, 4 Hamilton, 5 Connecticut College, 6 Williams, 7 Colby, 8 Amherst.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Amherst | 58 | Wesleyan | 65 | Final | BX |
| Williams | 70 | Tufts | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Connecticut College | 61 | Hamilton | 70 | Final | BX | |
| Colby | 56 | Trinity (Conn.) | 77 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Hamilton | 77 | Wesleyan | 82 | Final - 2OT | BX P |
| Tufts | 51 | Trinity (Conn.) | 74 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 2 | Trinity (Conn.) | 75 | Wesleyan | 67 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Trinity, Conn. (24-3)
At-large candidate: The NESCAC will be a four-bid league.
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 WPI, 2 Clark, 3 Babson, 4 Emerson, 5 Springfield, 6 Coast Guard
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Coast Guard | 80 | Babson | 69 | Final | BX |
| Springfield | 50 | Emerson | 67 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Coast Guard | 53 | Clark | 71 | Final | BX |
| Emerson | 73 | WPI | 93 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Clark | 80 | WPI | 65 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Clark (18-9)
At-large candidate: WPI will make the field, and this was a bid thief league.
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Top two get byes. Highest seed hosts throughout. Games played Saturday-Tuesday-Friday.
Seedings: 1 Montclair State, 2 Ramapo, 3 Stockton, 4 Kean, 5 TCNJ, 6 Rowan
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | TCNJ | 90 | Kean | 87 | Final | BX |
| Rowan | 78 | Stockton | 83 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | TCNJ | 62 | Montclair State | 80 | Final | BX |
| Stockton | 81 | Ramapo | 88 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 28 | Ramapo | 85 | Montclair State | 91 | Final - OT | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Montclair State (21-6)
At-large candidate: Ramapo, Stockton and TCNJ will all comfortably make the NCAA Tournament field.
North Atlantic Conference
Top four in each division qualify. Top seed from each division hosts quarterfinal and semifinal games. East division winner hosts championship game. Games played Friday-Saturday-Saturday.
Seedings: East 1 Husson, East 2 Maine-Presque Isle, East 3 Maine-Farmington, East 4 Maine Maritime. West 1 SUNY Delhi, West 2 Vermont State Johnson, West 3 Vermont State Lyndon, West 4 Lesley.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Lesley | 59 | SUNY Delhi | 75 | Final | BX |
| Maine Maritime | 71 | Husson | 91 | Final | BX | |
| Maine-Farmington | 79 | Maine-Presque Isle | 78 | Final - 2OT | BX | |
| Vermont State Lyndon | 72 | Vermont State Johnson | 95 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Vermont State Johnson | 68 | SUNY Delhi | 65 | Final | BX |
| Maine-Farmington | 58 | Husson | 69 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Vermont State Johnson | 59 | Husson | 90 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Husson (21-7)
At-large candidate: None.
North Coast Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday. Semifinals and championship played at top seed.
Seedings: 1 Denison, 2 Wabash, 3 Wooster, 4 Ohio Wesleyan, 5 DePauw, 6 Wooster
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Oberlin | 80 | Wooster | 97 | Final | BX RC P |
| DePauw | 71 | Ohio Wesleyan | 74 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 28 | Wooster | 73 | Wabash | 57 | Final | BX |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 70 | Denison | 74 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Wooster | 68 | Denison | 79 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Denison (24-3)
At-large candidate: None.
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Top eight of 13 teams qualify. Higher seed hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Wisconsin Lutheran, 2 St. Norbert, 3 MSOE, 4 Concordia (Wis.), 5 Concordia-Chicago, 6 Marian, 7 Aurora, 8 Rockford
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | Aurora | 72 | St. Norbert | 83 | Final | BX |
| Marian | 74 | MSOE | 91 | Final | BX | |
| Rockford | 57 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 86 | Final | BX | |
| Concordia-Chicago | 68 | Concordia (Wis.) | 82 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 28 | Concordia (Wis.) | 65 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 86 | Final | BX RC P |
| MSOE | 73 | St. Norbert | 76 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 2 | St. Norbert | 70 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 52 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: St. Norbert (22-6)
At-large candidate: Wisconsin Lutheran will be in the tournament regardless, but St. Norbert popped someone else's bubble.
Northwest Conference
Top four of nine teams qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and final. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Whitworth, 2 Pacific Lutheran, 3 Whitman, 4 Lewis & Clark
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 28 | Whitman | 82 | Pacific Lutheran | 62 | Final | BX |
| Lewis and Clark | 71 | Whitworth | 64 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Lewis and Clark | 70 | Whitman | 57 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Lewis and Clark (15-12)
At-large candidate: Whitworth is way out on the bubble after its semifinal loss to Lewis & Clark. The NWC might well be a one-bid league.
Ohio Athletic Conference
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 John Carroll, 2 Mount Union, 3 Heidelberg, 4 Muskingum, 5 Otterbein, 6 Ohio Northern
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Otterbein | 59 | Muskingum | 71 | Final | BX P |
| Ohio Northern | 67 | Heidelberg | 75 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 27 | Heidelberg | 66 | Mount Union | 77 | Final | BX |
| Muskingum | 62 | John Carroll | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Mount Union | 69 | John Carroll | 82 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: John Carroll (22-5)
At-large candidate: None.
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Top eight of 13 teams qualify. Quarters on campus; semis and final at Salem Civic Center. Games played Wednesday-Saturday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Randolph-Macon, 2 Hampden-Sydney, 3 Roanoke, 4 Virginia Wesleyan, 5 Guilford, 6 Ferrum, 7 Lynchburg, 8 Shenandoah
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | Ferrum | 75 | Roanoke | 89 | Final | BX RC |
| Guilford | 74 | Virginia Wesleyan | 61 | Final | BX RC | |
| Lynchburg | 72 | Hampden-Sydney | 66 | Final | BX RC RC | |
| Shenandoah | 51 | Randolph-Macon | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Guilford | 52 | Randolph-Macon | 49 | Final | BX RC |
| Lynchburg | 92 | Roanoke | 96 | Final - OT | BX RC | |
| Mar. 2 | Guilford | 79 | Roanoke | 74 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Guilford (22-6)
At-large candidate: Three ODAC teams should qualify, but Virginia Wesleyan's chances were lessened by its quarterfinal loss in the conference tournament.
Presidents' Athletic Conference
Top six of 11 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Chatham, 2 St. Vincent, 3 Washington & Jefferson, 4 Geneva, 5 Grove City, 6 Franciscan
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Franciscan (Ohio) | 62 | Washington and Jefferson | 73 | Final | BX RC |
| Grove City | 69 | Geneva | 61 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Grove City | 80 | Chatham | 91 | Final | BX |
| Washington and Jefferson | 87 | St. Vincent | 79 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Washington and Jefferson | 69 | Chatham | 81 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Chatham (23-4)
At-large candidate: None.
Skyline Conference
Top four teams of six in each division qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday (or Sunday if Yeshiva advances).
Seedings: 1 Farmingdale State, 2 Sarah Lawrence, 3 Yeshiva, 4 SUNY-Maritime, 5 St. Joseph's (L.I.), 6 Purchase, 7 Mount St. Vincent, 8 Merchant Marine
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Mount St. Vincent | 68 | Sarah Lawrence | 79 | Final | BX |
| St. Joseph's (L.I.) | 58 | SUNY-Maritime | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Merchant Marine | 64 | Farmingdale State | 87 | Final | BX | |
| SUNY-Purchase | 59 | Yeshiva | 88 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Yeshiva | 72 | Sarah Lawrence | 69 | Final | BX |
| SUNY-Maritime | 49 | Farmingdale State | 92 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 2 | Yeshiva | 81 | Farmingdale State | 78 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Yeshiva (18-10)
At-large candidate: None.
Southern Athletic Association
All seven teams qualify. Higher seed hosts quarterfinals. Semifinals and championship game hosted by top remaining seed. Games played Sunday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Berry, 2 Sewanee, 3 Centre, 4 Oglethorpe, 5 Rhodes, 6 Millsaps, 7 Hendrix
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Millsaps | 59 | Centre | 72 | Final | BX |
| Hendrix | 83 | Sewanee | 95 | Final | BX | |
| Rhodes | 70 | Oglethorpe | 73 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 28 | Oglethorpe | 65 | Berry | 84 | Final | BX |
| Sewanee | 70 | Centre | 85 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Centre | 65 | Berry | 83 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Berry (19-8)
At-large candidate: None.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top five of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host each round. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Cal Lutheran, 2 Redlands, 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 4 Whittier, 5 Pomona-Pitzer
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | Pomona-Pitzer | 68 | Whittier | 79 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 28 | Whittier | 89 | Cal Lutheran | 90 | Final | BX |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 89 | Redlands | 87 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 72 | Cal Lutheran | 71 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Redlands and Cal Lutheran should both comfortably make the field, even if upset.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top three teams in each division qualify. Top team in each division gets byes into semifinals. First round, semifinals, and championship game host pre-determined, at University of Dallas. Games played Friday-Saturday-Sunday.
Seedings: Gold Division 1 Trinity (Texas), Gold 2 Schreiner, Gold 3 Concordia (Texas). Blue Division 1 St. Thomas (Texas), Blue 2 Colorado College, Blue 3 University of Dallas
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 28 | Schreiner | 83 | University of Dallas | 72 | Final | BX |
| Concordia (Texas) | 64 | Colorado College | 89 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Schreiner | 60 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 61 | Final | BX |
| Colorado College | 50 | Trinity (Texas) | 67 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 2 | Trinity (Texas) | 53 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 58 | Final - OT | BX |
Automatic bid: St. Thomas (Texas) (25-2)
At-large candidate: It will be really tight to get two teams in.
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of eight teams qualify (Lyon not eligible for tournament). Highest seeds host first round, with semifinals and final hosted by top seed. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Greenville, 2 Spalding, 3 Webster, 4 MUW, 5 Eureka, 6 Fontbonne
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | MUW | 59 | Eureka | 76 | Final | BX P |
| Fontbonne | 68 | Webster | 73 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 28 | Webster | 64 | Spalding | 57 | Final | BX |
| Eureka | 117 | Greenville | 134 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Webster | 104 | Greenville | 115 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Greenville (20-7)
At-large candidate: None.
State University of New York Athletic Conference
Top six of ten teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 New Paltz, 2 Oswego, 3 Cortland, 4 Plattsburgh, 5 Morrisville, 6 Oneonta
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Morrisville State | 66 | Plattsburgh State | 69 | Final | BX RC |
| SUNY Oneonta | 55 | Cortland | 73 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 28 | Cortland | 74 | Oswego State | 65 | Final | BX |
| Plattsburgh State | 72 | SUNY New Paltz | 74 | Final | BX RC | |
| Mar. 1 | Cortland | 61 | SUNY New Paltz | 52 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Cortland (17-11)
At-large candidate: None.
United East Conference
Top 12 of 16 teams qualify. Top seed hosts all games. Games played Wednesday (Feb. 19)-Saturday (Feb. 22)-Tuesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Bryn Athyn, 2 Penn State-Harrisburg, 3 Lancaster Bible, 4 Keystone, 5 St. Mary's (Md.), 6 Notre Dame (Md.), 7 Cairn, 8 Wilson, 9 St. Elizabeth, 10 Valley Forge, 11 Penn State-Berks, 12 Penn College.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | St. Elizabeth | 70 | Wilson | 76 | Final | BX |
| Penn College | 94 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 85 | Final | BX | |
| Valley Forge | 62 | Cairn | 81 | Final | BX RC | |
| Penn State-Berks | 73 | Notre Dame (Md.) | 88 | Final | ||
| Feb. 22 | Cairn | 54 | Penn State-Harrisburg | 59 | Final | BX |
| Wilson | 63 | Bryn Athyn | 73 | Final | BX | |
| Penn College | 77 | Keystone | 71 | Final | BX | |
| Notre Dame (Md.) | 78 | Lancaster Bible | 71 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Penn College | 91 | Bryn Athyn | 96 | Final - OT | BX |
| Notre Dame (Md.) | 83 | Penn State-Harrisburg | 61 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | Notre Dame (Md.) | 69 | Bryn Athyn | 82 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Bryn Athyn (20-8)
At-large candidate: None.
University Athletic Association
No conference tournament. The UAA is the only conference in Division III basketball with its automatic bid decided on the outcome of regular season play.
Automatic bid: NYU
At-large candidate: Emory and Wash U should also be in the NCAA Tournament. Chicago lost to Wash U on Saturday but probably still makes the tournament as well.
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Top four teams of eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 North Central (Minn.), 2 Minnesota-Morris, 3 Northwestern (Minn.), 4 Bethany Lutheran
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 26 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 87 | Minnesota-Morris | 77 | Final | BX |
| Bethany Lutheran | 68 | North Central (Minn.) | 64 | Final | BX P | |
| Mar. 1 | Bethany Lutheran | 90 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 84 | Final - OT | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Bethany Lutheran (14-13)
At-large candidate: None.
USA South Athletic Conference
Top six of eight qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Pfeiffer, 2 N.C. Wesleyan, 3 Southern Virginia, 4 Mary Baldwin, 4 Brevard, 6 Greensboro
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Brevard | 55 | Mary Baldwin | 69 | Final | BX |
| Greensboro | 77 | Southern Virginia | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Southern Virginia | 67 | N.C. Wesleyan | 95 | Final | BX RC |
| Mary Baldwin | 64 | Pfeiffer | 90 | Final | BX | |
| Mar. 1 | N.C. Wesleyan | 80 | Pfeiffer | 108 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Pfeiffer (19-8)
At-large candidate: None.
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of eight teams qualify. Top two get byes and host semifinals, championship on higher seed's floor. Games played Monday-Wednesday-Friday.
Seedings: 1 UW-Platteville, 2 UW-La Crosse, 3 UW-Eau Claire, 4 UW-Stevens Point, 5 UW-Whitewater, 6 UW-Oshkosh
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 24 | UW-Oshkosh | 56 | UW-Eau Claire | 66 | Final | BX |
| UW-Whitewater | 79 | UW-Stevens Point | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | UW-Stevens Point | 73 | UW-Platteville | 83 | Final | BX P |
| UW-Eau Claire | 55 | UW-La Crosse | 69 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 28 | UW-La Crosse | 68 | UW-Platteville | 89 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: UW-Platteville (25-2)
At-large selection: UW-La Crosse is a lock. UW-Stevens Point is on the wrong side of the bubble.