2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2017 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Salem Civic Center Salem, Virginia
Champions	Babson Beavers (1st title)
Runner-up	Augustana Vikings (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Whitman Blues (1st Final Four) Williams Ephs (4th Final Four)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «2016 2018»

The 2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament involving 64 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament concluded with the national semifinal and championship rounds that took place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Babson beat Augustana (IL) 79-78 to win their 1st national title. Joey Flannery was voted as the MVP of the tournament.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2017 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Automatic bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
Allegheny Mountain	Medaille	21–7 (16–2)	5th	2015
American Southwest	Hardin–Simmons	24–7 (13–3)	2nd	2016
Capital	Christopher Newport	27–3 (17–1)	21st	2016
Centennial	Swarthmore	23–6 (14–4)	1st	Never
CUNYAC	Staten Island	21–6 (16–0)	12th	2013
CCIW	North Central (IL)	18–11 (9–7)	9th	2016
Colonial States	Neumann	25–3 (17–1)	2nd	2015
Commonwealth Coast	Nichols	24–6 (15–3)	1st	Never
Empire 8	St. John Fisher	23–6 (15–1)	16th	2015
Great Northeast	Albertus Magnus	23–5 (16–2)	6th	2015
Heartland	Hanover	26–4 (16–2)	7th	2011
Iowa	Wartburg	21–10 (8–8)	7th	2001
Landmark	Scranton	22–7 (11–3)	28th	2016
Liberty	Union (NY)	17–11 (10–6)	4th	2005
Little East	Eastern Connecticut	21–9 (11–3)	7th	2015
MAC Commonwealth	Lycoming	24–5 (13–3)	7th	2016
MAC Freedom	Misericordia	20–8 (9–5)	3rd	2015
MASCAC	Salem State	17–11 (9–3)	24th	2012
Michigan	Calvin	17–11 (10–4)	21st	2015
Midwest	Ripon	20–5 (15–3)	13th	2002
Minnesota	Bethel (MN)	20–6 (15–5)	2nd	1991
NECC	Becker	19–9 (13–3)	3rd	2012
NESCAC	Middlebury	27–4 (8–2)	8th	2016
NEWMAC	MIT	21–7 (11–3)	7th	2014
New Jersey	Ramapo	25–2 (16–2)	7th	2013
North Atlantic	Husson	21–7 (16–2)	6th	2016
North Coast	Wooster	21–8 (15–3)	26th	2016
NEAC	Morrisville State	22–7 (15–3)	4th	2014
Northern Athletics	Benedictine (IL)	23–5 (19–1)	8th	2016
Northwest	Whitman	27–0 (16–0)	2nd	2016
Ohio	Marietta	26–5 (16–2)	6th	2016
Old Dominion	Guilford	24–6 (13–3)	5th	2010
Presidents'	Thomas More	22–7 (15–3)	2nd	2009
Skyline	Farmingdale State	20–8 (14–2)	5th	2012
Southern	Rhodes	17–11 (11–3)	4th	1993
SCIAC	Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	23–5 (13–3)	13th	2015
SCAC	Texas Lutheran	19–10 (10–4)	3rd	2016
SLIAC	Westminster (MO)	19–9 (13–5)	5th	2016
SUNYAC	Oswego State	21–7 (15–3)	5th	2016
UAA	Washington–St. Louis	21–6 (12–2)	20th	2015
Upper Midwest	Northwestern–St. Paul	20–8 (13–3)	7th	2016
USA South	LaGrange	18–11 (8–6)	4th	2016
Wisconsin	UW–River Falls	25–4 (12–2)	3rd	2012

At-large bids (21)

The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2017 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.

At-large bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
NESCAC	Amherst	17–8 (7–3)	19th	2016
CCIW	Augustana (IL)	24–9 (11–5)	16th	2016
NEWMAC	Babson	31–2 (14–0)	9th	2016
Colonial States	Cabrini	19–8 (15–3)	13th	2014
UAA	Emory	19–8 (9–5)	6th	2016
Commonwealth Coast	Endicott	24–7 (15–3)	8th	2016
Michigan	Hope	23–7 (13–1)	26th	2016
Little East	Keene State	22–10 (10–4)	5th	2016
New Jersey	New Jersey City	21–8 (13–5)	17th	2011
UAA	Rochester	24–5 (10–4)	15th	2013
Liberty	St. Lawrence	20–7 (13–3)	13th	2010
Minnesota	St. Thomas (MN)	19–8 (15–5)	18th	2016
Capital	Salisbury	20–8 (14–4)	8th	2016
Liberty	Skidmore	20–8 (14–2)	5th	2016
Landmark	Susquehanna	23–6 (11–3)	7th	2016
NESCAC	Tufts	22–7 (8–2)	5th	2016
Wisconsin	UW–Oshkosh	17–11 (9–5)	7th	2016
Wisconsin	UW–Whitewater	22–7 (9–5)	21st	2015
NESCAC	Wesleyan (CT)	19–7 (6–4)	2nd	2015
Northwest	Whitworth	23–5 (13–3)	12th	2016
NESCAC	Williams	23–9 (5–5)	15th	2014

Tournament bracket

Top-left - Marietta, Ohio

	First round March 3 Campus Sites					Second round March 4 Campus Sites					Sectionals March 10 Marietta, OH					Sectionals March 11 Marietta, OH
	Whitman		111
	Rhodes		98
						Whitman		79
	Walla Walla, WA
						Claremont–Mudd–Scripps		73
	Whitworth		73
	Claremont–Mudd–Scripps		78
											Whitman		102
											Hardin–Simmons		82
	Hardin–Simmons		109
	LaGrange		103
						Hardin–Simmons		95
	Abilene, TX
						Emory		85
	Emory		82
	Texas Lutheran		69
																Whitman		91
																Rochester		87
	Marietta		83
	Calvin		66
						Marietta		88
	Marietta, OH
						Guilford		64
	Guilford		74
	Thomas More		54
											Marietta		80
											Rochester		85
	Rochester		89
	Albertus Magnus		66
						Rochester		82
	Rochester, NY
						Union (NY)		60
	Wesleyan (CT)		83
	Union (NY)		89

Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts

	First round March 3 Campus Sites					Second round March 4 Campus Sites					Sectionals March 10 Babson Park, MA					Sectionals March 11 Babson Park, MA
	Swarthmore		86
	Staten Island		61
						Swarthmore		67
	Swarthmore, PA
						Christopher Newport		77
	Christopher Newport		81
	Morrisville State		45
											Christopher Newport		64
											Keene State		68
	Ramapo		73
	Misericordia		63
						Ramapo		91
	Mahwah, NJ
						Keene State		92*
	Amherst		66
	Keene State		69
																Keene State		79
																Babson		102
	Babson		92
	Husson		76
						Babson		72
	Babson Park, MA
						Skidmore		65
	Skidmore		75
	New Jersey City		67
											Babson		87
											Tufts		80
	St. John Fisher		77
	St. Lawrence		72
						St. John Fisher		81
	Pittsford, NY
						Tufts		94
	Tufts		84
	Salem State		81

Top-right - Middlebury, Vermont

	First round March 3 Campus Sites					Second round March 4 Campus Sites					Sectionals March 10 Middlebury, VT					Sectionals March 11 Middlebury, VT
	Middlebury		84
	Farmingdale State		75
						Middlebury		95
	Middlebury, VT
						Lycoming		76
	Lycoming		86
	Cabrini		70
											Middlebury		89
											Endicott		60
	Neumann		93
	Nichols		96
						Nichols		75
	Aston, PA
						Endicott		111
	Salisbury		68
	Endicott		71
																Middlebury		75
																Williams		79
	Susquehanna		89
	Medaille		82
						Susquehanna		72
	Selinsgrove, PA
						Eastern Connecticut		67
	Eastern Connecticut		86
	MIT		70
											Susquehanna		61
											Williams		78
	Williams		91
	Becker		63
						Williams		80
	Williamstown, MA
						Scranton		53
	Scranton		82*
	Oswego State		77

Bottom-right - Holland, Michigan

	First round March 3 Campus Sites					Second round March 4 Campus Sites					Sectionals March 10 Holland, MI					Sectionals March 11 Holland, MI
	UW–River Falls		94**
	Bethel (MN)		92
						UW–River Falls		43
	River Falls, WI
						Wartburg		76
	Benedictine (IL)		66
	Wartburg		92
											Wartburg		69
											Augustana (IL)		80
	UW–Whitewater		85
	Northwestern–St. Paul		81
						UW–Whitewater		70
	Whitewater, WI
						Augustana (IL)		72
	Augustana (IL)		77
	St. Thomas (MN)		74
																Augustana (IL)		77
																Hanover		64
	Hope		87
	UW–Oshkosh		85
						Hope		94
	Holland, MI
						Washington–St. Louis		80
	Washington–St. Louis		87
	Ripon		72
											Hope		77
											Hanover		79
	Hanover		72
	Westminster (MO)		64
						Hanover		64
	Hanover, IN
						North Central (IL)		63
	Wooster		72
	North Central (IL)		77

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

	Semifinals Friday, March 17					National championship Saturday, March 18
	Whitman		85
	Babson		91
						Babson		79
						Augustana (IL)		78
	Williams		79
	Augustana (IL)		90

See also

• 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2017 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament