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 (1st title)
Runner-up	Augustana (IL) (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Whitman (1st Final Four) Williams (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 (42)

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference		Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference
Medaille	21-7 (16-2)	Allegheny Mountain		Hardin-Simmons	24-7 (13-3)	American Southwest
Christopher Newport	27-3 (17-1)	Capital Athletic		Swarthmore	23-6 (14-4)	Centennial
College of Staten Island	21-6 (16-0)	CUNYAC		North Central	18-11 (9-7)	CCIW
Neumann	25-3 (17-1)	Colonial States		Nichols	24-6 (15-3)	Commonwealth Coast
St. John Fisher	23-6 (15-1)	Empire 8		Albertus Magnus	23-5 (16-2)	Great Northeast
Hanover	26-4 (16-2)	Heartland Collegiate		Wartburg	21-10 (8-8)	Iowa Intercollegiate
Scranton	22-7 (11-3)	Landmark		Union	17-11 (10-6)	Liberty
Eastern Connecticut State	21-9 (11-3)	Little East		Salem State	17-11 (9-3)	MASCAC
Calvin	17-11 (10-4)	Michigan Intercollegiate		Lycoming	24-5 (13-3)	Middle Atlantic
Ripon	20-5 (15-3)	Midwest		Bethel	20-6 (15-5)	Minnesota Intercollegiate
Becker	19-9 (13-3)	NECC		Middlebury	27-4 (8-2)	NESCAC
MIT	21-7 (11-3)	NEWMAC		Ramapo	26-3 (16-2)	New Jersey Athletic
Husson	21-7 (16-2)	North Atlantic		Wooster	21-8 (15-3)	North Coast
Morrisville State	22-7 (15-3)	North Eastern Athletic		Benedictine	23-5 (19-1)	Northern Athletics
Whitman	31-1 (16-0)	Northwest		Marietta	26-5 (16-2)	Ohio Athletic
Guilford	24-6 (13-3)	Old Dominion		Thomas More	22-7 (15-3)	Presidents'
Westminster	19-9 (13-5)	SLIAC		Farmingdale State	20-8 (14-2)	Skyline
Rhodes	17-11 (11-3)	Southern Athletic		Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	23-5 (13-3)	SCIAC
Texas Lutheran	19-10 (10-4)	Southern Collegiate		Oswego	21-7 (15-3)	SUNYAC
Washington (MO)	21-6 (12-2)	University Athletic		Northwestern	20-8 (13-3)	Upper Midwest
LaGrange	18-11 (8-6)	USA South		Wisconsin-River Falls	25-4 (12-2)	Wisconsin Intercollegiate

At-large bids (22)

At-large bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference		Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference
Amherst		NESCAC		Augustana (IL)		CCIW
Babson		NEWMAC		Cabrini		Colonial States
Emory		University Athletic		Endicott		Commonwealth Coast
Hope		Michigan Intercollegiate		Keene State		Little East
Wisconsin-Oshkosh		Wisconsin Intercollegiate		Wisconsin-Whitewater		Wisconsin Intercollegiate

Tournament bracket

Upper Left Bracket – Marietta, Ohio

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

Bottom Left Bracket – Babson Park, Massachusetts

	First Round March 3–4 Campus Sites					Second Round March 3–4 Campus Sites					Sectionals March 10–11 Babson Park, MA					Sectionals March 10–11 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

Upper Right Bracket – Middlebury, Vermont

	First Round March 3–4 Campus Sites					Second Round March 3–4 Campus Sites					Sectionals March 10–11 Middlebury, VT					Sectionals March 10–11 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 State		67
	Eastern Connecticut State		86
	MIT		70
											Susquehanna		61
											Williams		78
	Williams		91
	Becker		63
						Williams		80
	Williamstown, MA
						Scranton		53
	Scranton		82
	Oswego State		77

Lower Right Bracket – Holland, Michigan

	First Round March 3–4 Campus Sites					Second Round March 3–4 Campus Sites					Sectionals March 10–11 Holland, MI					Sectionals March 10–11 Holland, MI
	Wisconsin-River Falls		94
	Bethel (MN)		92
						Wisconsin-River Falls		43
	River Falls, WI
						Wartburg		76
	Benidictine (IL)		66
	Wartburg		92
											Wartburg		69
											Augustana (IL)		80
	Wisconsin-Whitewater		85
	Northwestern-St Paul		81
						Wisconsin-Whitewater		70
	Whitewater, WI
						Augustana (IL)		72
	Augustana (IL)		77
	St. Thomas (MN)		74
																Augustana (IL)		77
																Hanover		64
	Hope		87
	Wisconsin-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)
	Wooster		72
	North Central (IL)		77

National Finals – 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