2013 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

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2013 NCAA Division III
Men's Basketball Tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams62
Finals siteTwo sites
Salem, Virginia & Atlanta, Georgia
ChampionsAmherst Lord Jeffs (2nd title)
Runner-upMary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDavid Hixon (2nd title)
MOPAllen Williamson (Amherst)
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
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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.

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

Bracket[]

2013 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament is located in the United States
St. Paul
St. Paul
Williamstown
Williamstown
Spokane
Spokane
St. Mary's City
St. Mary's City
Amherst
Amherst
Wooster
Wooster
Naperville
Naperville
Middlebury
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 second 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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "New format developed for 2013 DIII men's basketball tourney".
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