2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament began on March 3, 2011. The tournament consists of 61 teams arranged in four sections. The top three teams earn a bye to the second round. The other 58 teams compete in the first round. The first two rounds in each section are held at campus location: four sites per section. The third and fourth rounds take place at the sectional location. The national semifinals and national championship were held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Forty-two teams were granted automatic bids as the champion of their conference. One independent team was selected, and 18 teams were selected as at-large participants.

Qualified teams

SchoolConferenceRecordQualificationLa RocheAllegheny Mountain Collegiate25–2AutomaticMcMurryAmerican Southwest21–7AutomaticSt. Mary's (Md.)Capital Athletic22–5AutomaticFranklin & MarshallCentennial22–5AutomaticMedgar EvansCUNY Athletic17–11AutomaticAugustana (Ill.)Illinois and Wisconsin24–3AutomaticCabriniColonial States Athletic22–5AutomaticAlverniaCommonwealth18–6AutomaticSalve ReginaCommonwealth Coast17–10AutomaticHartwickEmpire 817–10AutomaticDelaware ValleyFreedom17–10AutomaticJohnson & Wales (R.I.)Great Northeast Athletic20–8AutomaticManchesterHeartland Collegiate Athletic21–6 AutomaticLutherIowa Intercollegiate Athletic18–8AutomaticScrantonLandmark20–5AutomaticSkidmoreLiberty League18–9AutomaticRhode Island CollegeLittle East19–7AutomaticBridgewater StateMassachusetts State College Athletic19–9AutomaticHopeMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association22–6AutomaticSt. NorbertMidwest20–5AutomaticSt. Thomas (Minn.)Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic24–3AutomaticElmsNew England Collegiate20–7AutomaticMiddleburyNew England Small College Athletic25–1AutomaticMITNew England Women's and Men's Athletic19–8AutomaticNew Jersey CityNew Jersey Athletic19–9AutomaticHussonNorth Atlantic21–6AutomaticWoosterNorth Coast Athletic26–2AutomaticWellsNorth Eastern Athletic16–11AutomaticBenedictine (Ill.)Northern Athletics21–7AutomaticWhitworthNorthwest26–1AutomaticMariettaOhio Athletic25–3Automatic

SchoolConferenceRecordQualificationRandolph–MaconOld Dominion Athletic24–4AutomaticBethany (W.Va.)Presidents' Athletic21–7AutomaticPurchaseSkyline23–4AutomaticWebsterSt. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic20–6AutomaticRedlandsSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic16–11AutomaticCentreSouthern Collegiate Athletic21–5AutomaticBuffalo StateSUNY Athletic21–6AutomaticRochester (N.Y.)University Athletic Association20–5AutomaticNorthwestern (Minn.)Upper Midwest Athletic21–6AutomaticNorth Carolina WesleyanUSA South Athletic21–6AutomaticWisconsin–Stevens PointWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic24–3AutomaticChapmanIndependent24–3At-largeAmherstNew England Small College Athletic22–3At-largeBeckerNorth Atlantic23–4At-largeConcordia (Wis.)Northern Athletics23–4At-largeGwynedd–MercyColonial States Athletic21–6At-largeHanoverHeartland Collegiate Athletic19–7At-largeIllinois WesleyanIllinois & Wisconsin19–8At-largeIthacaEmpire 820–6At-largeMary Hardin-BaylorSouthwest21–7At-largeOswego StateSUNY Athletic23–4At-largePenn State–BehrendAllegheny Mountain Collegiate23–4At-largeRamapoNew Jersey Athletic20–6At-largeTexas–DallasAmerican Southwest21–6At-largeVirginia WesleyanOld Dominion Athletic23–4At-largeWestern Connecticut StateLittle East 21–5At-largeWilliamsNew England Small College Athletic25–2At-largeWisconsin–River FallsWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic20–7At-largeWittenbergNorth Coast Athletic19–8At-largeWPINew England Women's and Men's Athletic22–5At-large

Sectional play

Wooster, Ohio Sectional

Williamstown, Massachusetts Sectional

Rock Island, Illinois Sectional

Rochester, New York Sectional

Semifinals and National championship – Salem, Virginia

References