2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 2012 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. It involved 62 teams, beginning on March 1, 2012 and concluded with the championship game on March 17, 2012, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

The UW-Whitewater Warhawks won their third Division III title, defeating the Cabrini Cavaliers in the championship game by a score of 63-60.

Tournament schedule and venues

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2012 tournament:

First and second rounds Coles Center, New York, NY (Host: New York University) O'Brien Center, St. Mary's City, MD (Host: St. Mary's College of Maryland) Washington University Field House, St. Louis, MO (Host: Washington University in St. Louis) Beck Center, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: Transylvania University) DeVos Fieldhouse, Holland, MI (Host: Hope College) Timken Gymnasium, Wooster, OH (Host: The College of Wooster) Dixon Center, Radnor, PA (Host: Cabrini College) Max Ziel Gymnasium, Oswego, NY (Host: State University of New York at Oswego) Recreation Center, Wayne, NJ (Host: William Paterson University) Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, VT (Host: Middlebury College) Binder Physical Education Center, Oneonta, NY (Host: Hartwick College) Sports and Recreation Center, Staten Island, NY (Host: College of Staten Island) Mayser Center, Lancaster, PA (Host: Franklin & Marshall College) Karges Center, River Falls, WI (Host: UW-River Falls) Williams Center, Whitewater, WI (Host: UW-Whitewater) Mayborn Campus Center, Belton, TX (Host: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor) LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, MA (Host: Amherst College) Batten Student Center, Virginia Beach, VA (Host: Virginia Wesleyan College)

Sectional sites Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, VT (Host: Middlebury College) Timken Gymnasium, Wooster, OH (Host: The College of Wooster) Mayser Center, Lancaster, PA (Host: Franklin & Marshall College) LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, MA (Host: Amherst College)

Final Four - Salem Salem Civic Center (Host: Old Dominion Athletic Conference)

Qualified 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).

ConferenceSchoolAppearanceLast BidAllegheny MountainMedaille3rd2010American SouthwestMcMurry4th2011CapitalYork (Pa.)3rd2006CentennialFranklin and Marshall23rd2011CUNYACStaten Island10th2002CCIWNorth Central (Ill.)6th2006Colonial StatesCabrini10th2011Commonwealth CoastEndicott5th2006Empire 8Ithaca9th2011Great NortheastAlbertus Magnus2nd2010HeartlandRose-Hulman9th1999IowaBuena Vista9th2008LandmarkScranton24th2011LibertySkidmore2nd2011Little EastEastern Connecticut4th2000MASCACSalem State23rd2009MichiganHope23rd2011MAC-CommonwealthMessiah3rd2007MAC-FreedomMisericordia1stNeverMidwestCarroll2nd2006MinnesotaSt. Thomas13th2011New EnglandBecker2nd2011NESCACAmherst14th2011NEWMACMIT4th2011New JerseyWilliam Paterson15th2010North AtlanticCastleton State2nd2004North CoastWooster21st2011North EasternMorrisville State1stNeverNorthernEdgewood3rd2005NorthwestWhitworth7th2011OhioCapital9th2009Old DominionVirginia Wesleyan12th2011Presidents'Bethany8th2011SkylineFarmingdale State4th2009SCIACClaremont-Mudd-Scripps11th2010SCACTrinity (Texas)6th2008SLIACWestminster (Mo.)3rd2010SUNYACOswego State2nd2011UAAWashington U.16th2010Upper MidwestNorthwestern (Minn.)2nd2011USA SouthChristopher Newport18th2010WisconsinUW-River Falls2nd2011

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).

ConferenceSchoolAppearanceLast BidPoolGreat SouthMaryville (Tenn.)15th2010Pool BSCACBirmingham-Southern1stNeverPool CMinnesotaGustavus Adolphus13th2005Pool CEmpire 8Hartwick6th2011Pool CLibertyHobart2nd2001Pool CCCIWIllinois Wesleyan21st2011Pool CAmerican SouthwestMary Hardin-Baylor5th2011Pool CNESCACMiddlebury5th2011Pool CUAANYU26th2006Pool CNorth CoastOhio Wesleyan3rd2008Pool COld DominionRandolph-Macon12th2011Pool CLittle EastRhode Island College9th2011Pool CSkylineSt. Joseph's-Long Island2nd2009Pool CCapitalSt. Mary's (Md.)4th2011Pool CHeartlandTransylvania8th2009Pool CWisconsinUW-Stevens Point11th2011Pool CWisconsinUW-Whitewater17th2011Pool CLittle EastWestern Connecticut12th2011Pool CCCIWWheaton (Ill.)8th2010Pool CNorth CoastWittenberg26th2011Pool C

Bracket * – Denotes overtime period

Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

Middlebury, VT Sectional

Wooster, OH Sectional

Lancaster, PA Sectional

Whitewater, WI Sectional

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %R62R32S16E8F4CGNC Wisconsin 3 6-2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 CSAC 1 5–1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CCIW 3 8–3 3 3 3 1 1 NEWMAC 1 4–1 1 1 1 1 1 North Coast 3 5–3 3 2 2 1 Centennial 1 3–1 1 1 1 1 Landmark 1 3–1 1 1 1 1 ODAC 2 2–2 1 1 1 1 NESCAC 2 3–2 2 2 2 Little East 3 4–3 3 3 1 CUNYAC 1 2–1 1 1 1 Northwest 1 2–1 1 1 1 UAA 2 2–2 2 2 Capital 2 1–2 2 1 Liberty League 2 1–2 2 1 Michigan 2 1–2 2 1 SCAC 2 1–2 2 1 Skyline 2 1–2 2 1 Great Northeast 1 1–1 1 1 Michigan 1 1–1 1 1 Midwest 1 1–1 1 1 New England 1 1–1 1 1 Northern 1 1–1 1 1 Ohio 1 1–1 1 1 SUNYAC 1 1–1 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 NESCAC and ODAC each had one representative which earned a bye to the second round. The AMCC, CCC, IIAC, MASCAC, MAC Commonwealth, MAC Freedom, NJAC, North Atlantic, NEAC, Presidents' Athletic Conference, SCIAC, SLIAC, UMAC, and USA South each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1. The American Southwest, Empire 8, Heartland had two representatives, eliminated in the first round, with a record of 0–2.

See also 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

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