Chatham won just seven games last year and is in just its fourth season of men's basketball, but will play in the NCAA Tournament after winning the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday night. Chatham athletics file photo by Jeanine Leech |
In Division III basketball, "March Madness" starts in late February. There are 43 automatic qualifying bids into the 64-team NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament and 42 of those AQs are awarded to conference tournament winners.
Conference playoffs started on Saturday, Feb. 16 and run through Sunday, Feb. 24.
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Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Top six of ten teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games on Wednesday. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship on Saturday and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 La Roche, 2 Penn State-Behrend, 3 Medaille, 4 Mt. Aloysius, 5 D'Youville, 6 Franciscan
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 20 | D'Youville | 57 | Mount Aloysius | 72 | Final | BX |
Franciscan (Ohio) | 74 | Medaille | 85 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Mount Aloysius | 62 | La Roche | 70 | Final - OT | BX |
Medaille | 52 | Penn State-Behrend | 82 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 24 | Penn State-Behrend | 67 | La Roche | 65 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Penn State-Behrend (23-4)
At-large bid: None.
American Collegiate Athletic Association (no automatic bid)
Four teams qualify, based on a variety of power rankings and, if necessary, the host school qualifies automatically. Rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Thomas More, 2 SUNY-Delhi, 3 Pine Manor, 4 Alfred State (host)
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 23 | Thomas More | 64 | Alfred State | 68 | Final | BX P |
SUNY Delhi | 76 | Pine Manor | 75 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 24 | SUNY Delhi | 77 | Alfred State | 75 | Final | BX P P |
Automatic bid: None.
At-large bid: None.
American Rivers Conference
The top six of nine qualify. Top two seeds get byes to the semifinals. Higher seed hosts each round. Rounds on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Nebraska Wesleyan, 2 Loras, 3 Wartburg, 4 Simpson, 5 Coe, 6 Dubuque
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Dubuque | 83 | Wartburg | 80 | Final | BX |
Coe | 82 | Simpson | 90 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | Simpson | 80 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 85 | Final | BX RC |
Dubuque | 78 | Loras | 93 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Loras | 79 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 97 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Nebraska Wesleyan (26-1)
At-large bid: Loras.
American Southwest Conference
Top four of six in each division qualify. Highest seed in East Division hosts all three rounds on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1E UT-Dallas, 1W Mary Hardin-Baylor, 2E LeTourneau, 2W Concordia (Texas), 3E Louisiana College, 3W Hardin-Simmons, 4E East Texas Baptist, 4W McMurry
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 21 | Hardin-Simmons | 110 | LeTourneau | 101 | Final | BX P |
East Texas Baptist | 73 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 90 | Final | BX P P | |
Louisiana College | 84 | Concordia (Texas) | 86 | Final | BX P | |
McMurry | 66 | Texas-Dallas | 93 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 22 | Hardin-Simmons | 97 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 91 | Final | BX P |
Concordia (Texas) | 69 | Texas-Dallas | 88 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 23 | Hardin-Simmons | 74 | Texas-Dallas | 88 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Texas-Dallas (24-4)
At-large bid: None.
Atlantic East Conference (no automatic bid)
Top six of seven qualify. Top two get first-round byes Monday, tournament is reseeded for the semifinals Wednesday, higher seeds host throughout with the championship on Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Gwynedd Mercy, 2 Marywood, 3 Marymount, 4 Wesley, 5 Cabrini, 6 Immaculata
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 18 | Immaculata | 51 | Marymount | 64 | Final | BX |
Cabrini | 69 | Wesley | 87 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | Wesley | 84 | Gwynedd Mercy | 101 | Final | BX RC |
Marymount | 71 | Marywood | 64 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Marymount | 69 | Gwynedd Mercy | 75 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: None
At-large bid: Gwynedd-Mercy, Pool B.
Capital Athletic Conference
All eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout, rounds on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Christopher Newport, 2 York (Pa.), 3 Mary Washington, 4 Salisbury, 5 Frostburg State, 6 Penn State-Harrisburg, 7 St. Mary's (Md.), 8 Southern Virginia
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 47 | York (Pa.) | 76 | Final | BX RC |
Frostburg State | 76 | Salisbury | 78 | Final - OT | BX | |
Southern Virginia | 59 | Christopher Newport | 89 | Final | BX RC | |
Penn State-Harrisburg | 51 | Mary Washington | 65 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 21 | Mary Washington | 62 | York (Pa.) | 69 | Final | BX RC |
Salisbury | 71 | Christopher Newport | 87 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | York (Pa.) | 56 | Christopher Newport | 78 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Christopher Newport (25-3)
At-large bid: York (Pa.) and Salisbury.
Centennial Conference
Top five of ten qualify. Top three get first-round byes to semfinals. Four seed hosts five seed
on Wednesday. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship on Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Swarthmore, 2 Johns Hopkins, 3 Ursinus, 4 Washington College, 5 Franklin & Marshall
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Franklin and Marshall | 60 | Washington College | 63 | Final | BX P |
Feb. 22 | Ursinus | 60 | Johns Hopkins | 67 | Final | BX RC |
Washington College | 59 | Swarthmore | 77 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Johns Hopkins | 61 | Swarthmore | 79 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Swarthmore (24-3)
At-large bids: None.
City University of New York Athletic Conference
Top six of nine qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes, home teams host first-round and semifinals Saturday and Wednesday, with the championship at Hunter on Friday.
Seedings: 1 Baruch, 2 Staten Island, 3 John Jay, 4 Brooklyn, 5 Medgar Evers, 6 Lehman
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 16 | Lehman | 63 | John Jay | 65 | Final | BX |
Medgar Evers | 69 | Brooklyn | 92 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 20 | Brooklyn | 59 | Baruch | 73 | Final | BX RC |
Feb. 21 | John Jay | 57 | Staten Island | 70 | Final | BX |
Feb. 22 | Staten Island | 74 | Baruch | 76 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Baruch (22-5)
At-large bid: None.
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Top six of nine qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes Tuesday. Higher seeds host first-
round, top seed hosts semifinals and championship Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Augustana, 2 North Central (Ill.), 3 Wheaton (Ill.), 4 Illinois Wesleyan, 5 Carroll, 6 Elmhurst
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Carroll | 73 | Illinois Wesleyan | 82 | Final | BX |
Elmhurst | 75 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 85 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 87 | North Central (Ill.) | 94 | Final | BX RC |
Illinois Wesleyan | 65 | Augustana | 89 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | North Central (Ill.) | 72 | Augustana | 65 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: North Central (Ill) (22-5)
At-large bid: Augustana and Wheaton (Ill).
Colonial States Athletic Conference
Top four of seven qualify. Higher seeds host throughout, rounds on Wednesday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Cairn, 2 Wilson, 3 Rosemont, 4 Centenary (N.J.)
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Centenary (N.J.) | 71 | Cairn | 82 | Final | BX |
Feb. 20 | Rosemont | 113 | Wilson | 79 | Final | BX |
Feb. 23 | Rosemont | 100 | Cairn | 97 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Rosemont (15-12)
At-large bid: None.
Commonwealth Coast Conference
Top seven of nine qualify. Top seed gets a first-round bye. Higher seed hosts throughout. Rounds on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Championship at Holy
Cross.
Seedings: 1 Nichols, 2 Gordon, 3 Roger Williams, 4 Endicott, 5 Western New England, 6 University of New England, 7 Wentworth
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Western New England | 70 | Endicott | 65 | Final | BX RC |
Wentworth | 77 | Gordon | 94 | Final | BX | |
University of New England | 87 | Roger Williams | 102 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | Western New England | 79 | Nichols | 87 | Final | BX RC |
Roger Williams | 89 | Gordon | 103 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Gordon | 90 | Nichols | 105 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Nichols (25-2)
At-large bid: None.
Empire 8
Top four of nine qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Alfred, 2 Nazareth, 3 St. John Fisher, 4 Stevens
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 22 | Stevens | 57 | Alfred | 80 | Final | BX RC |
St. John Fisher | 98 | Nazareth | 90 | Final - OT | BX | |
Feb. 23 | St. John Fisher | 78 | Alfred | 90 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Alfred (23-4)
At-large bid: None.
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Top eight of 12 qualify. Top seeds host throughout. Rounds on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Albertus Magnus, 2 Suffolk, 3 Johnson & Wales (R.I.), 4 Emmanuel, 5 Colby-Sawyer, 6 St. Joseph's (Maine), 7 St. Joseph (Conn.), 8 Lasell
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 95 | Suffolk | 84 | Final | BX |
St. Joseph's (Maine) | 83 | Johnson and Wales | 80 | Final | BX | |
Colby-Sawyer | 83 | Emmanuel | 90 | Final | BX | |
Lasell | 79 | Albertus Magnus | 99 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 91 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 86 | Final | BX |
Emmanuel | 93 | Albertus Magnus | 104 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 77 | Albertus Magnus | 81 | Final | BX P P |
Automatic bid: Albertus Magnus (21-7)
At-large bid: None.
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of 10 qualify. Top two seeds get byes to the semifinals. Top seed hosts quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Hanover, 2 Transylvania, 3 Rose-Hulman, 4 Bluffton, 5 Anderson, 6 Franklin
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 22 | Anderson | 68 | Bluffton | 79 | Final | BX P |
Franklin | 88 | Rose-Hulman | 87 | Final - 2OT | BX P | |
Feb. 23 | Bluffton | 49 | Hanover | 69 | Final | BX P |
Franklin | 77 | Transylvania | 89 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 24 | Transylvania | 73 | Hanover | 76 | Final | BX P |
Feb. 25 | TBA | Hanover | TBA | V |
Automatic bid: Hanover (21-6)
At-large bid: None.
Landmark Conference
Top four of eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host semifinals on Wednesday and top remaining seed hosts championship on Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Drew, 2 Moravian, 3 Susquehanna, 4 Scranton
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 21 | Susquehanna | 73 | Moravian | 91 | Final | BX RC P |
Scranton | 69 | Drew | 75 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 24 | Moravian | 86 | Drew | 72 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Moravian (19-8)
At-large bid: None.
Liberty League
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes. Higher seeds host the first-round on Tuesday. Top seed hosts
semifinals and championship on Saturday and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Skidmore, 2 St. Lawrence, 3 Hobart, 4 Ithaca, 5 RPI, 6 Bard
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | RPI | 74 | Ithaca | 88 | Final | BX |
Bard | 72 | Hobart | 89 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Hobart | 68 | St. Lawrence | 49 | Final | BX |
Ithaca | 77 | Skidmore | 82 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 24 | Hobart | 66 | Skidmore | 82 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Skidmore (19-7)
At-large bid: None.
Little East Conference
Six of nine teams qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes. Higher seeds host quarterfinals on Tuesday. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship on Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Keene State, 2 Eastern Connecticut, 3 Mass-Dartmouth, 4 Western Connecticut, 5 Mass-Boston, 6 Plymouth State
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Plymouth State | 65 | Mass-Dartmouth | 83 | Final | BX P |
Mass-Boston | 77 | Western Connecticut | 97 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 22 | Western Connecticut | 80 | Keene State | 107 | Final | BX RC |
Mass-Dartmouth | 74 | Eastern Connecticut | 79 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | Eastern Connecticut | 69 | Keene State | 72 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Keene State (20-7)
At-large bid: None.
MAC Commonwealth
Top five of 10 qualify. No. 4 and No. 5 seed meet in a play-in game Monday, higher seeds hosts throughout. Semifinals on
Wednesday, championship on Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Arcadia, 2 Hood, 3 Widener, 4 Stevenson, 5 Albright
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 18 | Albright | 78 | Stevenson | 77 | Final | BX P |
Feb. 21 | Albright | 73 | Arcadia | 77 | Final | BX |
Widener | 87 | Hood | 70 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 23 | Widener | 56 | Arcadia | 92 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Arcadia (22-5)
At-large bid: None.
MAC Freedom
Top four of eight teams qualify. Top seeds host throughout. Rounds Wednesday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 DeSales, 2 Wilkes, 3 Eastern, 4 Delaware Valley
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 21 | Eastern | 72 | Wilkes | 79 | Final | BX |
Delaware Valley | 50 | DeSales | 62 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | Wilkes | 66 | DeSales | 78 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: DeSales (21-6)
At-large bid: None.
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Top six of seven teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Rounds Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Salem State, 2 Westfield State, 3 Fitchburg State, 4 Bridgewater State, 5 Framingham State, 6 Worcester State
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Framingham State | 84 | Bridgewater State | 101 | Final | BX |
Worcester State | 55 | Fitchburg State | 67 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | Fitchburg State | 72 | Westfield State | 78 | Final | BX |
Bridgewater State | 80 | Salem State | 93 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Westfield State | 57 | Salem State | 66 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Salem State (18-9)
At-large bid: None.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Top six of eight qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes. Higher seeds host first round Wednesday. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship Friday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Trine, 2 Albion, 3 Olivet, 4 Calvin, 5 Hope, 6 Alma
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 20 | Hope | 66 | Calvin | 68 | Final | BX RC |
Alma | 74 | Olivet | 89 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 22 | Olivet | 85 | Albion | 87 | Final | BX RC P P |
Calvin | 78 | Trine | 82 | Final | BX P P | |
Feb. 23 | Albion | 76 | Trine | 73 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Albion (19-8)
At-large bid: None.
Midwest Conference
Top four of 11 qualify. Semifinals and finals at highest seed on Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 St. Norbert, 2 Grinnell, 3 Lake Forest, 4 Monmouth
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 22 | Lake Forest | 99 | Grinnell | 77 | Final | BX |
Monmouth | 72 | St. Norbert | 73 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Lake Forest | 68 | St. Norbert | 64 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Lake Forest (18-9)
At-large bid: None.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of 11 teams qualify. Brackets reseeded after first round on Tuesday. Top two seeds get
bye to semifinals on Thursday. Higher seeds host throughout. Championship on Saturday.
Seedings: 1 St. Thomas, 2 St. John's, 3 Bethel, 4 Augsburg, 5 St. Olaf, 6 Gustavus Adolphus
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | St. Olaf | 64 | Augsburg | 67 | Final | BX P |
Gustavus Adolphus | 67 | Bethel | 93 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 21 | Bethel | 49 | St. John's | 82 | Final | BX |
Augsburg | 84 | St. Thomas | 81 | Final | BX RC P | |
Feb. 23 | Augsburg | 79 | St. John's | 82 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: St. John's (23-4)
At-large bid: St. Thomas.
New England Collegiate Conference
Dean ineligible for NCAA Tournament. Top six of nine qualify. Top two teams get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Rounds on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 New England College, 2 Eastern Nazarene, 3 Dean, 4 Mitchell, 5 Southern Vermont, 6 Newbury
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Newbury | 96 | Dean | 90 | Final | BX |
Southern Vermont | 53 | Mitchell | 64 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | Newbury | 74 | Eastern Nazarene | 73 | Final | BX |
Mitchell | 87 | New England College | 85 | Final - OT | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | Newbury | 69 | Mitchell | 77 | Final - OT | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Mitchell (19-9)
At-large bid: None.
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Top eight of 11 teams qualify. Home sites for quarterfinals, top remaining seed for semis and championship (brackets are re-seeded after the first round). Rounds Saturday, then the following Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Middlebury, 2 Hamilton, 3 Amherst, 4 Williams, 5 Trinity (Conn.), 6 Wesleyan, 7 Colby, 8 Tufts
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 16 | Wesleyan | 56 | Amherst | 63 | Final | BX |
Tufts | 85 | Middlebury | 76 | Final | BX | |
Colby | 88 | Hamilton | 93 | Final | BX RC | |
Trinity (Conn.) | 77 | Williams | 88 | Final | BX RC P | |
Feb. 23 | Tufts | 84 | Hamilton | 89 | Final | BX RC |
Williams | 69 | Amherst | 74 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 24 | Amherst | 62 | Hamilton | 56 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Amherst (23-4)
At-large bids: Hamilton, Williams, and Middlebury.
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Top five of eight teams qualify. Play-in game Tuesday, semifinals Thursday, championship Saturday. Highest seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 MIT, 2 Emerson, 3 Springfield, 4 Babson, 5 WPI
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | WPI | 70 | Babson | 66 | Final | BX RC P |
Feb. 21 | Springfield | 69 | Emerson | 80 | Final | BX |
WPI | 55 | MIT | 53 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | WPI | 75 | Emerson | 93 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Emerson (16-11)
At-large bid: MIT.
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes. Highest seed hosts throughout. Rounds Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday.
Seedings: 1 NJCU, 2 Rowan, 3 Montclair State, 4 Ramapo, 5 William Paterson, 6 TCNJ
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 16 | TCNJ | 65 | Montclair State | 67 | Final | BX RC |
William Paterson | 65 | Ramapo | 80 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 19 | Montclair State | 86 | Rowan | 95 | Final | BX |
Ramapo | 58 | New Jersey City | 66 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 22 | Rowan | 80 | New Jersey City | 77 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Rowan (21-6)
At-large bid: NJCU and Ramapo.
North Atlantic Conference
Top six of eight teams qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes Saturday. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship the following Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Maine-Farmington, 2 Husson, 3 SUNY-Canton, 4 Thomas, 5 Maine Maritime, 6 Maine-Presque Isle
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 16 | Maine-Presque Isle | 63 | SUNY-Canton | 85 | Final | BX |
Maine Maritime | 63 | Thomas | 67 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 22 | Thomas | 86 | Maine-Farmington | 85 | Final | BX |
SUNY-Canton | 74 | Husson | 85 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Thomas | 67 | Husson | 82 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Husson (17-10)
At-large bid: None.
North Coast Athletic Conference
Top eight of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games Tuesday. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship games Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Wooster, 2 Wittenberg, 3 Wabash, 4 DePauw, 5 Oberlin, 6 Hiram, 7 Ohio Wesleyan, 8 Allegheny
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Oberlin | 62 | DePauw | 66 | Final | BX P |
Ohio Wesleyan | 51 | Wittenberg | 73 | Final | BX | |
Allegheny | 89 | Wooster | 91 | Final | BX RC | |
Hiram | 76 | Wabash | 87 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 22 | DePauw | 52 | Wooster | 73 | Final | BX RC |
Wabash | 75 | Wittenberg | 89 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Wittenberg | 79 | Wooster | 75 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Wittenberg (23-5)
At-large bid: Wooster.
North Eastern Athletic Conference
Top three of six in each division qualify. The top seed in each division gets a first-round bye. The second and third seed in each division play Tuesday. Bracket is reseeded for the semifinals, hosted (along with the championship) by the overall top seed Saturday and Sunday.
Seedings: 1N Morrisville State, 1S Lancaster Bible, 2N SUNY-Poly, 2S Penn State-Abington, 3N SUNY-Cobleskill, 3S St. Elizabeth
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | St. Elizabeth | 66 | Penn State-Abington | 93 | Final | BX |
SUNY-Cobleskill | 51 | SUNYIT | 72 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Penn State-Abington | 54 | Morrisville State | 80 | Final | BX |
SUNYIT | 67 | Lancaster Bible | 64 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 24 | SUNYIT | 73 | Morrisville State | 91 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Morrisville State (23-4)
At-large bid: None.
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Top six of 12 teams qualify (Benedictine not eligible). Higher seeds host first round Wednesday. Bracket reseeded for semifinals, hosted (with championship) by the top seed Saturday and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 MSOE, 2 Concordia (Wis.), 3 Aurora, 4 Illinois Tech, 5 Rockford, 6 Edgewood
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 20 | Rockford | 68 | Illinois Tech | 75 | Final | BX |
Edgewood | 70 | Aurora | 73 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Aurora | 96 | Concordia (Wis.) | 84 | Final | BX P P |
Illinois Tech | 54 | MSOE | 51 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 24 | Illinois Tech | 57 | Aurora | 71 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Aurora (17-11)
At-large bid: None.
Northwest Conference
Top four of nine teams qualify. Highest seeds host throughout. Rounds Thursday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Whitman, 2 Whitworth, 3 Linfield, 4 Puget Sound
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 21 | Linfield | 69 | Whitworth | 88 | Final | BX RC P |
Puget Sound | 81 | Whitman | 128 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | Whitworth | 102 | Whitman | 107 | Final | BX RC RC P |
Automatic bid: Whitman (26-1)
At-large bid: None.
Ohio Athletic Conference
Top eight of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Rounds Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Capital, 2 Mount Union, 3 Marietta, 4 Wilmington, 5 Baldwin Wallace, 6 John Carroll, 7 Heidelberg, 8 Muskingum
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Baldwin Wallace | 74 | Wilmington | 71 | Final | BX RC P |
Heidelberg | 66 | Mount Union | 77 | Final | BX | |
Muskingum | 60 | Capital | 79 | Final | BX P | |
John Carroll | 82 | Marietta | 79 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 21 | Baldwin Wallace | 81 | Capital | 67 | Final | BX |
John Carroll | 84 | Mount Union | 94 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Baldwin Wallace | 79 | Mount Union | 75 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Baldwin-Wallace (20-8)
At-large bid: Marietta and Capital.
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Top 10 of 13 teams qualify. Top six teams get first-round bye. Higher seeds host first round Monday. Quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship at Salem Civic Center Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Randolph-Macon, 2 Guilford, 3 Lynchburg, 4 Virginia Wesleyan, 5 Washington & Lee, 6 Roanoke, 7 Emory & Henry, 8 Bridgewater (Va.), 9 Randolph, 10 Eastern Mennonite
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 18 | Eastern Mennonite | 57 | Emory and Henry | 60 | Final | BX RC P P |
Randolph | 88 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 80 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | Randolph | 42 | Randolph-Macon | 79 | Final | BX RC P |
Washington and Lee | 77 | Virginia Wesleyan | 69 | Final | BX P | |
Emory and Henry | 67 | Guilford | 77 | Final | BX RC P P P | |
Roanoke | 74 | Lynchburg | 72 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 23 | Washington and Lee | 57 | Randolph-Macon | 65 | Final | BX RC |
Roanoke | 65 | Guilford | 67 | Final | BX RC P P | |
Feb. 24 | Guilford | 70 | Randolph-Macon | 59 | Final | BX RC RC P P |
Automatic bid: Guilford (21-7)
At-large bid: Randolph-Macon.
Presidents' Athletic Conference
Eight of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Tournament is reseeded for the semifinals. Rounds Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 St. Vincent, 2 Grove City, 3 Westminster (Pa.), 4 Chatham, 5 Washington & Jefferson, 6 Waynesburg, 7 Geneva, 8 Thiel
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Washington and Jefferson | 54 | Chatham | 55 | Final | BX RC |
Waynesburg | 68 | Westminster (Pa.) | 95 | Final | BX | |
Geneva | 75 | Grove City | 81 | Final | BX | |
Thiel | 58 | St. Vincent | 80 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 21 | Westminster (Pa.) | 59 | Grove City | 48 | Final | BX |
Chatham | 54 | St. Vincent | 51 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Chatham | 64 | Westminster (Pa.) | 61 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Chatham (20-9)
At-large bid: None.
Skyline Conference
Top six of 11 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Rounds Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Farmingdale State, 2 Yeshiva, 3 SUNY-Old Westbury, 4 SUNY-Purchase, 5 Sarah Lawrence, 6 Mount St. Mary
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 21 | SUNY-Old Westbury | 91 | Mount St. Mary | 74 | Final | BX |
Sarah Lawrence | 74 | SUNY-Purchase | 83 | Final | ||
Feb. 22 | SUNY-Old Westbury | 70 | Yeshiva | 103 | Final | BX RC |
SUNY-Purchase | 68 | Farmingdale State | 104 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 24 | Yeshiva | 75 | Farmingdale State | 81 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Farmingdale State (20-7)
At-large bid: None.
Southern Athletic Association
All eight teams qualify. Quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship game hosted by top seed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Centre, 2 Berry, 3 Sewanee, 4 Oglethorpe, 5 Birmingham-Southern, 6 Hendrix, 7 Millsaps, 8 Rhodes
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 22 | Rhodes | 66 | Centre | 75 | Final | BX |
Birmingham-Southern | 62 | Oglethorpe | 65 | Final - OT | BX RC P | |
Millsaps | 60 | Berry | 62 | Final | BX | |
Hendrix | 64 | Sewanee | 82 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | Oglethorpe | 72 | Centre | 75 | Final | BX RC |
Sewanee | 70 | Berry | 63 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 24 | Sewanee | 62 | Centre | 59 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Sewanee (22-6)
At-large bid: None.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top four of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host each round Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Pomona-Pitzer, 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 3 Occidental, 4 Redlands
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 22 | Redlands | 77 | Pomona-Pitzer | 79 | Final | BX |
Occidental | 64 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 62 | Final - OT | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | Occidental | 45 | Pomona-Pitzer | 68 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Pomona-Pitzer (25-2)
At-large bid: None.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Top two teams get byes into semifinals. Quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship hosted by Texas Lutheran Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Southwestern, 2 Texas Lutheran, 3 Centenary, 4 Schreiner, 5 University of Dallas, 6 Trinity (Texas)
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 22 | University of Dallas | 68 | Schreiner | 64 | Final | BX P P |
Trinity (Texas) | 65 | Centenary (La.) | 63 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | University of Dallas | 91 | Southwestern | 84 | Final | BX P |
Trinity (Texas) | 60 | Texas Lutheran | 64 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 24 | University of Dallas | 95 | Texas Lutheran | 99 | Final - 2OT | BX P P |
Automatic bid: Texas Lutheran (18-9)
At-large bid: None.
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top four teams qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Webster, 2 Greenville, 3 Eureka, 4 Blackburn
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 22 | Eureka | 163 | Greenville | 146 | Final | BX P |
Blackburn | 68 | Webster | 70 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | Eureka | 70 | Webster | 69 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Eureka (13-14)
At-large bid: None.
State University of New York Athletic Conference
Top six of ten teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games Tuesday. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship Friday and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Oswego, 2 Plattsburgh, 3 Brockport, 4 Cortland, 5 Oneonta, 6 Potsdam
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | SUNY Potsdam | 88 | Brockport | 94 | Final | BX |
SUNY Oneonta | 84 | Cortland | 71 | Final | BX RC | |
Feb. 22 | Brockport | 86 | Plattsburgh State | 85 | Final | BX |
SUNY Oneonta | 69 | Oswego State | 73 | Final - 2OT | BX RC | |
Feb. 23 | Brockport | 50 | Oswego State | 55 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Oswego State (22-5)
At-large bid: Plattsburgh State.
University Athletic Association
No conference tournament. The UAA is the only conference in NCAA basketball with its automatic bid decided on the outcome of regular season play. This year, the winner of the Feb. 23 matchup of Rochester at Emory will receive the UAA's automatic bid.
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 23 | Rochester | 82 | Emory | 92 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Emory (20-5)
At-large bid: Rochester.
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Top five of nine teams qualify. Top three seeds get bye to
semifinals. Highest seeds host throughout. Rounds Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Northwestern (Minn.), 2 Bethany Lutheran, 3 St. Scholastica, 4 Crown, 5 Minnesota-Morris
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 18 | Minnesota-Morris | 71 | Crown | 78 | Final | BX |
Feb. 21 | Crown | 85 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 106 | Final | BX |
St. Scholastica | 95 | Bethany Lutheran | 88 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | St. Scholastica | 89 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 92 | Final - OT | BX P |
Automatic bid: Northwestern (Mn.) (21-6)
At-large bid: None.
USA South Athletic Conference
Top four of six or seven in each division qualify. Higher seeds host first round Tuesday. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship on Saturday and Sunday (unless Covenant is involved, then Friday and Saturday).
Seedings: 1E North Carolina Wesleyan, 1W Covenant, 2E Methodist, 2W Maryville, 3E William Peace, 3W LaGrange, 4E Averett, 4W Huntingdon
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | Averett | 82 | N.C. Wesleyan | 78 | Final | BX |
Huntingdon | 66 | Covenant | 67 | Final | BX P | |
LaGrange | 77 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 91 | Final | BX | |
William Peace | 70 | Methodist | 104 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 22 | Averett | 68 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 77 | Final | BX |
Methodist | 61 | Covenant | 56 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 23 | Methodist | 67 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 79 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Maryville (21-7)
At-large bid: None.
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Six of eight teams qualify. Top two seeds get first-round byes. Bracket reseeded for semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Rounds Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Seedings: 1 UW-Oshkosh, 2 UW-La Crosse, 3 UW-Platteville, 4 UW-Stevens Point, 5 UW-Eau Claire, 6 UW-Whitewater
Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
Feb. 19 | UW-Whitewater | 60 | UW-Platteville | 77 | Final | BX P |
UW-Eau Claire | 61 | UW-Stevens Point | 89 | Final | BX P | |
Feb. 21 | UW-Stevens Point | 76 | UW-Oshkosh | 56 | Final | BX RC P |
UW-Platteville | 61 | UW-La Crosse | 51 | Final | BX | |
Feb. 23 | UW-Stevens Point | 57 | UW-Platteville | 70 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: UW-Platteville (18-10)
At-large bid: UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse.