It was a road-court celebration for Neumann in the Atlantic East. Photo by Dan Hunter, d3photography.com |
In Division III basketball, "March Madness" starts in late February. There are 44 automatic qualifying bids into the 64-team NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament and 43 of those AQs are awarded to conference tournament winners.
Conference playoffs start as early as Tuesday, Feb. 15 and run through Sunday, Feb. 27. You can get the lowdown on all the tournaments here, including links to live stats, game broadcasts, box scores and recaps as they are posted by participating schools.
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Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Penn State-Behrend, 2 Penn State-Altoona, 3 La Roche, 4 Medaille, 5 Pitt-Greensburg, 6 Hilbert
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Hilbert | 71 | La Roche | 89 | Final | BX P |
| Pitt-Greensburg | 61 | Medaille | 64 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Medaille | 70 | Penn State-Behrend | 63 | Final | BX |
| La Roche | 95 | Penn State-Altoona | 63 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Medaille | 71 | La Roche | 70 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Medaille (15-12)
At-large candidate: None.
American Rivers Conference
The top six of nine qualify. Top two seeds get byes to the semifinals. Higher seed hosts each round.
Seedings: 1 Dubuque, 2 Buena Vista, 3 Coe, 4 Wartburg, 5 Loras, 6 Nebraska Wesleyan
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 65 | Coe | 74 | Final | BX |
| Loras | 77 | Wartburg | 62 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Loras | 58 | Dubuque | 78 | Final | BX |
| Coe | 81 | Buena Vista | 95 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Buena Vista | 52 | Dubuque | 71 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Dubuque (21-6)
At-large candidate: None. All here as it should be.
American Southwest Conference
Top eight of 11 qualify. Highest seed hosts all three rounds.
Seedings: 1 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 2 LeTourneau, 3 Hardin-Simmons, 4 Texas-Dallas, 5 East Texas Baptist, 6 McMurry, 7 Sul Ross State, 8 Concordia (Texas)
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 24 | McMurry | 79 | Hardin-Simmons | 89 | Final | BX P |
| Sul Ross State | 61 | LeTourneau | 73 | Final | BX | |
| East Texas Baptist | 68 | Texas-Dallas | 71 | Final | BX | |
| Concordia (Texas) | 82 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 87 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Hardin-Simmons | 61 | LeTourneau | 70 | Final | BX RC P |
| Texas-Dallas | 73 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 90 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | LeTourneau | 82 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 99 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Mary Hardin-Baylor (25-2)
At-large candidate: None
Atlantic East Conference
All seven teams qualify, with the top seed getting a first-round bye, reseeded after opening round. Highest seed hosts all three rounds.
Seedings: 1 Marymount, 2 Neumann, 3 Gwynedd Mercy, 4 Cabrini, 5 Immaculata, 6 Centenary (N.J.), 7 Marywood
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Marywood | 62 | Neumann | 89 | Final | BX RC |
| Immaculata | 89 | Cabrini | 86 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Centenary (N.J.) | 66 | Gwynedd Mercy | 63 | Final | BX RC RC | |
| Feb. 23 | Centenary (N.J.) | 61 | Neumann | 76 | Final | BX RC |
| Immaculata | 62 | Marymount | 84 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 26 | Neumann | 61 | Marymount | 59 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Neumann (21-7)
At-large candidate: None.
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 Johns Hopkins, 2 Swarthmore, 3 Gettysburg, 4 Dickinson, 5 Ursinus
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Ursinus | 73 | Dickinson | 67 | Final | BX RC |
| Feb. 25 | Swarthmore | 80 | Gettysburg | 64 | Final | BX RC |
| Ursinus | 75 | Johns Hopkins | 81 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Swarthmore | 66 | Johns Hopkins | 80 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Johns Hopkins (22-3)
At-large candidate: Swarthmore is one of the first teams in as an at-large.
City University of New York Athletic Conference
All eight teams qualify. Home sites for quarterfinals and semifinals, championship at CCNY.
Seedings: 1 Lehman, 2 Baruch, 3 York (N.Y.), 4 John Jay, 5 Hunter, 6 CCNY, 7 Medgar Evers, 8 Brooklyn
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | Brooklyn | 54 | Lehman | 71 | Final | BX |
| Medgar Evers | 66 | Baruch | 94 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 20 | CCNY | 68 | York (N.Y.) | 76 | Final | BX |
| Hunter | 101 | John Jay | 97 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | Hunter | 95 | Lehman | 122 | Final | BX |
| York (N.Y.) | 60 | Baruch | 77 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 25 | Baruch | 75 | Lehman | 69 | Final - OT | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Baruch (21-7)
At-large candidate: None.
Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference
Five teams opted in. Top three get first-round byes, held at Christopher Newport.
Seedings: 1 Christopher Newport, 2 Mary Washington, 3 Salisbury, 4 UC Santa Cruz, 5 Pratt.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 24 | Pratt | 48 | UC Santa Cruz | 80 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 25 | UC Santa Cruz | 69 | Christopher Newport | 89 | Final | BX |
| Salisbury | 60 | Mary Washington | 67 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Mary Washington | 69 | Christopher Newport | 80 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Christopher Newport (24-2)
At-large candidate: None
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Top six of nine qualify. Higher seeds host first round, reseeded before semifinals. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Illinois Wesleyan, 2 Wheaton (Ill.), 3 Elmhurst, 4 North Central (Ill.), 5 Millikin, 6 Augustana
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Augustana | 63 | Elmhurst | 81 | Final | BX |
| Millikin | 50 | North Central (Ill.) | 57 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 68 | Elmhurst | 74 | Final | BX |
| North Central (Ill.) | 81 | Illinois Wesleyan | 74 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | North Central (Ill.) | 65 | Elmhurst | 82 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Elmhurst (22-6)
At-large candidate: This is a three-bid league with Illinois Wesleyan (21-5) and Wheaton (Ill.) (20-6) in line for at-large bids.
Colonial States Athletic Conference
Top five of eight qualify, with all games on higher seed's floor.
Seedings: 1 Wilson, 2 Rosemont, 3 Cairn, 4 St. Elizabeth, 5 Keystone
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Keystone | 76 | St. Elizabeth | 63 | Final | BX RC |
| Feb. 23 | Cairn | 68 | Rosemont | 65 | Final | BX RC |
| Keystone | 77 | Wilson | 86 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Cairn | 72 | Wilson | 77 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Wilson (18-7)
At-large candidate: None.
Commonwealth Coast Conference
All teams qualify, higher seed hosts throughout. Teams reseeded after first round/before quarterfinals.
Seedings: 1 Nichols, 2 Salve Regina, 3 Roger Williams, 4 Suffolk, 5 Endicott, 6 Western New England, 7 Gordon, 8 University of New England, 9 Wentworth, 10 Curry
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Curry | 66 | Gordon | 80 | Final | BX |
| Wentworth | 93 | University of New England | 73 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 22 | Endicott | 73 | Suffolk | 75 | Final | BX |
| Wentworth | 86 | Nichols | 93 | Final | BX | |
| Gordon | 57 | Salve Regina | 78 | Final | BX RC P P | |
| Western New England | 67 | Roger Williams | 63 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Suffolk | 86 | Nichols | 87 | Final | BX |
| Western New England | 62 | Salve Regina | 66 | Final | BX RC P P | |
| Feb. 26 | Salve Regina | 55 | Nichols | 60 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Nichols (25-3)
At-large candidate: None likely.
Empire 8
Top five of nine qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Utica, 2 Nazareth, 3 St. John Fisher, 4 Alfred, 5 Sage
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Sage | 61 | Alfred | 75 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 25 | Alfred | 70 | Utica | 75 | Final | BX |
| St. John Fisher | 71 | Nazareth | 80 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Nazareth | 54 | Utica | 53 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Nazareth (23-4)
At-large candidate: Utica (23-4) could get a look
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Top 12 of 13 teams qualify, regardless of division. Top seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 St. Joseph (Conn.), 2 Albertus Magnus, 3 Lasell, 4 Anna Maria, 5 Emmanuel, 6 Norwich, 7 Regis (Mass.), 8 Johnson & Wales, 9 St. Joseph's (Maine), 10 Colby-Sawyer, 11 Rivier, 12 Dean
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Rivier | 63 | Norwich | 65 | Final | BX |
| Dean | 69 | Emmanuel | 99 | Final | BX | |
| Colby-Sawyer | 59 | Regis (Mass.) | 66 | Final | BX | |
| St. Joseph's (Maine) | 89 | Johnson and Wales | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 45 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 95 | Final | BX RC |
| Emmanuel | 55 | Anna Maria | 62 | Final | BX | |
| Norwich | 57 | Lasell | 69 | Final | BX | |
| Regis (Mass.) | 89 | Albertus Magnus | 99 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 26 | Lasell | 82 | Albertus Magnus | 96 | Final | BX |
| Anna Maria | 46 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 99 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 27 | Albertus Magnus | 67 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 94 | Final | BX RC P P |
Automatic bid: St. Jospeh (Conn.) (26-1)
At-large candidate: None likely. Albertus Magnus was too far down in the Region 1 rankings.
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top eight of 10 qualify. Teams to be seeded using an RPI formula, with the NCAA SOS calculation without home-away modifier. Highest seeds host quarterfinals. Regular season champion hosts semifinals and championship games.
Seedings: 1 Hanover, 2 Rose-Hulman, 3 Defiance, 4 Transylvania, 5 Anderson, 6 Franklin, 7 Earlham, 8 Mount St. Joseph
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Anderson | 65 | Transylvania | 66 | Final | BX |
| Mount St. Joseph | 67 | Hanover | 73 | Final | BX | |
| Earlham | 56 | Rose-Hulman | 66 | Final | BX | |
| Franklin | 81 | Defiance | 69 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Transylvania | 74 | Hanover | 90 | Final | BX |
| Franklin | 73 | Rose-Hulman | 54 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Franklin | 91 | Hanover | 84 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Franklin (14-14)
At-large candidate: Hanover will probably get discussed but won't probably get in.
Landmark Conference
Top four teams qualify. Higher seeds host semifinals and top remaining seed hosts championship.
Seedings: 1 Susquehanna, 2 Drew, 3 Catholic, 4 Juniata
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Juniata | 52 | Susquehanna | 59 | Final | BX RC |
| Catholic | 58 | Drew | 60 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Drew | 68 | Susquehanna | 76 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Susquehanna (23-4)
At-large candidate: None.
Liberty League
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 RPI, 2 Ithaca, 3 Vassar, 4 St. Lawrence, 5 Skidmore, 6 Hobart
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Hobart | 69 | Vassar | 71 | Final | BX |
| Skidmore | 67 | St. Lawrence | 55 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Skidmore | 70 | RPI | 53 | Final | BX |
| Vassar | 76 | Ithaca | 74 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Vassar | 65 | Skidmore | 48 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Vassar (18-8)
At-large candidate: RPI will likely get in.
Little East Conference
All nine teams qualify. Play-in game between 8 and 9 seed, higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Mass-Dartmouth, 2 Eastern Connecticut, 3 Keene State, 4 Plymouth State, 5 Western Connecticut, 6 Rhode Island College, 7 Mass-Boston, 8 Southern Maine, 9 Castleton
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Castleton | 62 | Southern Maine | 68 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 22 | Western Connecticut | 62 | Plymouth State | 71 | Final | BX |
| Rhode Island College | 70 | Keene State | 73 | Final | BX RC RC | |
| Southern Maine | 75 | Mass-Dartmouth | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Mass-Boston | 73 | Eastern Connecticut | 76 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Plymouth State | 86 | Mass-Dartmouth | 98 | Final | BX |
| Keene State | 79 | Eastern Connecticut | 56 | Final | BX RC RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Keene State | 71 | Mass-Dartmouth | 69 | Final - OT | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Keene State (20-6)
At-large candidate: Mass-Dartmouth highly likely to take an at-large bid.
Commonwealth Conference
All nine teams qualify. Higher seeds hosts throughout.
Seedings: 1 Eastern, 2 Hood, 3 Alvernia, 4 Messiah, 5 Stevenson, 6 Widener, 7 Albright, 8 York, 9 Lebanon Valley
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Lebanon Valley | 73 | York (Pa.) | 65 | Final | BX RC |
| Feb. 23 | Albright | 79 | Hood | 82 | Final | BX |
| Widener | 98 | Alvernia | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Lebanon Valley | 70 | Eastern | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Stevenson | 50 | Messiah | 73 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Widener | 77 | Hood | 90 | Final | BX RC |
| Messiah | 73 | Eastern | 84 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Hood | 75 | Eastern | 71 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Hood (20-6)
At-large candidate: Eastern will be in the mix.
MAC Freedom Conference
All nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 DeSales, 2 Stevens, 3 Arcadia, 4 Delaware Valley, 5 Lycoming, 6 Misericordia, 7 Wilkes, 8 King's, 9 FDU-Florham
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | FDU-Florham | 73 | King's | 78 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 23 | Misericordia | 98 | Arcadia | 70 | Final | BX P |
| Lycoming | 55 | Delaware Valley | 41 | Final | BX | |
| Wilkes | 61 | Stevens | 71 | Final | BX | |
| King's | 45 | DeSales | 104 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Misericordia | 64 | Stevens | 75 | Final | BX |
| Lycoming | 65 | DeSales | 61 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 27 | Lycoming | 68 | Stevens | 71 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Stevens (16-8)
At-large candidate: DeSales will be in the mix, but they may get jumped by Rowan since the Profs went farther in the NJAC tournament.
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
All seven teams qualify. No. 1 seed gets first-round bye. Bracket reseeded after first round. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Westfield State, 2 Salem State, 3 Worcester State, 4 MCLA, 5 Fitchburg State, 6 Bridgewater State, 7 Framingham State
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Framingham State | 55 | Salem State | 101 | Final | BX |
| Bridgewater State | 53 | Worcester State | 79 | Final | BX | |
| Fitchburg State | 77 | Massachusetts College | 76 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Fitchburg State | 58 | Westfield State | 80 | Final | BX RC |
| Worcester State | 77 | Salem State | 68 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Worcester State | 66 | Westfield State | 80 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Westfield State (22-4)
At-large candidate: None.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
All eight qualify. Semifinals at higher seeds, championship at highest remaining seed.
Seedings: 1 Hope, 2 Calvin, 3 Trine, 4 Albion, 5 Olivet, 6 Adrian, 7 Alma, 8 Kalamazoo
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Alma | 70 | Calvin | 91 | Final | BX P P |
| Kalamazoo | 58 | Hope | 80 | Final | BX RC | |
| Olivet | 69 | Albion | 92 | Final | BX RC | |
| Adrian | 63 | Trine | 92 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Trine | 54 | Calvin | 75 | Final | BX P |
| Albion | 82 | Hope | 94 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Calvin | 68 | Hope | 76 | Final | BX P P |
Automatic bid: Hope (22-6)
At-large candidate:
Midwest Conference
Top four of 10 qualify. Semifinals and finals at highest seed.
Seedings: 1 Ripon, 2 Cornell, 3 Grinnell, 4 Illinois College
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Grinnell | 97 | Cornell | 111 | Final | BX |
| Illinois College | 51 | Ripon | 61 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 26 | Cornell | 82 | Ripon | 79 | Final - 2OT | BX |
Automatic bid: Cornell (19-8)
At-large candidate: None.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
All 11 teams qualify. Top five seeds get bye to quarterfinals. Higher seeds host.
Seedings: 1 St. John's, 2 Augsburg, 3 Carleton, 4 Gustavus Adolphus, 5 St. Olaf, 6 Macalester, 7 Bethel, 8 Hamline, 9 St. Mary's (Minn.), 10 Concordia-Moorhead, 11 St. Scholastica
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | Concordia-Moorhead | 63 | Bethel | 82 | Final | BX |
| St. Mary's (Minn.) | 64 | Hamline | 89 | Final | BX | |
| St. Scholastica | 66 | Macalester | 79 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | Hamline | 53 | St. John's | 74 | Final | BX |
| Macalester | 70 | Carleton | 56 | Final | BX | |
| St. Olaf | 76 | Gustavus Adolphus | 73 | Final | BX RC | |
| Bethel | 66 | Augsburg | 82 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 25 | St. Olaf | 57 | St. John's | 76 | Final | BX P |
| Macalester | 76 | Augsburg | 74 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 27 | Macalester | 71 | St. John's | 75 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: St. John's (23-4)
At-large candidate: None.
New England Collegiate Conference
All four teams qualify. This conference still has an automatic bid because of the two-year grace period for conferences falling below six/seven members.
Seedings: 1 Eastern Nazarene, 2 Mitchell, 3 New England College, 4 Lesley
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | New England College | 94 | Mitchell | 95 | Final | BX |
| Lesley | 66 | Eastern Nazarene | 91 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Mitchell | 87 | Eastern Nazarene | 83 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Mitchell (17-10)
At-large candidate: None.
New England Small College Athletic Conference
All 11 teams qualify. Top five seeds receive byes into the quarterfinals. Higher seeds host during first round and quarterfinals. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and final.
Seedings: 1 Wesleyan, 2 Tufts, 3 Middlebury, 4 Williams, 5 Amherst, 6 Connecticut College, 7 Trinity, 8 Hamilton, 9 Colby, 10 Bates, 11 Bowdoin
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 18 | Bowdoin | 56 | Connecticut College | 53 | Final | |
| Bates | 50 | Trinity (Conn.) | 67 | Final | BX | |
| Colby | 64 | Hamilton | 58 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 19 | Amherst | 66 | Williams | 70 | Final | BX |
| Feb. 20 | Trinity (Conn.) | 90 | Tufts | 76 | Final | BX |
| Colby | 71 | Wesleyan | 82 | Final | BX | |
| Bowdoin | 72 | Middlebury | 91 | Final | ||
| Feb. 26 | Trinity (Conn.) | 67 | Wesleyan | 70 | Final | BX P |
| Williams | 78 | Middlebury | 61 | Final | P | |
| Feb. 27 | Williams | 75 | Wesleyan | 78 | Final - OT | BX P |
Automatic bid: Wesleyan (24-3)
At-large candidate: Williams in for sure. Middlebury is probably in the conversation but a long shot.
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Top five of eight teams qualify. Higher seed hosts throughout.
Seedings: 1 WPI, 2 Babson, 3 Emerson, 4 Clark, 5 MIT
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | MIT | 88 | Clark | 71 | Final | BX RC |
| Feb. 24 | Emerson | 85 | Babson | 77 | Final - OT | BX |
| MIT | 52 | WPI | 68 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Emerson | 54 | WPI | 70 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: WPI (24-2)
At-large candidate: Babson is a fairly strong Pool C candidate. Emerson as well.
New Jersey Athletic Conference
All 10 teams qualify. Top two get byes. Highest seed hosts throughout.
Seedings: 1 Stockton, 2 Rowan, 3 Rutgers-Newark, 4 Montclair State, 5 Wiliam Paterson, 6 Kean, 7 New Jersey City, 8 TCNJ, 9 Ramapo, 10 Rutgers-Camden
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | Rutgers-Camden | 52 | New Jersey City | 80 | Final | BX RC |
| Ramapo | 74 | TCNJ | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | William Paterson | 66 | Montclair State | 71 | Final | BX |
| TCNJ | 67 | Stockton | 71 | Final | BX | |
| Kean | 70 | Rutgers-Newark | 89 | Final | BX | |
| New Jersey City | 91 | Rowan | 96 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Montclair State | 78 | Stockton | 92 | Final | BX |
| Rutgers-Newark | 69 | Rowan | 72 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Rowan | 91 | Stockton | 95 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Stockton (24-4)
At-large candidate: Rowan and Rutgers-Newark were both in the last Region 4 rankings, but we don't know how many at-large bids will come from there. Rowan has the best shot.
North Atlantic Conference
All 12 teams qualify. First-round games are hosted by the No. 3 and No. 3 seeds in each division while the top two seeds in each division receive a first-round bye. First-round winners advance to the quarterfinals, hosted by divisional top seeds. The East Division winner hosts the championship game.
Seedings: East 1 Husson, 2 Maine-Farmington, 3 Maine-Presque Isle, 4 Maine Maritime, 5 Northern Vermont-Lyndon, 6 Thomas. West 1 SUNY Delhi, 2 SUNY Poly, 3 SUNY Canton, 4 Northern Vermont-Johnson, 5 Cazenovia, 6 SUNY Cobleskill.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 15 | NVU-Lyndon | 69 | Maine Maritime | 63 | Final | BX P P |
| Thomas | 71 | Maine-Presque Isle | 83 | Final | BX | |
| Cazenovia | 62 | NVU-Johnson | 65 | Final | BX | |
| NVU-Lyndon | NVU-Johnson | Cancelled | V | |||
| SUNY-Cobleskill | 68 | SUNY-Canton | 87 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 18 | NVU-Johnson | 76 | SUNY Delhi | 94 | Final | BX P |
| NVU-Lyndon | 66 | Husson | 89 | Final | BX P | |
| SUNY-Canton | 64 | SUNYIT | 71 | Final | BX RC | |
| Maine-Presque Isle | 79 | Maine-Farmington | 96 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 19 | Maine-Farmington | 63 | Husson | 64 | Final | BX |
| SUNYIT | 82 | SUNY Delhi | 57 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | SUNYIT | 53 | Husson | 57 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Husson (15-9)
At-large candidate: None.
North Coast Athletic Conference
Top eight of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship games.
Seedings: 1 Wabash, 2 Wooster, 3 Ohio Wesleyan, 4 Wittenberg, 5 Denison, 6 DePauw, 7 Allegheny, 8 Hiram
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | DePauw | 81 | Ohio Wesleyan | 71 | Final | BX |
| Denison | 62 | Wittenberg | 58 | Final | BX | |
| Allegheny | 79 | Wooster | 86 | Final | BX RC | |
| Hiram | 79 | Wabash | 101 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | DePauw | 59 | Wooster | 75 | Final | BX RC P |
| Denison | 74 | Wabash | 98 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Wooster | 84 | Wabash | 85 | Final - OT | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Wabash (24-3)
At-large candidate: None.
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
All 13 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Concordia-Chicago, 2 Concordia (Wis.), 3, St. Norbert, 4 Illinois Tech, 5 Marian, 6 Wisconsin Lutheran, 7 Benedictine, 8 Edgewood, 9 Rockford, 10 Lakeland, 11 MSOE, 12 Aurora, 13 Dominican
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | MSOE | 55 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 88 | Final | BX |
| Rockford | 86 | Edgewood | 92 | Final | BX RC | |
| Dominican | 58 | Illinois Tech | 70 | Final | BX | |
| Aurora | 75 | Marian | 76 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Lakeland | 63 | Benedictine | 87 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 23 | Marian | 85 | Illinois Tech | 71 | Final | BX |
| Edgewood | 81 | Concordia-Chicago | 94 | Final | BX RC | |
| Benedictine | 56 | Concordia (Wis.) | 71 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Wisconsin Lutheran | 78 | St. Norbert | 87 | Final - OT | BX P P | |
| Feb. 25 | St. Norbert | 79 | Concordia (Wis.) | 88 | Final | BX P |
| Marian | 52 | Concordia-Chicago | 49 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Marian | 77 | Concordia (Wis.) | 71 | Final | BX P P P P P |
Automatic bid: Marian (19-8)
At-large candidate: None.
Northwest Conference
Top four of nine teams qualify. Highest seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Linfield, 2 Whitworth, 3 Pacific Lutheran, 4 Whitman
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 24 | Pacific Lutheran | 72 | Whitworth | 80 | Final | BX RC |
| Whitman | 82 | Linfield | 79 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Whitman | 59 | Whitworth | 85 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Whitworth (22-4)
At-large candidate: None.
Ohio Athletic Conference
All 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Marietta, 2 Mount Union, 3 Heidelberg, 4 Otterbein, 5 Baldwin Wallace, 6 Capital, 7 Wilmington, 8 Ohio Northern, 9 Muskingum, 10 John Carroll
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Muskingum | 73 | Ohio Northern | 82 | Final - OT | BX P |
| John Carroll | 78 | Wilmington | 72 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 22 | Capital | 65 | Heidelberg | 77 | Final | BX |
| John Carroll | 65 | Mount Union | 93 | Final | BX | |
| Ohio Northern | 63 | Marietta | 99 | Final | BX RC | |
| Baldwin Wallace | 87 | Otterbein | 79 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Baldwin Wallace | 70 | Marietta | 82 | Final | BX RC |
| Heidelberg | 65 | Mount Union | 68 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Mount Union | 61 | Marietta | 63 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Marietta (25-2)
At-large candidate: Mount Union for sure. Heidelberg probably as well.
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Top 10 of 12 teams qualify, top six get byes to quarterfinals. First round on campus; quarters, semis and final at Salem Civic Center.
Seedings: 1 Randolph-Macon, 2 Guilford, 3 Virginia Wesleyan, 4 Washington & Lee, 5 Roanoke, 6 Lynchburg, 7 Hampden-Sydney, 8 Eastern Mennonite, 9 Bridgewater, 10 Shenandoah
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Shenandoah | 71 | Hampden-Sydney | 86 | Final | BX RC |
| Bridgewater (Va.) | 85 | Eastern Mennonite | 74 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 56 | Randolph-Macon | 80 | Final | BX RC P P |
| Roanoke | 82 | Washington and Lee | 69 | Final | BX | |
| Hampden-Sydney | 69 | Guilford | 77 | Final | BX RC | |
| Lynchburg | 52 | Virginia Wesleyan | 65 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Roanoke | 58 | Randolph-Macon | 75 | Final | BX RC P P P |
| Virginia Wesleyan | 77 | Guilford | 74 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 27 | Virginia Wesleyan | 59 | Randolph-Macon | 74 | Final | BX P P |
Automatic bid: Randolph-Macon (27-1)
At-large candidate: None.
Presidents' Athletic Conference
All 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Washington & Jefferson, 2 Chatham, 3 Westminster (Pa.), 4 Geneva, 5 Waynesburg, 6 Thiel, 7 Franciscan, 8 Grove City, 9 St. Vincent, 10 Bethany
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Bethany | 89 | Franciscan (Ohio) | 108 | Final | BX |
| St. Vincent | 51 | Grove City | 66 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Waynesburg | 60 | Geneva | 59 | Final | BX |
| Franciscan (Ohio) | 73 | Chatham | 88 | Final | BX | |
| Grove City | 72 | Washington and Jefferson | 90 | Final | BX RC | |
| Thiel | 66 | Westminster (Pa.) | 68 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Westminster (Pa.) | 62 | Chatham | 72 | Final | BX |
| Waynesburg | 61 | Washington and Jefferson | 66 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 26 | Chatham | 63 | Washington and Jefferson | 68 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Washington and Jefferson (24-4)
At-large candidate: None.
Skyline Conference
Top eight of 12 teams qualify, the top three in each division plus two wild cards, which are seeded 7 and 8. One division winner is seeded 1 and the other is seeded 2, etc., based on conference record first, then head-to-head result. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Farmingdale State, 2 Merchant Marine, 3 Yeshiva, 4 Manhattanville, 5 St. Joseph's (L.I.), 6 SUNY-Purchase, 7 Mount St. Vincent, 8 Sarah Lawrence
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Sarah Lawrence | 73 | Farmingdale State | 94 | Final | BX |
| Mount St. Vincent | 87 | Merchant Marine | 76 | Final - OT | BX | |
| SUNY-Purchase | 66 | Yeshiva | 101 | Final | BX RC | |
| St. Joseph's (L.I.) | 58 | Manhattanville | 64 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Manhattanville | 79 | Farmingdale State | 74 | Final | BX |
| Mount St. Vincent | 62 | Yeshiva | 89 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 27 | Manhattanville | 40 | Yeshiva | 74 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Yeshiva (25-3)
At-large candidate: None.
Southern Athletic Association
All eight teams qualify. Quarterfinals at higher seed, semifinals and championship game hosted by highest remaining seed.
Seedings: 1 Berry, 2 Oglethorpe, 3 Hendrix, 4 Birmingham-Southern, 5 Centre, 6 Rhodes, 7 Sewanee, 8 Millsaps
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Sewanee | 65 | Oglethorpe | 78 | Final | BX |
| Rhodes | 42 | Hendrix | 90 | Final | BX | |
| Millsaps | 58 | Berry | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Centre | 68 | Birmingham-Southern | 71 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Birmingham-Southern | 58 | Berry | 77 | Final | |
| Hendrix | 64 | Oglethorpe | 77 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Oglethorpe | 62 | Berry | 63 | Final |
Automatic bid: Berry (23-2)
At-large candidate: None.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top eight of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host each round.
Seedings: 1 Pomona-Pitzer, 2 Chapman, 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 4 Cal Lutheran, 5 Caltech, 6 Redlands, 7 Whittier, 8 Occidental
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Occidental | 66 | Pomona-Pitzer | 96 | Final | BX |
| Redlands | 69 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 73 | Final | BX | |
| Caltech | 66 | Cal Lutheran | 74 | Final | BX | |
| Whittier | 84 | Chapman | 87 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Cal Lutheran | 83 | Pomona-Pitzer | 90 | Final | BX |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 75 | Chapman | 78 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Chapman | 71 | Pomona-Pitzer | 76 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Pomona-Pitzer (20-4)
At-large candidate: Chapman has a good shot.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of eight teams qualify. Top two teams get byes into semifinals. Quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship game hosted at Austin College. St. Thomas (Texas) is not eligibile for the NCAA Tournament.
Seedings: 1 St. Thomas (Texas), 2 Trinity (Texas), 3 Schreiner, 4 Texas Lutheran, 5 Centenary (La.), 6 Southwestern
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Centenary (La.) | 64 | Texas Lutheran | 56 | Final | BX RC P P |
| Southwestern | 50 | Schreiner | 51 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 26 | Centenary (La.) | 56 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 75 | Final | BX P |
| Schreiner | 65 | Trinity (Texas) | 88 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 27 | Trinity (Texas) | 58 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 77 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: Trinity, Texas (22-4)
At-large candidate: None.
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Eight teams qualify. Reseeded after quarterfinals. Higher seed hosts quarterfinals, highest remaining seed hosts semis and final.
Seedings: 1 Fontbonne, 2 Eureka, 3 Blackburn, 4 Westminster (Mo.), 5 Webster, 6 Spalding, 7 Principia, 8 Greenville
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Greenville | 100 | Fontbonne | 133 | Final | BX |
| Principia | 63 | Eureka | 72 | Final | BX P | |
| Spalding | 60 | Blackburn | 85 | Final | BX | |
| Webster | 80 | Westminster (Mo.) | 66 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Blackburn | 89 | Eureka | 77 | Final | BX P |
| Webster | 81 | Fontbonne | 80 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Webster | 56 | Blackburn | 76 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Blackburn (11-17)
At-large candidate: 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. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Oswego State, 2 SUNY Oneonta, 3 Brockport, 5 SUNY New Paltz, 5 Cortland, 6 SUNY Potsdam
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | SUNY Potsdam | 55 | Brockport | 62 | Final | BX |
| Cortland | 81 | SUNY New Paltz | 84 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | SUNY Oneonta | 64 | Brockport | 54 | Final | BX |
| SUNY New Paltz | 60 | Oswego State | 94 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | SUNY Oneonta | 60 | Oswego State | 81 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Oswego State (25-2)
At-large candidate: None.
United East Conference
Top four teams qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Lancaster Bible, 2 Penn State-Harrisburg, 3 St. Mary's (Md.), 4 Wells
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 25 | Wells | 80 | Lancaster Bible | 94 | Final | BX |
| St. Mary's (Md.) | 67 | Penn State-Harrisburg | 77 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Penn State-Harrisburg | 85 | Lancaster Bible | 52 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Penn State-Harrisburg (23-3)
At-large candidate: None.
University Athletic Association
No conference tournament. The UAA is the only conference in Division III basketball with its automatic bid decided on the outcome of regular season play.
Automatic bid: Emory
At-large candidate: Washington U. likely sewed up an at-large bid with a win against Chicago on Saturday. Case Western Reserve looks to have a strong case. Rochester's loss to Emory leaves the Yellowjackets hoping things look good at the end of the at-large conversation. Brandeis is even further down the list.
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host. Reseeded after the quarterfinals.
Seedings: 1 Northwestern (Minn.), 2 Crown, 3 North Central (Minn.), 4 Bethany Lutheran, 5 UW-Superior, 6 Northland, 7 Minnesota-Morris, 8 Martin Luther
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Minnesota-Morris | 60 | Crown | 82 | Final | BX |
| Northland | 65 | North Central (Minn.) | 93 | Final | BX | |
| Martin Luther | 78 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 112 | Final | BX | |
| UW-Superior | 78 | Bethany Lutheran | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | North Central (Minn.) | 68 | Crown | 72 | Final | BX |
| Bethany Lutheran | 88 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 96 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 27 | Crown | 69 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 85 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Northwestern (Minn.) (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.
USA South Athletic Conference
Top four teams in each division qualify. Quarterfinals hosted by top seed, semifinals and championship by top remaining seed.
Seedings: East 1 Averett, 2 N.C. Wesleyan, 3 Pfeiffer, 4 Southern Virginia. West 1 Covenant, 2 Maryville, 3 LaGrange, 4 Brevard.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | LaGrange | 65 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 62 | Final | BX |
| Southern Virginia | 55 | Averett | 63 | Final | BX | |
| Brevard | 49 | Covenant | 78 | Final | BX | |
| Pfeiffer | 69 | N.C. Wesleyan | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | LaGrange | 77 | Averett | 81 | Final - 2OT | BX |
| N.C. Wesleyan | 53 | Covenant | 58 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 26 | Averett | 76 | Covenant | 63 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Averett (17-11)
At-large candidate: None.
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
All eight teams qualify, top two seeds have a bye to the semifinals, next two seeds have a bye to the quarterfinals, reseeded each round, championship on higher seed's floor.
Seedings: 1 UW-Oshkosh, 2 UW-Platteville, 3 UW-La Crosse, 4 UW-Whitewater, 5 UW-Stout, 6 UW-River Falls, 7 UW-Eau Claire, 8 UW-Stevens Point
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 18 | UW-Eau Claire | 42 | UW-River Falls | 77 | Final | BX |
| UW-Stevens Point | 85 | UW-Stout | 83 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 70 | UW-La Crosse | 74 | Final | BX |
| UW-River Falls | 49 | UW-Whitewater | 72 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | UW-La Crosse | 51 | UW-Platteville | 74 | Final | BX P |
| UW-Whitewater | 77 | UW-Oshkosh | 86 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 26 | UW-Platteville | 73 | UW-Oshkosh | 75 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: UW-Oshkosh (22-3)
At-large selection: UW-Platteville (21-5) and UW-La Crosse (20-6) should both get bids.