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In Division III basketball, "March Madness" starts in late February. There were 43 automatic qualifying bids into the 64-team NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament and 42 of those AQs were awarded to conference tournament winners.
The conference playoffs started on Wednesday, Feb. 14, and ran through the last championship games on Sunday, Feb. 25. You can get the lowdown on all the tournaments here, including links to boxscores and recaps posted by participating schools.
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Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Hilbert, 2 Mount Aloysius, 3 Pitt-Bradford, 4 Medaille, 5 Penn State-Behrend, 6 La Roche
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | La Roche | 69 | Pitt-Bradford | 78 | Final | BX |
| Penn State-Behrend | 63 | Medaille | 57 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Penn State-Behrend | 47 | Hilbert | 56 | Final | BX RC |
| Pitt-Bradford | 93 | Mount Aloysius | 103 | Final - 2OT | BX P | |
| Feb. 25 | Mount Aloysius | 52 | Hilbert | 76 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Hilbert (21-6)
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.
Seedings: 1 Finlandia, 2 Valley Forge, 3 SUNY Canton, 4 Pine Manor
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 24 | SUNY-Canton | 50 | Valley Forge | 66 | Final | BX |
| Finlandia | 70 | Pine Manor | 88 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Valley Forge | 73 | Pine Manor | 67 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: None
At-large candidate: Valley Forge (15-8)
American Southwest Conference
Top four teams in each division qualify. Highest seed (East) hosts all games.
Seedings: East 1 Texas-Dallas, 2 Texas-Tyler, 3 East Texas Baptist, 4 Louisiana College, West 1 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 2 Howard Payne, 3 Concordia Texas, 4 Hardin-Simmons
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Concordia (Texas) | 79 | Texas-Tyler | 68 | Final | BX |
| Louisiana College | 71 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 81 | Final | BX RC | |
| East Texas Baptist | 50 | Howard Payne | 36 | Final | BX RC | |
| Hardin-Simmons | 56 | Texas-Dallas | 86 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | Concordia (Texas) | 51 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 79 | Final | BX RC |
| East Texas Baptist | 66 | Texas-Dallas | 61 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | East Texas Baptist | 71 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 70 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: East Texas Baptist (22-6)
At-large candidate: Texas-Dallas (23-4)
Capital Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Marymount, 2 Christopher Newport, 3 York (Pa.), 4 Mary Washington, 5 Salisbury, 6 Frostburg State
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Salisbury | 42 | Mary Washington | 50 | Final | BX RC |
| Frostburg State | 61 | York (Pa.) | 66 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | York (Pa.) | 69 | Christopher Newport | 93 | Final | BX RC |
| Mary Washington | 31 | Marymount | 50 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Christopher Newport | 60 | Marymount | 61 | Final | BX RC RC |
Automatic bid: Marymount (24-3)
At-large candidate: Christopher Newport (23-4)
Centennial Conference
Top five teams qualify. No. 4 and No. 5 seed meet in play-in game, top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Gettysburg, 2 Muhlenberg, 3 Haverford, 4 Johns Hopkins, 5 Ursinus
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Ursinus | 56 | Johns Hopkins | 62 | Final | BX RC |
| Feb. 23 | Johns Hopkins | 55 | Gettysburg | 63 | Final | BX RC RC |
| Haverford | 60 | Muhlenberg | 47 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Haverford | 35 | Gettysburg | 44 | Final | BX RC RC |
Automatic bid: Gettysburg (25-2)
At-large bid: Haverford (21-6)
City University of New York Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host first round. CCNY hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Brooklyn, 2 Staten Island, 3 Lehman, 4 Hunter, 5 CCNY, 6 Baruch
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 18 | Baruch | 69 | Lehman | 91 | Final | BX RC |
| CCNY | 59 | Hunter | 90 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 21 | Hunter | 57 | Brooklyn | 64 | Final | BX |
| Lehman | 56 | Staten Island | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | Staten Island | 50 | Brooklyn | 59 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Brooklyn (24-3)
At-large bid: None
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Top four teams qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Illlinois Wesleyan, 2 Wheaton (Ill.), 3 Carthage, 4 Elmhurst
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Carthage | 54 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 69 | Final | BX |
| Elmhurst | 63 | Illinois Wesleyan | 96 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 60 | Illinois Wesleyan | 62 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Illinois Wesleyan (24-3)
At-large bid: Wheaton (Ill.) (22-5)
Colonial States Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualfy. Top two get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Cabrini, 2 Gwynedd Mercy, 3 Neumann, 4 Marywood, 5 Centenary (N.J.), 6 Rosemont
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | Rosemont | 98 | Neumann | 99 | Final - OT | BX RC |
| Centenary (N.J.) | 69 | Marywood | 81 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 21 | Marywood | 66 | Cabrini | 76 | Final | BX |
| Neumann | 73 | Gwynedd Mercy | 64 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Neumann | 64 | Cabrini | 71 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Cabrini (24-2)
At-large bid: None
Commonwealth Coast Conference
Top eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 University of New England, 2 Roger Williams, 3 Endicott, 4 Western New England, 5 Salve Regina, 6 Curry, 7 Gordon, 8 Eastern Nazarene
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Gordon | 36 | Roger Williams | 74 | Final | BX |
| Eastern Nazarene | 63 | University of New England | 73 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Salve Regina | 49 | Western New England | 64 | Final | BX P | |
| Curry | 32 | Endicott | 49 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Endicott | 50 | Roger Williams | 58 | Final | BX |
| Western New England | 60 | University of New England | 77 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Roger Williams | 40 | University of New England | 59 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: University of New England (23-5)
At-large bid: Roger Williams (23-5)
Empire 8
Top four teams. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 St. John Fisher, 2 Sage, 3 Stevens, 4 Houghton
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Stevens | 64 | Sage | 62 | Final | BX |
| Houghton | 46 | St. John Fisher | 62 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Stevens | 52 | St. John Fisher | 47 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Stevens (15-12)
At-large bid: None
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Top eight teams qualify. Highest seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 St. Joseph's (Maine), 2 Emmanuel, 3 Suffolk, 4 Regis (Mass.), 5 Albertus Magnus, 6 Johnson & Wales, 7 Norwich, 8 Mount Ida
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Mount Ida | 54 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 83 | Final | BX RC |
| Norwich | 52 | Emmanuel | 79 | Final | BX | |
| Albertus Magnus | 51 | Regis (Mass.) | 49 | Final | BX RC | |
| Johnson and Wales | 46 | Suffolk | 68 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Suffolk | 73 | Emmanuel | 68 | Final | BX |
| Albertus Magnus | 65 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 78 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Suffolk | 59 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 73 | Final | BX RC RC P |
Automatic bid: St. Joseph's, Maine (27-1)
At-large bid: None
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Rose-Hulman, 2 Transylvania, 3 Bluffton, 4 Hanover, 5 Earlham, 6 Mount St. Joseph
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Mount St. Joseph | 58 | Bluffton | 69 | Final | BX RC |
| Earlham | 58 | Hanover | 69 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 23 | Hanover | 73 | Rose-Hulman | 76 | Final | BX P |
| Bluffton | 42 | Transylvania | 57 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 24 | Transylvania | 51 | Rose-Hulman | 57 | Final | BX RC RC P P P |
Automatic bid: Rose-Hulman (24-3)
At-large bid: None
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Wartburg, 2 Luther, 3 Coe, 4 Loras, 5 Buena Vista, 6 Simpson
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Buena Vista | 58 | Loras | 88 | Final | BX |
| Simpson | 90 | Coe | 85 | Final - OT | BX RC | |
| Feb. 22 | Loras | 46 | Wartburg | 63 | Final | BX |
| Simpson | 61 | Luther | 84 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Luther | 74 | Wartburg | 86 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Wartburg (27-0)
At-large bid: None
Landmark Conference
Top four teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Scranton, 2 Juniata, 3 Elizabethtown, 4 Moravian
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Moravian | 45 | Scranton | 67 | Final | BX RC P |
| Elizabethtown | 55 | Juniata | 78 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Juniata | 58 | Scranton | 59 | Final - OT | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Scranton (26-1)
At-large bid: Juniata (22-5)
Liberty League
Top six teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Skidmore, 2 Rochester Tech, 3 Ithaca, 4 St. Lawrence, 5 Vassar, 6 Williams Smith
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Vassar | 53 | St. Lawrence | 48 | Final | RC BX |
| William Smith | 63 | Ithaca | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Vassar | 45 | Skidmore | 60 | Final | BX RC |
| Ithaca | 61 | Rochester Tech | 68 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Rochester Tech | 42 | Skidmore | 65 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Skidmore (18-9)
At-large bids: Ithaca (20-7); Rochester Tech (21-6)
Little East Conference
All eight qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinals. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and final.
Seedings: 1 Mass-Dartmouth, 2 Mass-Boston, 3 Southern Maine, 4 Eastern Connecticut, 5 Western Connecticut, 6 Keene State, 7 Plymouth State, 8 Rhode Island College
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Western Connecticut | 76 | Eastern Connecticut | 85 | Final | BX RC P |
| Plymouth State | 63 | Mass-Boston | 77 | Final | BX RC | |
| Rhode Island College | 49 | Mass-Dartmouth | 78 | Final | BX | |
| Keene State | 45 | Southern Maine | 54 | Final | BX RC RC | |
| Feb. 23 | Eastern Connecticut | 63 | Mass-Dartmouth | 76 | Final | BX |
| Southern Maine | 46 | Mass-Boston | 61 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Mass-Boston | 65 | Mass-Dartmouth | 56 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Mass-Boston (25-3)
At-large bid: None
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two teams get byes into semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Westfield State, 2 Framingham State, 3 Bridgewater State, 4 Worcester State, 5 Salem State, 6 Fitchburg State
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Fitchburg State | 47 | Bridgewater State | 67 | Final | BX |
| Salem State | 69 | Worcester State | 74 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Bridgewater State | 50 | Framingham State | 71 | Final | BX |
| Worcester State | 80 | Westfield State | 105 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Framingham State | 75 | Westfield State | 90 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Westfield State (19-7)
At-large bid: None
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Top four teams qualify. Highest seed hosts semifinals and final.
Note: Hope and Trine finished tied for first. Hope won hosting rights via a coin flip.
Seedings: 1 Hope, 2 Trine, 3 Albion, 4 Calvin
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Albion | 45 | Trine | 73 | Final | BX |
| Calvin | 58 | Hope | 63 | Final - OT | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 24 | Trine | 62 | Hope | 68 | Final - OT | BX P |
Automatic bid: Hope (26-1)
At-large bid: Trine (24-3)
MAC Commonwealth
Top five teams qualify. No. 4 and No. 5 seeds meet in play-in game for conference semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Messiah, 2 Albright, 3 Lycoming, 4 Stevenson, 5 Lebanon Valley
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | Lebanon Valley | 60 | Stevenson | 80 | Final | BX RC P |
| Feb. 21 | Lycoming | 45 | Albright | 56 | Final | BX |
| Stevenson | 42 | Messiah | 67 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Albright | 54 | Messiah | 62 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Messiah (25-2)
At-large bid: Albright (20-7)
MAC Freedom
Top four teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 FDU-Florham, 2 DeSales, 3 King's, 4 Misericordia
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | King's | 44 | DeSales | 64 | Final | BX RC RC |
| Misericordia | 62 | FDU-Florham | 79 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | DeSales | 59 | FDU-Florham | 76 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: FDU-Florham (21-6)
At-large bid: None
Midwest Conference
Top four of 10 qualify (St. Norbert ineligible). Semifinals and finals at highest seed.
Note: Ripon and Cornell finished tied for first. Ripon won hosting rights via a coin flip.
Seedings: 1 Ripon, 2 Cornell, 3 Knox, 4 Lake Forest
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Knox | 42 | Cornell | 43 | Final | BX P |
| Lake Forest | 78 | Ripon | 75 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 24 | Lake Forest | 55 | Cornell | 66 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Cornell (20-5)
At-large bid: None.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 St. Thomas, 2 St. Benedict, 3 Gustavus Adolphus, 4 Bethel, 5 St. Mary's (Minn.), 6 St. Catherine
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | St. Catherine | 38 | Gustavus Adolphus | 65 | Final | BX P |
| St. Mary's (Minn.) | 58 | Bethel | 54 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Gustavus Adolphus | 61 | St. Benedict | 53 | Final | BX P |
| St. Mary's (Minn.) | 44 | St. Thomas | 65 | Final | BX RC RC P P | |
| Feb. 24 | Gustavus Adolphus | 56 | St. Thomas | 62 | Final | BX RC P P |
Automatic bid: St. Thomas (25-2)
At-large bids: Gustavus Adolphus (22-6); St. Benedict (22-4)
New England Collegiate Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two seeds receive byes into semifinals. Higher seeds hosts throughout.
Seedings: 1 Newbury, 2 Mitchell, 3 Becker, 4 Elms, 5 Wheelock, 6 Lesley
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Wheelock | 54 | Elms | 63 | Final | BX |
| Lesley | 53 | Becker | 68 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 22 | Becker | 75 | Mitchell | 50 | Final | BX P |
| Elms | 53 | Newbury | 61 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Becker | 60 | Newbury | 50 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Becker (18-10)
At-large bid: None
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Top eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinals. Top remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 Amherst, 2 Bowdoin, 3 Tufts, 4 Middlebury, 5 Wesleyan, 6 Connecticut College, 7 Williams, 8 Trinity (Conn.)
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 17 | Trinity (Conn.) | 34 | Amherst | 56 | Final | BX |
| Wesleyan | 63 | Middlebury | 62 | Final | BX | |
| Connecticut College | 48 | Tufts | 85 | Final | BX | |
| Williams | 35 | Bowdoin | 77 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Wesleyan | 31 | Amherst | 58 | Final | BX P P |
| Tufts | 60 | Bowdoin | 48 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Tufts | 40 | Amherst | 44 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Amherst (27-0)
At-large bids: Bowdoin (24-2); Tufts (23-4)
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Top seven teams qualify. Top seed receives bye into semifinal. Higher seeds host quarterfinals. Top seed hosts semifinals and final.
Seedings: 1 Smith, 2 WPI, 3 Babson, 4 Springfield, 5 MIT, 6 Emerson, 7 Coast Guard
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Coast Guard | 42 | WPI | 72 | Final | BX RC |
| Emerson | 57 | Babson | 85 | Final | BX RC P | |
| MIT | 66 | Springfield | 55 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | MIT | 64 | Smith | 51 | Final | BX RC |
| Babson | 56 | WPI | 64 | Final - OT | BX RC | |
| Feb. 25 | MIT | 54 | WPI | 50 | Final | BX RC RC |
Automatic bid: MIT (18-9)
At-large bid: None
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes into semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Montclair State; 2 TCNJ; 3 Stockton; 4 Rowan; 5 William Paterson; 6 Rutgers-Camden
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 17 | William Paterson | 48 | Rowan | 67 | Final | BX RC RC |
| Rutgers-Camden | 43 | Stockton | 55 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 20 | Rowan | 55 | Montclair State | 65 | Final | BX RC RC |
| Stockton | 56 | TCNJ | 70 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | TCNJ | 51 | Montclair State | 58 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Montclair State (23-3)
At-large bid: TCNJ (21-6)
North Atlantic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes into semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Castleton, 2 Colby-Sawyer, 3 Husson, 4 Maine Maritime, 5 Lyndon State, 6 New England College
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | NVU-Lyndon | 37 | Maine Maritime | 57 | Final | BX |
| New England College | 45 | Husson | 56 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | Maine Maritime | 57 | Castleton | 49 | Final | BX |
| Husson | 54 | Colby-Sawyer | 49 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Maine Maritime | 58 | Husson | 76 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Husson (19-9)
At-large bid: None.
North Coast Athletic Conference
Top eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship games.
Seedings: 1 DePauw, 2 Kenyon, 3 Oberlin, 4 Wittenberg, 5 Hiram, 6 Denison, 7 Wooster, 8 Allegheny
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Hiram | 68 | Wittenberg | 78 | Final | BX |
| Allegheny | 48 | DePauw | 90 | Final | BX RC | |
| Wooster | 30 | Kenyon | 63 | Final | BX | |
| Denison | 52 | Oberlin | 66 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | Wittenberg | 72 | DePauw | 68 | Final | BX RC |
| Oberlin | 51 | Kenyon | 40 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Wittenberg | 39 | Oberlin | 71 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Oberlin (21-7)
At-large bid: DePauw (25-2)
North Eastern Athletic Conference
Top four in each division qualify. After intra-divisional play in the first round, the tournament is reseeded and the top remaining seed will host the semifinals and championship.
Seedings: South 1 Lancaster Bible, 2 Gallaudet, 3 Penn State-Berks, 4 Penn State-Abington, North 1 SUNY Poly, 2 Keuka, 3 Morrisville State, 4 Cazenovia
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Penn State-Berks | 62 | Gallaudet | 67 | Final | BX |
| Morrisville State | 48 | Keuka | 73 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Penn State-Abington | 67 | Lancaster Bible | 54 | Final | BX | |
| Cazenovia | 63 | SUNYIT | 88 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Penn State-Abington | 56 | SUNYIT | 58 | Final | BX |
| Gallaudet | 72 | Keuka | 94 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 25 | Keuka | 72 | SUNYIT | 60 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Keuka (21-5)
At-large bid: None
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host first round. Semifinals and final played at Recreation Complex in Milwaukee.
Seedings: 1 Wisconsin Lutheran, 2 Concordia (Wis.), 3 Benedictine, 4 Lakeland, 5 Concordia-Chicago, 6 Aurora
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 21 | Aurora | 64 | Benedictine | 71 | Final | BX RC |
| Concordia-Chicago | 62 | Lakeland | 77 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Benedictine | 52 | Concordia (Wis.) | 61 | Final | BX RC P |
| Lakeland | 47 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 68 | Final | BX P P | |
| Feb. 25 | Concordia (Wis.) | 59 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 66 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Wisconsin Lutheran (24-3)
At-large bid: None
Northwest Conference
Top four teams qualify. Highest seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 George Fox, 2 Whitman, 3 Willamette, 4 Lewis and Clark
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Willamette | 55 | Whitman | 52 | Final | BX |
| Lewis and Clark | 41 | George Fox | 80 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Willamette | 50 | George Fox | 60 | Final | BX P |
Automatic bid: George Fox (24-3)
At-large bid: Whitman (22-4)
Ohio Athletic Conference
Top eight teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Ohio Northern, 2 Marietta, 3 Mount Union, 4 Otterbein, 5 Baldwin Wallace, 6 Capital, 7 John Carroll, 8 Wilmington
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Wilmington | 60 | Ohio Northern | 76 | Final | BX RC RC P |
| John Carroll | 72 | Marietta | 85 | Final | BX RC | |
| Baldwin Wallace | 64 | Otterbein | 74 | Final | BX | |
| Capital | 65 | Mount Union | 60 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Capital | 69 | Marietta | 81 | Final | BX RC |
| Otterbein | 72 | Ohio Northern | 80 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 24 | Marietta | 85 | Ohio Northern | 68 | Final | BX RC RC P |
Automatic bid: Marietta (24-4)
At-large bid: None
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
All teams qualify. Top four get byes to quarterfinals. First round on campus. Quarters, semis and final at Salem Civic Center.
Seedings: 1 Emory & Henry, 2 Randolph-Macon, 3 Lynchburg, 4 Guilford, 5 Washington & Lee, 6 Virginia Wesleyan, 7 Bridgewater (Va.), 8 Eastern Mennonite, 9 Shenandoah, 10 Roanoke, 11 Randolph, 12 Hollins
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | Roanoke | 68 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 86 | Final | BX P |
| Randolph | 46 | Virginia Wesleyan | 60 | Final | BX | |
| Shenandoah | 76 | Eastern Mennonite | 68 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Hollins | 44 | Washington and Lee | 75 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 22 | Shenandoah | 53 | Emory and Henry | 79 | Final | BX P P P |
| Washington and Lee | 79 | Guilford | 77 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Bridgewater (Va.) | 59 | Randolph-Macon | 76 | Final | BX RC | |
| Virginia Wesleyan | 61 | Lynchburg | 51 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Washington and Lee | 60 | Emory and Henry | 64 | Final | BX |
| Virginia Wesleyan | 62 | Randolph-Macon | 65 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Randolph-Macon | 72 | Emory and Henry | 68 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: Randolph-Macon (22-5)
At-large bid: Emory and Henry (22-6)
Presidents' Athletic Conference
Top eight teams qualify. Top two seeds get a double bye to the semifinals, while the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds get a bye to the quarterfinals. Higher seeds host first round and quarterfinals. Top seed hosts semifinals and final.
Seedings: 1 Thomas More, 2 Washington & Jefferson, 3 St. Vincent, 4 Grove City, 5 Waynesburg, 6 Bethany, 7 Geneva, 8 Westminster (Pa.)
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | Geneva | 41 | Bethany | 69 | Final | BX |
| Westminster (Pa.) | 71 | Waynesburg | 86 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 21 | Bethany | 44 | St. Vincent | 68 | Final | BX RC |
| Waynesburg | 46 | Grove City | 80 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | St. Vincent | 62 | Washington and Jefferson | 63 | Final - OT | BX RC |
| Grove City | 45 | Thomas More | 90 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Washington and Jefferson | 51 | Thomas More | 93 | Final | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Thomas More (26-1)
At-large bid: None
Skyline Conference
Top of six teams qualify. Higher seeds host semifinals and final.
Seedings: 1 Mount St. Mary, 2 SUNY-Old Westbury, 3 Farmingdale State, 4 Merchant Marine, 5 Mount St. Vincent, 6 St. Joseph's (Bklyn.)
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | St. Joseph's (Bklyn.) | 46 | Farmingdale State | 68 | Final | BX |
| Mount St. Vincent | 52 | Merchant Marine | 61 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 22 | Farmingdale State | 48 | SUNY-Old Westbury | 60 | Final | BX |
| Merchant Marine | 34 | Mount St. Mary | 57 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | SUNY-Old Westbury | 53 | Mount St. Mary | 47 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: SUNY-Old Westbury (23-3)
At-large bid: None.
Southern Athletic Association
All eight teams qualify. All games hosted by top seed.
Seedings: 1 Oglethorpe, 2 Rhodes, 3 Hendrix, 4 Berry, 5 Centre, 6 Birmingham-Southern, 7 Sewanee, 8 Millsaps
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Birmingham-Southern | 51 | Hendrix | 62 | Final | BX |
| Sewanee | 61 | Rhodes | 76 | Final | BX | |
| Centre | 41 | Berry | 61 | Final | BX | |
| Millsaps | 40 | Oglethorpe | 61 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Hendrix | 63 | Rhodes | 56 | Final - OT | BX |
| Berry | 54 | Oglethorpe | 75 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 25 | Hendrix | 69 | Oglethorpe | 70 | Final - OT | BX RC |
Automatic bid: Oglethorpe (21-7)
At-large bid: None.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top four teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 2 Chapman, 3 Cal Lutheran, 4 Redlands
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 22 | Redlands | 65 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 69 | Final | BX RC P |
| Cal Lutheran | 52 | Chapman | 75 | Final | BX RC P | |
| Feb. 24 | Chapman | 70 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 61 | Final - 2OT | BX RC P P |
Automatic bid: Chapman (23-4)
At-large bid: None
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship game at Colorado College.
Note: Austin and Trinity finished tied for first. Trinity was awarded the top spot by coin flip.
Seedings: 1 Trinity (Texas), 2 Austin, 3 Southwestern, 4 Colorado College, 5 Centenary (La.), 6 Schreiner
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Centenary (La.) | 58 | Colorado College | 62 | Final | BX |
| Schreiner | 57 | Southwestern | 69 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Trinity (Texas) | 76 | Colorado College | 70 | Final | BX |
| Southwestern | 81 | Austin | 79 | Final - OT | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Southwestern | 74 | Trinity (Texas) | 80 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Trinity (Texas) (23-3)
At-large bid: None.
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top four teams qualify. Highest seed hosts semifinals and final.
Seedings: 1 Greenville, 2 Eureka, 3 Webster, 4 Westminster (Mo.)
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 23 | Webster | 56 | Eureka | 52 | Final | BX |
| Westminster (Mo.) | 73 | Greenville | 67 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 24 | Westminster (Mo.) | 61 | Webster | 63 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Webster (20-6)
At-large bid: None
State University of New York Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Top two get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host quarterfinal games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship.
Seedings: 1 SUNY Geneseo, 2 SUNY Oneonta, 3 Cortland, 4 SUNY New Paltz, 5 Brockport, 6 Buffalo State
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | Buffalo State | 54 | Cortland | 51 | Final | RC BX |
| Brockport | 56 | SUNY New Paltz | 68 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 23 | Buffalo State | 66 | SUNY Oneonta | 77 | Final | BX |
| SUNY New Paltz | 57 | SUNY Geneseo | 63 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | SUNY Oneonta | 52 | SUNY Geneseo | 58 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: SUNY Geneseo (25-2)
At-large bid: 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: Chicago.
At-large bids: Rochester (21-4); Washington U. (18-7)
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Top five teams qualify. No. 4 hosts No. 5 in a play-in game. Highest seeds host throughout.
Seedings: 1 UW-Superior, 2 Bethany Lutheran, 3 Minn-Morris, 4 Northwestern (Minn.), 5 St. Scholastica
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 19 | St. Scholastica | 39 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 52 | Final | P |
| Feb. 21 | Minnesota-Morris | 64 | Bethany Lutheran | 76 | Final | BX P |
| Northwestern (Minn.) | 54 | UW-Superior | 65 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 24 | Bethany Lutheran | 54 | UW-Superior | 66 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: UW-Superior (23-4)
At-large bid: None
USA South Athletic Conference
Top six of nine eligible teams from the East Division and top six of eight eligible teams from the West Division qualify. Higher seeds host first and second round, with highest remaining seed hosting semifinals and championship.
Seedings: East: 1 Greensboro, 2 Ferrum, 3 Averett, 4 N.C. Wesleyan, 5 Salem, 6 Meredith. West: 1 Berea, 2 Piedmont, 3 Maryville, 4 Huntingdon, 5 Covenant, 6 LaGrange.
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 14 | Meredith | 64 | Averett | 76 | Final | BX |
| Salem | 63 | N.C. Wesleyan | 66 | Final | BX | |
| LaGrange | 59 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 87 | Final | BX | |
| Covenant | 63 | Huntingdon | 53 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 17 | Covenant | 66 | Berea | 78 | Final | BX |
| Averett | 59 | Ferrum | 61 | Final | BX | |
| N.C. Wesleyan | 54 | Greensboro | 70 | Final | BX | |
| Maryville (Tenn.) | 55 | Piedmont | 66 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | Piedmont | 62 | Greensboro | 50 | Final | BX |
| Ferrum | 54 | Berea | 68 | Final | BX | |
| Feb. 25 | Piedmont | 69 | Berea | 63 | Final | BX |
Automatic bid: Piedmont (23-5)
At-large bid: None
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six teams qualify. Bracket reseeded after first round. Top two get byes and host semifinals, championship on higher seed's floor.
Seedings: 1 UW-Whitewater, 2 UW-La Crosse, 3 UW-Oshkosh, 4 UW-Eau Claire, 5 UW-Stevens Point, 6 UW-River Falls
| Date | Away | Home | Time/Status | Links | ||
| Feb. 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 53 | UW-Eau Claire | 56 | Final | BX P |
| UW-River Falls | 51 | UW-Oshkosh | 64 | Final | BX P | |
| Feb. 22 | UW-Oshkosh | 56 | UW-La Crosse | 48 | Final | BX |
| UW-Eau Claire | 68 | UW-Whitewater | 74 | Final | BX RC | |
| Feb. 24 | UW-Oshkosh | 65 | UW-Whitewater | 68 | Final | BX RC P |
Automatic bid: UW-Whitewater (24-3)
At-large bid: None