2019 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2019 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteAllen County War Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Indiana
ChampionsUW–Oshkosh (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-upSwarthmore (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2018 2020»

The 2019 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 1, 2019, following the 2018–19 season, and concluded with the championship game on March 16, 2019.

The national semifinal and championship rounds was held for the first time at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The tournament was won by the UW–Oshkosh Titans.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2019 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).[1]

Automatic bids
Conference Team Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bid
Allegheny Mountain Penn State Behrend 23–4 (14–4) 8th 2014
American Rivers Nebraska Wesleyan 26–1 (15–1) 16th 2018
American Southwest Texas–Dallas 24–4 (12–3) 6th 2014
Capital Christopher Newport 25–3 (12–2) 23rd 2018
Centennial Swarthmore 24–3 (15–3) 3rd 2018
CUNYAC Baruch 22–5 (13–2) 5th 2015
CCIW North Central (IL) 22–5 (12–4) 11th 2018
Colonial States Rosemont 15–12 (8–4) 1st Never
Commonwealth Coast Nichols 25–2 (15–1) 3rd 2018
Empire 8 Alfred 23–4 (14–2) 5th 1997
Great Northeast Albertus Magnus 20–7 (9–2) 7th 2017
Heartland Hanover 21–6 (14–4) 9th 2018
Landmark Moravian 19–8 (10–4) 4th 2018
Liberty Skidmore 19–7 (15–3) 6th 2017
Little East Keene State 20–7 (13–3) 6th 2017
MAC Commonwealth Arcadia 22–5 (14–2) 1st Never
MAC Freedom DeSales 21–6 (12–2) 5th 2014
MASCAC Salem State 18–9 (10–2) 25th 2017
Michigan Albion 19–8 (10–4) 5th 2005
Midwest Lake Forest 18–9 (12–6) 1st Never
Minnesota St. John's (MN) 23–4 (17–3) 10th 2018
NECC Mitchell 19–9 (10–6) 2nd 2014
NESCAC Amherst 23–4 (7–3) 20th 2017
NEWMAC Emerson 16–11 (9–5) 1st Never
New Jersey Rowan 21–6 (13–5) 13th 2000
North Atlantic Husson 17–10 (11–3) 7th 2017
North Coast Wittenberg 23–5 (14–4) 29th 2018
NEAC Morrisville State 23–4 (15–1) 5th 2017
Northern Athletics Aurora 17–11 (12–8) 11th 2018
Northwest Whitman 26–1 (16–0) 4th 2018
Ohio Baldwin Wallace 20–9 (11–7) 7th 2006
Old Dominion Guilford 21–7 (12–4) 6th 2017
Presidents' Chatham 19–9 (10–7) 1st Never
Skyline Farmingdale State 20–7 (16–4) 6th 2017
Southern Sewanee 22–6 (8–6) 5th 1998
SCIAC Pomona–Pitzer 25–2 (15–1) 12th 2008
SCAC Texas Lutheran 18–9 (11–5) 4th 2017
SLIAC Eureka 13–14 (10–8) 1st Never
SUNYAC Oswego State 22–5 (15–3) 6th 2017
UAA Emory 20–6 (11–3) 8th 2018
Upper Midwest Northwestern–St. Paul 21–6 (15–1) 8th 2017
USA South Maryville (TN) 21–7 (14–4) 20th 2018
Wisconsin UW–Platteville 18–10 (8–6) 12th 2018

At-large bids (21)

The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2018 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.[1] The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win–loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.[2] By rule, one bid is reserved for teams in Pool B if there are enough teams that qualify for it. Pool B is for teams that are either independents or whose conference does not yet qualify for an automatic bid.

At-large bids
Conference Team Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bid Pool
CCIW Augustana (IL) 24–3 (15–1) 18th 2018 C
Ohio Capital 20–7 (14–4) 10th 2012 C
Atlantic East Gwynedd Mercy 19–8 (9–3) 6th 2016 B
NESCAC Hamilton 23–4 (7–3) 11th 2018 C
American Rivers Loras 21–6 (12–4) 3rd 2008 C
Ohio Marietta 20–6 (14–4) 8th 2018 C
NESCAC Middlebury 18–7 (7–3) 10th 2018 C
NEWMAC MIT 22–4 (12–2) 9th 2018 C
New Jersey New Jersey City 20–7 (14–4) 19th 2018 C
SUNYAC Plattsburgh State 20–6 (14–4) 11th 2018 C
New Jersey Ramapo 18–9 (11–7) 9th 2018 C
Old Dominion Randolph–Macon 25–3 (15–1) 16th 2015 C
UAA Rochester 20–5 (10–4) 16th 2017 C
Capital Salisbury 19–8 (8–6) 9th 2017 C
Minnesota St. Thomas (MN) 22–4 (18–2) 19th 2017 C
Wisconsin UW–La Crosse 17–9 (10–4) 2nd 2006 C
Wisconsin UW–Oshkosh 23–3 (13–1) 9th 2018 C
CCIW Wheaton (IL) 19–8 (11–5) 11th 2014 C
NESCAC Williams 20–6 (6–4) 17th 2018 C
North Coast Wooster 23–5 (16–2) 28th 2018 C
Capital York (PA) 21–7 (12–2) 6th 2018 C

Tournament bracket

[3]

Top-left - Clinton, New York

First round
March 1
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 8
Clinton, NY 		Sectional Final
March 9
Clinton, NY
            
Whitman 102
Texas Lutheran 79
Whitman 83
Walla Walla, WA
Pomona–Pitzer 74
Pomona–Pitzer 58
Texas–Dallas 37
Whitman 81
Williams 84
Williams 86
Husson 60
Williams 90
Williamstown, MA
Gwynedd Mercy 56
Plattsburgh State 65
Gwynedd Mercy 73
Williams 70
Christopher Newport 79
Christopher Newport 85
Albertus Magnus 59
Christopher Newport 88
Newport News, VA
Alfred 53
Ramapo 76
Alfred 92
Christopher Newport 75
Hamilton 67
Hamilton 72
Penn State Behrend 70
Hamilton 83
Clinton, NY
Moravian 72
Keene State 65
Moravian 86

Bottom-left - Amherst, Massachusetts

First round
March 1
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 8
Amherst, MA 		Sectional Final
March 9
Amherst, MA
            
Amherst 84
Rosemont 53
Amherst 75
Rochester, NY[a]
Rochester 67
Rochester 85
Farmingdale State 68
Amherst 58
Nichols 62
Rowan 96
Emerson 79
Rowan 76
Glassboro, NJ
Nichols 87
Nichols 74
Middlebury 71
Nichols 65
Swarthmore 69
Swarthmore 90
Mitchell 73
Swarthmore 105
Swarthmore, PA
MIT 65
MIT 90
Skidmore 67
Swarthmore 58
Randolph–Macon 57
Randolph–Macon 95
Morrisville State 70
Randolph–Macon 78
Ashland, VA
York (PA) 60
York (PA) 83
DeSales 59
  1. ^ Pod hosted by Rochester due to Amherst hosting first and second round games in the 2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.

Top-right - Oshkosh, Wisconsin

First round
March 1
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 8
Oshkosh, WI 		Sectional Final
March 9
Oshkosh, WI
            
Nebraska Wesleyan 101
Eureka 75
Nebraska Wesleyan 58
Lincoln, NE
St. Thomas (MN) 70
St. Thomas (MN) 80
UW–La Crosse 66
St. Thomas (MN) 73
Guilford 80
Guilford 97
Sewanee 59
Guilford 70
Greensboro, NC
Wittenberg 61
Wittenberg 100
Emory 88
Guilford 79
UW–Oshkosh 82
UW–Oshkosh 86
Lake Forest 62
UW–Oshkosh 108
Collegeville, MN[a]
Northwestern–St. Paul 86
St. John's (MN) 78
Northwestern–St. Paul 93
UW–Oshkosh 86
Loras 75
North Central (IL) 77
Chatham 48
North Central (IL) 82
Naperville, IL
Loras 84
Loras 75
Albion 64
  1. ^ Pod hosted by St. John's due to UW–Oshkosh hosting first and second round games in the 2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.

Bottom-right - Rock Island, Illinois

First round
March 1
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 8
Rock Island, IL 		Sectional Final
March 9
Rock Island, IL
            
Augustana (IL) 93
Aurora 67
Augustana (IL) 85
Rock Island, IL
Capital 79
Capital 78
UW–Platteville 76
Augustana (IL) 79
Wheaton (IL) 93
Wooster 81
Baruch 57
Wooster 70
Wooster, OH
Wheaton (IL) 78
Wheaton (IL) 84
Hanover 73
Wheaton (IL) 91
Marietta 87
Marietta 101
Maryville (TN) 77
Marietta 88
Marietta, OH
Arcadia 76
New Jersey City 60
Arcadia 80
Marietta 78
Oswego State 61
Oswego State 72
Salem State 59
Oswego State 75
Oswego, NY
Baldwin Wallace 71
Baldwin Wallace 75
Salisbury 61

Final Four

National semifinal
March 15
Fort Wayne, IN 		National championship
March 16
Fort Wayne, IN
      
Christopher Newport 63
Swarthmore 70
Swarthmore 82
Fort Wayne, IN
UW–Oshkosh 96
UW–Oshkosh 104
Wheaton (IL) 85

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. October 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "2019 Division III Men's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved March 9, 2019.