2013 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2013 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 62 teams held to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. It began on March 2, 2013, and concluded with the championship game on April 7, 2013, at Philips Arena in Atlanta as part of the festivities for the 75th anniversary of the NCAA Tournament.[1] The Amherst Lord Jeffs defeated the Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders 87–70 in the championship game. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were held in Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, the traditional Final Four host.

2013 NCAA Division III
Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams62
Finals siteTwo sites
Salem, Virginia & Atlanta, Georgia
ChampionsAmherst Lord Jeffs (2nd title)
Runner-upMary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDavid Hixon (2nd title)
MOPAllen Williamson (Amherst)
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«2012 2014»

Qualified teams
Further information: 2013 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2013 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Conference School Appearance Last Bid
Allegheny Mountain Penn State Behrend 6th 2011
American Southwest Concordia (TX) 1st Never
Capital St. Mary's (MD) 5th 2012
Centennial Dickinson 3rd 1997
CUNYAC Staten Island 11th 2012
CCIW North Central (IL) 7th 2012
Colonial States Cabrini 11th 2012
Commonwealth Coast Curry 2nd 2008
Empire 8 Ithaca 10th 2012
Great Northeast Albertus Magnus 3rd 2012
Heartland Rose-Hulman 10th 2012
Iowa Dubuque 5th 1990
Landmark Catholic 12th 2007
Liberty Hobart 3rd 2012
Little East Rhode Island College 10th 2012
MASCAC Fitchburg State 1st Never
Michigan Calvin 18th 2007
MAC Commonwealth Alvernia 8th 2011
MAC Freedom Delaware Valley 2nd 2011
Midwest St. Norbert 5th 2011
Minnesota St. Thomas 14th 2012
NEWMAC WPI 9th 2011
New England Elms 8th 2011
NESCAC Amherst 15th 2012
New Jersey Ramapo 6th 2011
North Atlantic Husson 3rd 2011
North Coast Ohio Wesleyan 4th 2012
North Eastern Morrisville State 2nd 2012
Northern Aurora 9th 2010
Northwest Whitworth 8th 2012
Ohio Marietta 3rd 2011
Old Dominion Randolph–Macon 13th 2012
Presidents' St. Vincent 1st Never
Skyline SUNY-Purchase 3rd 2011
SCIAC Redlands 3rd 2011
SCAC Trinity (TX) 9th 2012
SLIAC Spalding 1st Never
SUNYAC Cortland State 5th 2006
UAA Washington U. 17th 2012
Upper Midwest Northwestern (MN) 3rd 2012
USA South Christopher Newport 19th 2012
Wisconsin UW–Whitewater 18th 2012

At-large qualifiers

The NCAA Selection Committee, by rule, must select one team from the conferences without automatic berths and non-affiliated schools (Pool B). The Selection Committee makes the remaining 19 selections at-large from all conferences (Pool C).

Conference School Appearance Last Bid Pool
Southern Centre 15th 2011 Pool B
UAA Emory 2nd 1990 Pool C
Old Dominion Hampden–Sydney 14th 2007 Pool C
CCIW Illinois Wesleyan 22nd 2012 Pool C
American Southwest Mary Hardin–Baylor 6th 2012 Pool C
NESCAC Middlebury 6th 2012 Pool C
NEWMAC MIT 5th 2012 Pool C
SUNYAC Plattsburgh State 7th 2010 Pool C
Old Dominion Randolph 1st Never Pool C
UAA Rochester 14th 2011 Pool C
New Jersey Rutgers–Newark 2nd 2010 Pool C
NEWMAC Springfield 6th 2005 Pool C
Empire 8 Stevens 2nd 2007 Pool C
Heartland Transylvania 9th 2012 Pool C
Wisconsin UW–Stevens Point 12th 2012 Pool C
Old Dominion Virginia Wesleyan 13th 2012 Pool C
Capital Wesley 3rd 2010 Pool C
CCIW Wheaton (IL) 9th 2012 Pool C
NESCAC Williams 13th 2011 Pool C
North Coast Wooster 22nd 2012 Pool C

Bracket
St. Paul
Williamstown
Spokane
St. Mary's City
Amherst
Wooster
Naperville
Middlebury
2013 Third Round Hosts

* – Denotes overtime period

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

St. Paul, MN Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
  at Rose-Hulman 52  
Calvin 72  
  Calvin 67  
    at UW–Stevens Point 58  
at UW–Stevens Point 71
  Northwestern (MN) 54  
    Calvin 62
  at St. Thomas 63
  at St. Thomas 91  
Aurora 62  
at St. Thomas 68
    Wheaton (IL) 58  
at Wheaton (IL) 59
  St. Norbert 58  

Williamstown, MA Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
  at Virginia Wesleyan 76  
Delaware Valley 61  
  at Virginia Wesleyan 80  
    Christopher Newport 69  
at Christopher Newport 84
  Rutgers–Newark 72  
    Virginia Wesleyan 75
  at Williams 84
  at Williams 79  
Wesley 78  
at Williams 89
    Catholic 78  
at Catholic 67
  Staten Island 61  

Spokane, WA Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
       
  at Mary Hardin–Baylor 117  
    Concordia (TX) 92  
at Trinity (TX) 83
  Concordia (TX) 87  
    Mary Hardin–Baylor 69
  at Whitworth 63
  at Whitworth 75  
Redlands 69  
at Whitworth 80
    Emory 77  
at Emory 77
  Randolph 56  

St. Mary's City, MD Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
  at St. Mary's (MD) 85  
MIT 76  
  St. Mary's (MD) 72  
    at Alvernia 78  
at Alvernia 97
  Albertus Magnus 78  
    at St. Mary's (MD) 84
  Morrisville State 66
  Ramapo 78  
Morrisville State 86  
Morrisville State 66*
    at Rhode Island College 59  
at Rhode Island College 62*
  Hobart 59  

Due to an NCAA ban on postseason games in New Jersey, the first round match between top-seeded Ramapo and Morrisville State was held in Nyack, NY on the campus of Nyack College.

Amherst, MA Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
       
  at Amherst 89  
    Plattsburgh State 72  
at Plattsburgh State 84
  Husson 63  
    at Amherst 93
  Randolph–Macon 76
  Stevens 60  
Randolph–Macon 69  
Randolph–Macon 79
    WPI 68  
at WPI 80
  SUNY-Purchase 67  

Due to an NCAA ban on postseason games in New Jersey, Stevens was unable to host its first round match between against Randolph-Macon. The match was moved to Bronx, NY on the campus of Lehman College.

Due to a scheduling conflicting, WPI could not host its second round match against Randolph–Macon. The match was moved to Assumption College, also located in Worcester, MA.

Wooster, OH Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
  at Wooster 62  
Penn State-Behrend 44  
  at Wooster 80  
    Dickinson 54  
at Dickinson 80
  Marietta 65  
    at Wooster 63
  Cabrini 70
  at Hampden–Sydney 78  
Cabrini 80  
Cabrini 84
    at Ohio Wesleyan 81  
at Ohio Wesleyan 84
  St. Vincent 75  

Naperville, IL Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
  at Washington U. 70  
Spalding 61  
  at Washington U. 67  
    Illinois Wesleyan 71  
at Illinois Wesleyan 80
  Transylvania 71  
    Illinois Wesleyan 73
  at North Central (IL) 83
  at UW–Whitewater 58  
Dubuque 42  
UW–Whitewater 60
    North Central (IL) 64  
at North Central (IL) 66
  Centre 50  

Middlebury, VT Sectional
  First round
March 2		 Second round
March 9		 Third round
March 16
                           
  at Springfield 77  
Ithaca 89  
  Ithaca 70  
    at Rochester 68  
at Rochester 91
  Fitchburg State 86  
    Ithaca 72
  at Middlebury 73
  at Middlebury 68  
Curry 66  
Middlebury 67
    at Cortland State 63  
at Cortland State 85
  Elms 59  

Elite Eight - Salem, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia
Quarterfinals
March 22 		Semifinals
March 23 		National Championship Game
April 7
         
St. Thomas 82
Williams 79
St. Thomas 67
Mary Hardin–Baylor 74
Mary Hardin–Baylor 69
St. Mary's (MD) 66
Mary Hardin–Baylor 70
Amherst 87
Amherst 101
Cabrini 82
Amherst 52
North Central (IL) 44
North Central (IL) 77
Middlebury 65

Record by conference
Conference # of Bids Record Win % R62 R32 S16 E8 F4 CG NC
NESCAC 3 11-2 .846 2 3 3 3 1 1 1
American Southwest 2 5–2 .714 1 2 1 1 1 1 –
CCIW 3 7–3 .700 3 3 2 1 1 – –
Minnesota 1 4–1 .800 1 1 1 1 1 – –
Capital 2 3–2 .600 2 1 1 1 – – –
CSAC 1 3–1 .750 1 1 1 1 – – –
ODAC 4 4–4 .500 4 2 2 – – – –
North Coast 2 3–2 .600 2 2 1 – – – –
Empire 8 2 2–2 .500 2 1 1 – – – –
Michigan 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 – – – –
North Eastern 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 – – – –
Northwest 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 – – – –
UAA 3 3-3 .500 3 3 – – – – –
SUNYAC 2 2–2 .500 2 2 – – – – –
Wisconsin 2 2-2 .500 2 2 – – – – –
NEWMAC 3 1–3 .250 3 1 – – – – –
Centennial 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Landmark 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Little East 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
MAC Commonwealth 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
USA South 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
    • The R62, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 62 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
    • The ASC and NESCAC each had one representative which earned a bye to the second round.
    • The AMCC, CCC, CUNYAC, GNAC, IIAC, Liberty League, MAC Freedom, MASCAC, MWC, North Atlantic, NACC, NECC, OAC, Presidents', SAA, SCIAC, Skyline, SLIAC, and UMAC each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1.
    • The Heartland and NJAC had two representatives, eliminated in the first round, with a record of 0–2.

    See also

    References
    1. https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/new-format-developed-2013-diii-mens-basketball-tourney
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