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1 Qualifying teams  


1.1  Automatic bids (43)  




1.2  At-large bids (21)  






2 Tournament bracket  


2.1  Top-left - Marietta, Ohio  




2.2  Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts  




2.3  Top-right - Middlebury, Vermont  




2.4  Bottom-right - Holland, Michigan  




2.5  Final Four - Salem, Virginia  






3 See also  




4 References  













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2017 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteSalem Civic Center
Salem, Virginia
ChampionsBabson Beavers (1st title)
Runner-upAugustana Vikings (4th title game)
Semifinalists
  • Williams Ephs (4th Final Four)
    • NCAA Division III men's tournaments
    «2016 2018»

    The 2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament involving 64 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament concluded with the national semifinal and championship rounds that took place at the Salem Civic CenterinSalem, Virginia.

    Babson beat Augustana (IL) 79-78 to win their 1st national title. Joey Flannery was voted as the MVP of the tournament.

    Qualifying teams[edit]

    Automatic bids (43)[edit]

    The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2017 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 Medaille 21–7 (16–2) 5th 2015
    American Southwest Hardin–Simmons 24–7 (13–3) 2nd 2016
    Capital Christopher Newport 27–3 (17–1) 21st 2016
    Centennial Swarthmore 23–6 (14–4) 1st Never
    CUNYAC Staten Island 21–6 (16–0) 12th 2013
    CCIW North Central (IL) 18–11 (9–7) 9th 2016
    Colonial States Neumann 25–3 (17–1) 2nd 2015
    Commonwealth Coast Nichols 24–6 (15–3) 1st Never
    Empire 8 St. John Fisher 23–6 (15–1) 16th 2015
    Great Northeast Albertus Magnus 23–5 (16–2) 6th 2015
    Heartland Hanover 26–4 (16–2) 7th 2011
    Iowa Wartburg 21–10 (8–8) 7th 2001
    Landmark Scranton 22–7 (11–3) 28th 2016
    Liberty Union (NY) 17–11 (10–6) 4th 2005
    Little East Eastern Connecticut 21–9 (11–3) 7th 2015
    MAC Commonwealth Lycoming 24–5 (13–3) 7th 2016
    MAC Freedom Misericordia 20–8 (9–5) 3rd 2015
    MASCAC Salem State 17–11 (9–3) 24th 2012
    Michigan Calvin 17–11 (10–4) 21st 2015
    Midwest Ripon 20–5 (15–3) 13th 2002
    Minnesota Bethel (MN) 20–6 (15–5) 2nd 1991
    NECC Becker 19–9 (13–3) 3rd 2012
    NESCAC Middlebury 27–4 (8–2) 8th 2016
    NEWMAC MIT 21–7 (11–3) 7th 2014
    New Jersey Ramapo 25–2 (16–2) 7th 2013
    North Atlantic Husson 21–7 (16–2) 6th 2016
    North Coast Wooster 21–8 (15–3) 26th 2016
    NEAC Morrisville State 22–7 (15–3) 4th 2014
    Northern Athletics Benedictine (IL) 23–5 (19–1) 8th 2016
    Northwest Whitman 27–0 (16–0) 2nd 2016
    Ohio Marietta 26–5 (16–2) 6th 2016
    Old Dominion Guilford 24–6 (13–3) 5th 2010
    Presidents' Thomas More 22–7 (15–3) 2nd 2009
    Skyline Farmingdale State 20–8 (14–2) 5th 2012
    Southern Rhodes 17–11 (11–3) 4th 1993
    SCIAC Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 23–5 (13–3) 13th 2015
    SCAC Texas Lutheran 19–10 (10–4) 3rd 2016
    SLIAC Westminster (MO) 19–9 (13–5) 5th 2016
    SUNYAC Oswego State 21–7 (15–3) 5th 2016
    UAA Washington–St. Louis 21–6 (12–2) 20th 2015
    Upper Midwest Northwestern–St. Paul 20–8 (13–3) 7th 2016
    USA South LaGrange 18–11 (8–6) 4th 2016
    Wisconsin UW–River Falls 25–4 (12–2) 3rd 2012

    At-large bids (21)[edit]

    The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2017 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.

    At-large bids
    Conference Team Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bid
    NESCAC Amherst 17–8 (7–3) 19th 2016
    CCIW Augustana (IL) 24–9 (11–5) 16th 2016
    NEWMAC Babson 31–2 (14–0) 9th 2016
    Colonial States Cabrini 19–8 (15–3) 13th 2014
    UAA Emory 19–8 (9–5) 6th 2016
    Commonwealth Coast Endicott 24–7 (15–3) 8th 2016
    Michigan Hope 23–7 (13–1) 26th 2016
    Little East Keene State 22–10 (10–4) 5th 2016
    New Jersey New Jersey City 21–8 (13–5) 17th 2011
    UAA Rochester 24–5 (10–4) 15th 2013
    Liberty St. Lawrence 20–7 (13–3) 13th 2010
    Minnesota St. Thomas (MN) 19–8 (15–5) 18th 2016
    Capital Salisbury 20–8 (14–4) 8th 2016
    Liberty Skidmore 20–8 (14–2) 5th 2016
    Landmark Susquehanna 23–6 (11–3) 7th 2016
    NESCAC Tufts 22–7 (8–2) 5th 2016
    Wisconsin UW–Oshkosh 17–11 (9–5) 7th 2016
    Wisconsin UW–Whitewater 22–7 (9–5) 21st 2015
    NESCAC Wesleyan (CT) 19–7 (6–4) 2nd 2015
    Northwest Whitworth 23–5 (13–3) 12th 2016
    NESCAC Williams 23–9 (5–5) 15th 2014

    Tournament bracket[edit]

    Top-left - Marietta, Ohio[edit]

    First round
    March 3
    Campus Sites     		Second round
    March 4
    Campus Sites     		Sectionals
    March 10
    Marietta, OH     		Sectionals
    March 11
    Marietta, OH
                
    Whitman 111
    Rhodes 98
    Whitman 79
    Walla Walla, WA
    Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 73
    Whitworth 73
    Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 78
    Whitman 102
    Hardin–Simmons 82
    Hardin–Simmons 109
    LaGrange 103
    Hardin–Simmons 95
    Abilene, TX
    Emory 85
    Emory 82
    Texas Lutheran 69
    Whitman 91
    Rochester 87
    Marietta 83
    Calvin 66
    Marietta 88
    Marietta, OH
    Guilford 64
    Guilford 74
    Thomas More 54
    Marietta 80
    Rochester 85
    Rochester 89
    Albertus Magnus 66
    Rochester 82
    Rochester, NY
    Union (NY) 60
    Wesleyan (CT) 83
    Union (NY) 89

    Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts[edit]

    First round
    March 3
    Campus Sites     		Second round
    March 4
    Campus Sites     		Sectionals
    March 10
    Babson Park, MA     		Sectionals
    March 11
    Babson Park, MA
                
    Swarthmore 86
    Staten Island 61
    Swarthmore 67
    Swarthmore, PA
    Christopher Newport 77
    Christopher Newport 81
    Morrisville State 45
    Christopher Newport 64
    Keene State 68
    Ramapo 73
    Misericordia 63
    Ramapo 91
    Mahwah, NJ
    Keene State 92*
    Amherst 66
    Keene State 69
    Keene State 79
    Babson 102
    Babson 92
    Husson 76
    Babson 72
    Babson Park, MA
    Skidmore 65
    Skidmore 75
    New Jersey City 67
    Babson 87
    Tufts 80
    St. John Fisher 77
    St. Lawrence 72
    St. John Fisher 81
    Pittsford, NY
    Tufts 94
    Tufts 84
    Salem State 81

    Top-right - Middlebury, Vermont[edit]

    First round
    March 3
    Campus Sites     		Second round
    March 4
    Campus Sites     		Sectionals
    March 10
    Middlebury, VT     		Sectionals
    March 11
    Middlebury, VT
                
    Middlebury 84
    Farmingdale State 75
    Middlebury 95
    Middlebury, VT
    Lycoming 76
    Lycoming 86
    Cabrini 70
    Middlebury 89
    Endicott 60
    Neumann 93
    Nichols 96
    Nichols 75
    Aston, PA
    Endicott 111
    Salisbury 68
    Endicott 71
    Middlebury 75
    Williams 79
    Susquehanna 89
    Medaille 82
    Susquehanna 72
    Selinsgrove, PA
    Eastern Connecticut 67
    Eastern Connecticut 86
    MIT 70
    Susquehanna 61
    Williams 78
    Williams 91
    Becker 63
    Williams 80
    Williamstown, MA
    Scranton 53
    Scranton 82*
    Oswego State 77

    Bottom-right - Holland, Michigan[edit]

    First round
    March 3
    Campus Sites     		Second round
    March 4
    Campus Sites     		Sectionals
    March 10
    Holland, MI     		Sectionals
    March 11
    Holland, MI
                
    UW–River Falls 94**
    Bethel (MN) 92
    UW–River Falls 43
    River Falls, WI
    Wartburg 76
    Benedictine (IL) 66
    Wartburg 92
    Wartburg 69
    Augustana (IL) 80
    UW–Whitewater 85
    Northwestern–St. Paul 81
    UW–Whitewater 70
    Whitewater, WI
    Augustana (IL) 72
    Augustana (IL) 77
    St. Thomas (MN) 74
    Augustana (IL) 77
    Hanover 64
    Hope 87
    UW–Oshkosh 85
    Hope 94
    Holland, MI
    Washington–St. Louis 80
    Washington–St. Louis 87
    Ripon 72
    Hope 77
    Hanover 79
    Hanover 72
    Westminster (MO) 64
    Hanover 64
    Hanover, IN
    North Central (IL) 63
    Wooster 72
    North Central (IL) 77

    Final Four - Salem, Virginia[edit]

    Semifinals
    Friday, March 17     		National championship
    Saturday, March 18
          
    Whitman 85
    Babson 91
    Babson 79
    Augustana (IL) 78
    Williams 79
    Augustana (IL) 90

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 24, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

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