2007 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament

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The 2007 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament involved 59 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball. It began on March 1, 2007, and concluded on March 17, 2007, with a championship game in the Salem Civic Center of Salem, Virginia, which was won by Amherst College over Virginia Wesleyan 80-67.

[edit] Qualifying teams

The Division III Championships Committee selected 59 schools to participate in the 2007 tournament. Thirty-seven teams earned automatic qualification by winning their respective conferences. Additionally, four independent (not affiliated with a conference with an automatic bid) teams and 18 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic qualifying conferences — who did not receive their conference automatic qualification—were selected.

School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
Lake Erie	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Mississippi College	American Southwest Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Catholic	Capital Athletic Conference	22-5	Conference Champion
Johns Hopkins	Centennial Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
York	City University of New York Athletic Conference	18-10	Conference Champion
Augustana (IL)	College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin	22-5	Conference Champion
Widener	Commonwealth Conference	14-12	Conference Champion
Wentworth Tech	Commonwealth Coast Conference	17-11	Conference Champion
St. John Fisher	Empire 8	22-5	Conference Champion
King's (PA)	Freedom Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Rivier	Great Northeast Athletic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Transylvania	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Loras	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	21-6	Conference Champion
St. Lawrence	Liberty League	22-5	Conference Champion
Rhode Island College	Little East Conference	24-3	Conference Champion
Salem State	Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference	24-2	Conference Champion
Calvin	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	18-9	Conference Champion
Carroll (WI)	Midwest Conference	16-8	Conference Champion
St. Thomas (MN)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	24-3	Conference Champion
Williams	New England Small College Athletic Conference	16-11	Conference Champion
Coast Guard	New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference	14-13	Conference Champion
Ramapo	New Jersey Athletic Conference	21-7	Conference Champion
Elms	North Atlantic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Wooster	North Coast Athletic Conference	25-3	Conference Champion
Villa Julie	North Eastern Athletic Conference	20-7	Conference Champion
Whitworth	Northwest Conference	23-3	Conference Champion
Capital	Ohio Athletic Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Hampden-Sydney	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	18-10	Conference Champion
Alvernia	Pennsylvania Athletic Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
Manhattanville	Skyline Conference	23-5	Conference Champion
Fontbonne	St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	16-11	Conference Champion
Occidental	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	19-5	Conference Champion
Centre	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
SUNY-Plattsburgh	State University of New York Athletic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Washington (MO)	University Athletic Association	20-4	Conference Champion
Averett	USA South Athletic Conference	20-6	Conference Champion
Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Aurora	Independent	25-2	Independent selection
Lincoln (PA)	Independent	18-8	Independent selection
Maryville (TN)	Independent	21-6	Independent selection
Westminster (PA)	Independent	18-8	Independent selection
Amherst	New England Small College Athletic Conference	25-2	At-large
Brandeis	University Athletic Association	22-5	At-large
Chicago	University Athletic Association	20-5	At-large
DePauw	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	22-5	At-large
Guilford	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	21-4	At-large
Hood	Capital Athletic Conference	21-7	At-large
Hope	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	23-4	At-large
John Carroll	Ohio Athletic Conference	19-9	At-large
Keene State	Little East Conference	23-5	At-large
Mary Hardin-Baylor	American Southwest Conference	22-5	At-large
Messiah	Commonwealth Conference	19-6	At-large
Rochester	University Athletic Association	18-7	At-large
St. John's (MN)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	20-7	At-large
SUNY-Brockport	State University of New York Athletic Conference	23-5	At-large
Stevens Tech	Empire 8	21-6	At-large
Trinity (CT)	New England Small College Athletic Conference	21-4	At-large
Virginia Wesleyan	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	23-4	At-large
Worcester Poly	Liberty League	22-3	At-large