2011 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament

The 2011 NCAA Mens Division III Basketball Tournament is a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of men's NCAA Division III Basketball. The tournament began on March 3, 2011. The tournament consists of 61 teams arranged in four sections. The top three teams earn a bye to the second round. The other 58 teams compete in the first round. The first two rounds in each section are held at campus location: four sites per section. The third and fourth rounds take place at the sectional location. The national semifinals and national championship will be held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.^[1][2]

Forty-two teams were granted automatic bids as the champion of their conference. One independent team was selected, and 18 teams were selected as at-large participants.

Contents 1 Qualified teams 2 Sectional play 2.1 Wooster, Ohio Sectional 2.2 Williamstown, Massachusetts Sectional 2.3 Rock Island, Illinois Sectional 2.4 Rochester, New York Sectional 3 Semifinals and National championship – Salem, Virginia 4 References

Qualified teams

School Conference Record Qualification La Roche Allegheny Mountain Collegiate 25–2 Automatic McMurry American Southwest 21–7 Automatic St. Mary's (Md.) Capital Athletic 22–5 Automatic Franklin & Marshall Centennial 22–5 Automatic Medgar Evans CUNY Athletic 17–11 Automatic Augustana (Ill.) Illinois and Wisconsin 24–3 Automatic Cabrini Colonial States Athletic 22–5 Automatic Alvernia Commonwealth 18–6 Automatic Salve Regina Commonwealth Coast 17–10 Automatic Hartwick Empire 8 17–10 Automatic Delaware Valley Freedom 17–10 Automatic Johnson & Wales (R.I.) Great Northeast Athletic 20–8 Automatic Manchester Heartland Collegiate Athletic 21–6 Automatic Luther Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic 18–8 Automatic Scranton Landmark 20–5 Automatic Skidmore Liberty League 18–9 Automatic Rhode Island College Little East 19–7 Automatic Bridgewater State Massachusetts State College Athletic 19–9 Automatic Hope Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 22–6 Automatic St. Norbert Midwest 20–5 Automatic St. Thomas (Minn.) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 24–3 Automatic Elms New England Collegiate 20–7 Automatic Middlebury New England Small College Athletic 25–1 Automatic MIT New England Women's and Men's Athletic 19–8 Automatic New Jersey City New Jersey Athletic 19–9 Automatic Husson North Atlantic 21–6 Automatic Wooster North Coast Athletic 26–2 Automatic Wells North Eastern Athletic 16–11 Automatic Benedictine (Ill.) Northern Athletics 21–7 Automatic Whitworth Northwest 26–1 Automatic Marietta Ohio Athletic 25–3 Automatic

School Conference Record Qualification Randolph–Macon Old Dominion Athletic 24–4 Automatic Bethany (W.Va.) Presidents' Athletic 21–7 Automatic Purchase Skyline 23–4 Automatic Webster St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic 20–6 Automatic Redlands Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic 16–11 Automatic Centre Southern Collegiate Athletic 21–5 Automatic Buffalo State SUNY Athletic 21–6 Automatic Rochester (N.Y.) University Athletic Association 20–5 Automatic Northwestern (Minn.) Upper Midwest Athletic 21–6 Automatic North Carolina Wesleyan USA South Athletic 21–6 Automatic Wisconsin–Stevens Point Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 24–3 Automatic Chapman Independent 24–3 At-large Amherst New England Small College Athletic 22–3 At-large Becker North Atlantic 23–4 At-large Concordia (Wis.) Northern Athletics 23–4 At-large Gwynedd–Mercy Colonial States Athletic 21–6 At-large Hanover Heartland Collegiate Athletic 19–7 At-large Illinois Wesleyan Illinois & Wisconsin 19–8 At-large Ithaca Empire 8 20–6 At-large Mary Hardin-Baylor Southwest 21–7 At-large Oswego State SUNY Athletic 23–4 At-large Penn State–Behrend Allegheny Mountain Collegiate 23–4 At-large Ramapo New Jersey Athletic 20–6 At-large Texas–Dallas American Southwest 21–6 At-large Virginia Wesleyan Old Dominion Athletic 23–4 At-large Western Connecticut State Little East 21–5 At-large Williams New England Small College Athletic 25–2 At-large Wisconsin–River Falls Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 20–7 At-large Wittenberg North Coast Athletic 19–8 At-large WPI New England Women's and Men's Athletic 22–5 At-large

Sectional play

Wooster, Ohio Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
		Whitworth
		Bye
							Whitworth	77
	First round: Orange, California Second round: Spokane, Washington
							Chapman	63
		Chapman	62
		Redlands	38
												Whitworth	93
											Marietta	77
		Marietta	67
		Centre	62
							Marietta	63
	Marietta, Ohio
							Wittenberg	62
		LaRoche	68
		Wittenberg	74
																	Whitworth	66
																Wooster	76
		Wooster	74
		Benedictine (Ill.)	68
							Wooster	47
	Wooster, Ohio
							Manchester	45
		Manchester	70
		Bethany (W.Va.)	58
												Wooster	94
											Cabrini	77
		Cabrini	85
		New Jersey City	76
							Cabrini	91
	Radnor, Pennsylvania
							Purchase	84
		Purchase	79
		Hartwick	69

Williamstown, Massachusetts Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
		Williams	86
		Husson	83
							Williams	84
	Williamstown, Massachusetts
							Becker	63
		Becker	80
		Scranton	73
												Williams	79
											Virginia Wesleyan	73
		Virginia Wesleyan	93
		Delaware Valley	63
							Virginia Wesleyan	79
	Norfolk, Virginia
							Franklin & Marshall	71
		Franklin & Marshall	69
		NC Wesleyan	56
																	Williams	77
																Amherst	71
		WPI	58
		Bridgewater State	57
							WPI	70
	Worcester, Massachusetts
							Amherst	92
		Amherst	79
		Skidmore	39
												Amherst	78
											Rhode Isl. College	74
		Oswego State	64
		Wells	58
							Oswego State	63
	Oswego, New York
							Rhode Isl. College	71
		Penn State-Behrend	54
		Rhode Isl. College	83

Rock Island, Illinois Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
		McMurry
		Bye
							McMurry	67
	First round: Belton, Texas Second round:Abilene, Texas
							Mary Hardin-Baylor	70
		Mary Hardin-Baylor	86
		Texas-Dallas	77
												Mary Hardin-Baylor	57
											Augustana (Ill.)	70
		Augustana (Ill.)	76
		Webster	51
							Augustana (Ill.)	88
	Rock Island, Illinois
							Hope	80
		Hope	73
		Hanover	70
																	Augustana (Ill.)	56
																St. Thomas (Minn.)	72
		Concordia (Wis.)	61
		Luther	68
							Luther	56
	Mequon, Wisconsin
							Wis.-Stevens Pt.	76
		Wis.-Stevens Pt.	70
		St. Norbert College	49
												Wis.-Stevens Pt.	64
											St. Thomas (Minn.)	66
		St. Thomas (Minn.)	70
		Northwestern (Minn.)	60
							St. Thomas (Minn.)	78
	Saint Paul, Minnesota
							Ill. Wesleyan	70
		Wis.-River Falls	76
		Illinois Wesleyan	83

Rochester, New York Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
		Ramapo	106
		Johnson & Wales	'114
							Johnson & Wales	72
	Mahwah, New Jersey
							Buffalo State	96
		Gwynedd-Mercy	73
		Buffalo State	83
												Buffalo State	74
											St. Mary's (Md.)	85
		St. Mary's (Md.)	72
		Medgar Evers	55
							St. Mary's (Md.)	68
	St. Mary's City, Maryland
							Randolph Macon	53
		Randolph Macon	62
		Alvernia	59
																	St. Mary's (Md.)	50
																Middlebury	65
		Ithaca	78
		MIT	82
							MIT	52
	Ithaca, New York
							Rochester (NY)	60
		Rochester (NY)	81
		Elms	70
												Rochester (NY)	52
											Middlebury	61
		West Conn. State	89
		Salve Regina	67
							West Conn. State	53
	First round: Danbury, Connecticut Second round: Middlebury, Vermont
							Middlebury	79
		Middlebury
		Bye

Semifinals and National championship – Salem, Virginia

	Semifinals Friday, March 18					National championship Saturday, March 19
	Wooster (30–2)		73
	Williams (29–2)		71
						Wooster		54
						St. Thomas (Minn.)		78
	St. Thomas (Minn.) (28-3)		59
	Middlebury (28–1)		57

References