2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2015 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams62
Finals siteSalem Civic Center
Salem, Virginia
ChampionsWisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (4th title)
Runner-upAugustana (IL) Vikings (3rd title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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The 2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 62 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament took place during March 2015, with the national semifinal and championship rounds taking place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Augustana (IL), 70–54, to win their fourth Division III national championship.

Qualifying teams

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Automatic bids (43)

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The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2015 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 19–7 (14–4) 4th 2012
American Southwest East Texas Baptist 23–5 (15–5) 1st Never
Capital Salisbury 20–7 (14–4) 6th 1997
Centennial Dickinson 22–5 (13–5) 7th 2014
CUNYAC Baruch 21–6 (14–2) 4th 2009
CCIW Augustana (IL) 23–4 (11–3) 14th 2014
Colonial States Neumann 17–10 (12–6) 1st Never
Commonwealth Coast Endicott 23–5 (16–2) 6th 2012
Empire 8 St. John Fisher 23–4 (14–2) 15th 2010
Great Northeast Albertus Magnus 27–1 (18–0) 5th 2014
Heartland Defiance 21–6 (14–4) 5th 2010
Iowa Dubuque 23–5 (10–4) 6th 2013
Landmark Scranton 22–5 (14–2) 26th 2014
Liberty Skidmore 19–7 (14–2) 3rd 2012
Little East Keene State 20–8 (8–6) 3rd 2007
MAC Commonwealth Alvernia 18–9 (10–6) 10th 2014
MAC Freedom Misericordia 21–6 (11–3) 2nd 2012
MASCAC Westfield State 20–6 (11–1) 3rd 1993
Michigan Calvin 21–6 (12–2) 20th 2014
Midwest St. Norbert 24–1 (18–0) 7th 2014
Minnesota St. Thomas (MN) 24–3 (17–3) 16th 2014
NECC Regis (MA) 19–8 (12–4) 1st Never
NESCAC Wesleyan (CT) 19–8 (5–5) 1st Never
NEWMAC Babson 25–2 (13–1) 7th 2014
New Jersey Stockton 22–5 (14–4) 15th 2014
North Atlantic Colby–Sawyer 19–6 (15–3) 4th 2003
North Coast DePauw 19–9 (9–9) 13th 2007
NEAC SUNY Cobleskill 17–10 (13–4) 1st Never
Northern Athletics Concordia (WI) 19–9 (14–6) 3rd 2011
Northwest Whitworth 24–3 (15–1) 10th 2014
Ohio Mount Union 22–6 (15–3) 2nd 1997
Old Dominion Randolph–Macon 26–2 (16–0) 15th 2014
Presidents' Saint Vincent 22–6 (14–2) 3rd 2014
Skyline Sage 23–4 (15–3) 1st Never
Southern Hendrix 12–16 (4–10) 3rd 1996
SCIAC Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 21–6 (12–4) 12th 2012
SCAC Texas Lutheran 18–9 (11–3) 1st Never
SLIAC Spalding 18–9 (13–5) 2nd 2013
SUNYAC Oswego State 19–9 (12–6) 3rd 2012
UAA Emory 20–5 (10–4) 4th 2014
Upper Midwest Northwestern–St. Paul 18–9 (14–0) 5th 2014
USA South LaGrange 17–11 (7–7) 2nd 2014
Wisconsin UW–Whitewater 24–3 (15–1) 20th 2014

At-large bids (19)

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The following 19 teams were awarded qualification for the 2015 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 20–7 (6–4) 17th 2014
NESCAC Bates 19–6 (7–3) 1st Never
Landmark Catholic 22–5 (15–1) 13th 2013
Little East Eastern Connecticut 22–5 (13–1) 6th 2014
CCIW Elmhurst 19–7 (9–5) 4th 2009
CCIW Illinois Wesleyan 19–8 (10–4) 24th 2014
Ohio John Carroll 20–6 (15–3) 13th 2010
Centennial Johns Hopkins 23–4 (16–2) 10th 2014
Ohio Marietta 25–3 (16–2) 4th 2013
North Coast Ohio Wesleyan 22–5 (16–2) 6th 2014
Minnesota St. Olaf 21–5 (16–4) 2nd 2014
NEWMAC Springfield 19–8 (10–4) 8th 2014
NESCAC Trinity (CT) 20–6 (9–1) 8th 2008
Wisconsin UW–Stevens Point 21–5 (15–1) 14th 2014
Old Dominion Virginia Wesleyan 23–5 (13–3) 15th 2014
UAA Washington–St. Louis 20–5 (9–5) 19th 2014
New Jersey William Paterson 20–7 (13–5) 16th 2012
North Coast Wooster 22–6 (14–4) 24th 2014
NEWMAC WPI 21–5 (11–3) 11th 2014

Tournament bracket

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First round
March 5–6
Campus Sites
Second round
March 7
Campus Sites
Third round
March 13
Rock Island, IL
Regional finals
March 14
Rock Island, IL
            
Augustana (IL) 68
St. Louis, MO / Rock Island, IL
DePauw 66
Washington–St. Louis 73
DePauw 83
Augustana (IL) 82
Mount Union 69
Mount Union 87
Neumann 59
Mount Union 81
Alliance, OH
Calvin 69
Calvin 78
Oswego State 69
Augustana (IL) 100
Marietta 51
UW–Whitewater 71
Defiance 83
Defiance 63
Whitewater, WI
St. Olaf 68
Ohio Wesleyan 78
St. Olaf 90
St. Olaf 72
Marietta 79
Marietta 120
Medaille 81
Marietta 88
Marietta, OH
Wooster 86
Wooster 84
Misericordia 59
First round
March 5–6
Campus Sites
Second round
March 7
Campus Sites
Third round
March 13
Babson Park, MA
Regional finals
March 14
Babson Park, MA
            
Babson 75
Westfield State 62
Babson 54
Babson Park, MA
Scranton 47
Scranton 72
Baruch 62
Babson 49
Johns Hopkins 47
Johns Hopkins 95
Keene State 82
Johns Hopkins 61
Baltimore, MD
Skidmore 58
Skidmore 81
Wesleyan (CT) 66
Babson 76*
Trinity (CT) 69
Stockton 81
Endicott 61
Stockton 59
Galloway, NJ
Bates 68*
Bates 92
Saint Vincent 80
Bates 62
Trinity (CT) 79
Trinity (CT) 60
Colby–Sawyer 55
Trinity (CT) 60
Hartford, CT
Salisbury 47
Eastern Connecticut 54
Salisbury 66

Top-right - Ashland, Virginia

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First round
March 5–6
Campus Sites
Second round
March 7
Campus Sites
Third round
March 13
Ashland, VA
Regional finals
March 14
Ashland, VA
            
Randolph–Macon 78
Washington, D.C. / Ashland, VA
Catholic 65
Catholic 87
Alvernia 80
Randolph–Macon 64
St. John Fisher 57
St. John Fisher 76
WPI 70
St. John Fisher 87
Rochester, NY
Amherst 70
Amherst 91
Sage 67
Randolph–Macon 47
Virginia Wesleyan 49
Dickinson 74
Regis (MA) 64
Dickinson 74
Carlisle, PA
Albertus Magnus 72
Albertus Magnus 68
Springfield 58
Dickinson 65
Virginia Wesleyan 75
William Paterson 80
SUNY Cobleskill 54
William Paterson 74
Wayne, NJ
Virginia Wesleyan 77
Virginia Wesleyan 101
John Carroll 86
First round
March 5–6
Campus Sites
Second round
March 7
Campus Sites
Third round
March 13
Stevens Point, WI
Regional finals
March 14
Stevens Point, WI
            
St. Thomas (MN) 70
Northwestern–St. Paul 71
Northwestern–St. Paul 84
De Pere, WI
Elmhurst 75
St. Norbert 98
Elmhurst 110***
Northwestern–St. Paul 46
East Texas Baptist 70
East Texas Baptist 75
Hendrix 59
East Texas Baptist 80
Marshall, TX
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 75
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 79
Texas Lutheran 55
East Texas Baptist 28
UW–Stevens Point 45
UW–Stevens Point 88
Concordia (WI) 56
UW–Stevens Point 70
Stevens Point, WI
Illinois Wesleyan 53
Illinois Wesleyan 72
Dubuque 53
UW–Stevens Point 73
Emory 53
Emory 88
Spalding 59
Emory 85
Atlanta, GA
Whitworth 84
Whitworth 88
LaGrange 60

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

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Semifinals
Friday, March 20
National championship
Saturday, March 21
      
Augustana (IL) 68
Babson 48
Augustana (IL) 54
UW–Stevens Point 70
Virginia Wesleyan 59
UW–Stevens Point 68

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2015 men's basketball conference tourney tracker". D3Sports.com. February 21, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2023.