2006 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 2006 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 32nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

2006 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	59
Finals site	Salem, Virginia
Champions	Virginia Wesleyan (1st title)
Runner-up	Wittenberg (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Illinois Wesleyan (4th Final Four) Amherst (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	David Macedo (VWC)
MOP	Ton Ton Balenga (VWC)
Attendance	45,371
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «2005 2007»

The field contained sixty-four teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Virginia Wesleyan defeated Wittenberg, 59–56, in the championship, clinching their first national title.

The Marlins (30–3) were coached by David Macedo.

Ton Ton Balenga, also from Virginia Wesleyan, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Lawrence	63
					St. Thomas (MN)	59
	St. Thomas (MN)	76
	North Central (IL)	68
									Lawrence	68
									Illinois Wesleyan	71
	UW–Whitewater	76
	DePauw	68
					UW–Whitewater	71
					Illinois Wesleyan	85
	Carroll (WI)	68
	Illinois Wesleyan	81
													Illinois Wesleyan	113
													Puget Sound	99
					Puget Sound	89
					Occidental	81
	Occidental	48
	Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	41
									Puget Sound	92
									Augustana (IL)	86
	Augustana (IL)	71
	Buena Vista	66
					Augustana (IL)	77
					UW–Stout	70
	UW–Stout	66
	Carleton	64

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Virginia Wesleyan	71
					Farmingdale State	63
	Ursinus	82
	Farmingdale State	93
									Virginia Wesleyan	72
									Lincoln (PA)	71
	Lincoln (PA)	102
	Christopher Newport	96
					Lincoln (PA)	100
					Messiah	80
	Alvernia	77
	Messiah	83*
													Virginia Wesleyan	46
													William Paterson	35
	Baruch	71
	Villa Julie	86
					Villa Julie	48
					William Paterson	72
	Scranton	45
	William Paterson	70
									William Paterson	52
									Widener	45
	York (PA)	87
	York (NY)	67
					York (PA)	69
					Widener	71
	Catholic	59
	Widener	61

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Amherst	83
					Hamilton	59
	Hamilton	66*
	Plattsburgh State	65
									Amherst	90*
									Tufts	85
	Cortland State	68
	UMass Boston	54
					Cortland State	65
					Tufts	68
	Tufts	83
	Endicott	60
													Amherst	93
													St. John Fisher	70
	WPI	79
	Bridgewater State	62
					WPI	58
					Utica	76
	Gordon	66
	Utica	71
									Utica	78
									St. John Fisher	94
	Norwich	82
	Elms	70
					Norwich	50
					St. John Fisher	71

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
	Mississippi College	88
	Maryville (MO)	58
					Mississippi College	69
					Maryville (TN)	51
	Trinity (TX)	64
	Maryville (TN)	83
									Mississippi College	64
									Transylvania	76
	Transylvania	75
	Bethany (WV)	56
					Transylvania	91
					Wooster	88
	Wooster	84
	Randolph–Macon	70
													Transylvania	61
													Wittenberg	74
	Hope	93
	Wisconsin Lutheran	51
					Hope	70
					Calvin	67
	Calvin	79
	UW–La Crosse	71
									Hope	49
									Wittenberg	56
	Wittenberg	76
	Lake Erie	40
					Wittenberg	78
					Baldwin Wallace	60
	Carnegie Mellon	71
	Baldwin Wallace	79

Final Four

• Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia

	National Semifinals					National Championship
	Illinois Wesleyan		79
	Virginia Wesleyan		81
						Virginia Wesleyan		59
						Wittenberg		56
	Amherst		60
	Wittenberg		64			National Third-place
						Illinois Wesleyan		71
						Amherst		68

See also

• 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2006 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2006 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2006 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament