2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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.

2015 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	62
Finals site	Salem Civic Center Salem, Virginia
Champions	Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (4th title)
Runner-up	Augustana (IL) Vikings (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Babson Beavers (1st Final Four) Virginia Wesleyan Marlins (3rd Final Four)
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Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Augustana (IL), 70–54, to win their fourth Division III national championship.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

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).

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)

The following 19 teams were awarded qualification for the 2015 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. 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

Top-left - Rock Island, Illinois

	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

Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts

	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

	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

Bottom-right - Stevens Point, Wisconsin

	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

	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

• 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2015 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament