The 2023 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it was played in March 2023, following the 2022–23 season, concluding with the championship game on March 18, 2023.
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Christopher Newport (1st title, 1st title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Mount Union (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | John Krikorian (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Trey Barber (Christopher Newport) | ||||
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The national semifinal and championship rounds were held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Christopher Newport won their first national championship, beating Mount Union 74–72 on a buzzer-beating layup by Trey Barber.
Tournament schedule and venues edit
- First and second rounds
First and second round games were played at campus sites on March 3 and March 4.
On the basis of team strength and geography, these locations were chosen to host first and second round games in the 2023 tournament:
- Crenshaw Gymnasium, Ashland, Virginia (Host: Randolph–Macon College)
- Max Ziel Gymnasium, Oswego, New York (Host: State University of New York at Oswego)
- Horsburgh Gymnasium, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Case Western Reserve University)
- Goldfarb Gymnasium, Baltimore, Maryland (Host: Johns Hopkins University)
- Esbjornson Gymnasium, Glassboro, New Jersey (Host: Rowan University)
- Kolf Sports Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh)
- McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex, Alliance, Ohio (Host: University of Mount Union)
- Washington University Field House, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Washington University in St. Louis)
- Tarble Pavilion, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (Host: Swarthmore College)
- Spaulding Gymnasium, Keene, New Hampshire (Host: Keene State College)
- Stockton University Sports Center, Galloway Township, New Jersey (Host: Stockton University)
- Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, Vermont (Host: Middlebury College)
- Freeman Center, Newport News, Virginia (Host: Christopher Newport University)
- Mayborn Campus Center, Belton, Texas (Host: University of Mary Hardin–Baylor)
- O'Connell Athletic Center, West Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Saint Joseph)
- Chrouser Sports Complex, Wheaton, Illinois (Host: Wheaton College)
- Third and fourth rounds
Third and fourth round games were played at campus sites on March 10 and March 11.
At the conclusion of the second round, the NCAA announced the following locations would host third and fourth round games.
- Crenshaw Gymnasium, Ashland, Virginia (Host: Randolph–Macon College)
- McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex, Alliance, Ohio (Host: University of Mount Union)
- Tarble Pavilion, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (Host: Swarthmore College)
- Freeman Center, Newport News, Virginia (Host: Christopher Newport University)
- National Semifinals and Championship
The National Semifinals and Championship were played on March 16 and March 18.
Fort Wayne hosted the Final Four for the third time, having previously hosted in 2019 and 2022. Fort Wayne was also scheduled to host the Final Four in 2020 and 2021, before those editions of the tournament were canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.
Qualifying teams edit
A total of sixty-four bids were available for the tournament: 44 automatic bids—awarded to the champions of the forty-three NCAA-recognized Division III conference tournaments—and 20 at-large bids.
While this was the first season for the newly established Collegiate Conference of the South, its conference tournament champion was not eligible for an automatic bid until the 2025 tournament.[1]
This was also the final year that the Colonial States Athletic Conference and New England Collegiate Conference received bids; the members of the CSAC merged into the United East Conference ahead of the 2023–24 season, consolidating its bid into the UEC's as part of the process.[2] Meanwhile, after steady losses of membership in recent years, the four remaining members of the NECC joined other conferences for 2023–24 and beyond.
Automatic bids (44) edit
The following 44 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2023 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).[3]
At-large bids (20) edit
The following 20 teams were awarded qualification for the tournament field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.[3] 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.[4]
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| Conference | Team | Record (Conf.) | Appearance | Last bid | |||
| UAA | Emory | 17–8 (8–6) | 11th | 2022 | |||
| Old Dominion | Hampden–Sydney | 21–6 (14–2) | 15th | 2013 | |||
| Ohio | John Carroll | 22–4 (16–2) | 16th | 2018 | |||
| Centennial | Johns Hopkins | 23–4 (16–2) | 14th | 2022 | |||
| American Southwest | Mary Hardin–Baylor | 21–5 (16–2) | 8th | 2022 | |||
| Coast to Coast | Mary Washington | 19–8 (4–2) | 3rd | 2014 | |||
| NESCAC | Middlebury | 19–5 (7–3) | 12th | 2020 | |||
| New Jersey | Montclair State | 22–5 (15–3) | 7th | 2003 | |||
| UAA | NYU | 18–7 (7–7) | 11th | 2016 | |||
| SCIAC | Pomona–Pitzer | 20–6 (15–1) | 15th | 2022 | |||
| UAA | Rochester | 16–9 (6–8) | 18th | 2022 | |||
| Great Northeast | St. Joseph (CT) | 27–1 (18–0) | 3rd | 2022 | |||
| SCAC | St. Thomas (TX) | 23–3 (16–0) | 1st | Never | |||
| New Jersey | Stockton | 22–5 (15–3) | 18th | 2022 | |||
| NESCAC | Tufts | 19–7 (6–4) | 7th | 2020 | |||
| Empire 8 | Utica | 22–4 (17–1) | 2nd | 2006 | |||
| Wisconsin | UW–Oshkosh | 21–6 (13–1) | 12th | 2022 | |||
| UAA | Washington–St. Louis | 19–6 (10–4) | 24th | 2022 | |||
| CCIW | Wheaton (IL) | 22–4 (14–2) | 13th | 2022 | |||
| NESCAC | Williams | 22–4 (7–3) | 19th | 2022 | |||
Tournament bracket edit
* – Denotes overtime period
Top-left - Ashland, Virginia edit
| First round March 3, 2023 Campus Sites | Second round March 4, 2023 Campus Sites | Third round March 10, 2023 Ashland, VA | Quarterfinals March 11, 2023 Ashland, VA | ||||||||||||||||
| Randolph–Macon | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wilson | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randolph–Macon | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ashland, VA | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scranton | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scranton | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Wesleyan | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randolph–Macon | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marymount | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oswego, NY | |||||||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albertus Magnus | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Case Western Reserve | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arcadia | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Case Western Reserve | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland, OH | |||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wabash | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 83* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mitchell | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore, MD | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Montclair State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bottom-left - Alliance, Ohio edit
| First round March 3, 2023 Campus Sites | Second round March 4, 2023 Campus Sites | Third round March 10, 2023 Alliance, OH | Quarterfinals March 11, 2023 Alliance, OH | ||||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Lutheran | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Glassboro, NJ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Utica | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Utica | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Babson | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Oshkosh | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Oshkosh | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fontbonne | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Oshkosh | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oshkosh, WI | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hope | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hope | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bethany Lutheran | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UW–Oshkosh | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anderson (IN) | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance, OH | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lancaster Bible | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NYU | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lancaster Bible | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Park | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington–St. Louis | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coe | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington–St. Louis | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Louis, MO | |||||||||||||||||||
| North Park | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Park | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Top-right - Swarthmore, Pennsylvania edit
| First round March 3, 2023 Campus Sites | Second round March 4, 2023 Campus Sites | Third round March 10, 2023 Swarthmore, PA | Quarterfinals March 11, 2023 Swarthmore, PA | ||||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SUNY Delhi | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore, PA | |||||||||||||||||||
| St. John Fisher | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John Fisher | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whitworth | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baruch | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keene, NH | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tufts | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tufts | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widener | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nichols | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stockton | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Roche | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stockton | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Galloway, NJ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Washington | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Washington | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stockton | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nichols | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Middlebury | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Worcester State | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Middlebury | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Middlebury, VT | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nichols | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochester | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nichols | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bottom-right - Newport News, Virginia edit
| First round March 3, 2023 Campus Sites | Second round March 4, 2023 Campus Sites | Third round March 10, 2023 Newport News, VA | Quarterfinals March 11, 2023 Newport News, VA | ||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Farmingdale State | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hampden Sydney, VA[a] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Emory | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Hardin–Baylor | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Hardin–Baylor | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Schreiner | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Hardin–Baylor | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Belton, TX | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas Baptist | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas (TX) | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas Baptist | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph (CT) | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chatham | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph (CT) | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Hartford, CT | |||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pomona–Pitzer | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph (CT) | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois College | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wheaton, IL | |||||||||||||||||||
| St. Norbert | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carleton | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Norbert | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
- ^ Due to Christopher Newport's women's team hosting first and second round games in the 2023 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, this pod is hosted by Hampden–Sydney instead.
Final Four edit
| National semifinal March 16 Fort Wayne, IN | National championship March 18 Fort Wayne, IN | ||||||||
| UW–Whitewater | 79 | ||||||||
| Mount Union | 83 | ||||||||
| Mount Union | 72 | ||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 74 | ||||||||
| Swarthmore | 66 | ||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 69 | ||||||||
Record by conference edit
| Conference | Record | Win % | R64 | R32 | S16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC |
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| Coast to Coast | 7–1 | .875 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ohio | 6–2 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wisconsin | 7–2 | .778 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Centennial | 6–2 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Commonwealth Coast | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| SUNYAC | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| CCIW | 5–2 | .714 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Little East | 2–1 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| American Southwest | 3–2 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Old Dominion | 3–2 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| New Jersey | 4–3 | .571 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Great Northeast | 2–2 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| NESCAC | 4–4 | .500 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Empire 8 | 2–2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Landmark | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Michigan | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Northern Athletics | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| United East | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| UAA | 2–5 | .286 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Southern Collegiate | 0–2 | .000 | 2 | ||||||
| SCIAC | 0–2 | .000 | 2 |
- The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
- The Allegheny Mountain, American Rivers, Atlantic East, CUNYAC, Colonial States, Heartland, Liberty, MAC Commonwealth, MAC Freedom, MASCAC, Midwest, Minnesota, NECC, NEWMAC, North Atlantic, North Coast, Northwest, Presidents', Skyline, SAA, SLIAC, Upper Midwest, and USA South each had one representative, eliminated in the Round of 64 with a record of 0–1.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Coleman, Pat; McHugh, Dave (February 16, 2022). "USA South Athletic Conference to split in two". D3Sports. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "CSAC AND UNITED EAST CONFERENCE - INTENT TO MERGE". csacsports.com. Colonial States Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ a b "2022-23 men's basketball conference tourney tracker". D3Sports.com. February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "2022-23 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. August 1, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2023.