The 2024 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, the culmination of the 2023–24 NCAA Division III men's basketball season.
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Trine (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Hampden–Sydney (2nd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Brooks Miller (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Cortez Garland (Trine) | ||||
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The tournament again featured sixty-four teams, with teams placed into one of four sixteen-team regionals. The first four rounds were played on campus sites while the national and semifinal championship rounds were held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana from March 14–16, 2024.
In their first–ever Division III tournament, Trine won the national championship, beating Hampden–Sydney 69–61.
Five teams made their first appearances in the NCAA Division III tournament: Geneva, Mary Baldwin, Roger Williams, SUNY New Paltz, and Trine.
Qualifying teams edit
A total of sixty-four bids were available for the tournament: 42 automatic bids—awarded to the champions of the forty-two NCAA-recognized Division III conference tournaments—and 22 at-large bids.
There was a net decrease of two automatic bids this year, due to the automatic bids for the Colonial States Athletic Conference (whose members were folded into the United East Conference) and the New England Collegiate Conference (whose remaining full members all departed after the last season) having been eliminated. Starting next year, the Collegiate Conference of the South will get an automatic bid.[1]
Automatic bids (42) edit
The following 42 teams are automatic qualifiers for the 2024 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).[2]
At-large bids (22) edit
The following 22 teams were awarded qualification for the tournament field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.[2] 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.[3]
| At-large bids | |||||||
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| Conference | Team | Record (Conf.) | Appearance | Last bid | |||
| SCIAC | Cal Lutheran | 23–4 (15–1) | 6th | 2023 | |||
| Michigan | Calvin | 22–4 (12–2) | 23rd | 2022 | |||
| UAA | Carnegie Mellon | 16–9 (8–6) | 4th | 2009 | |||
| American Rivers | Coe | 21–5 (13–3) | 4th | 2023 | |||
| MAC Freedom | DeSales | 24–3 (14–0) | 7th | 2022 | |||
| American Rivers | Dubuque | 21–6 (11–5) | 8th | 2022 | |||
| Old Dominion | Guilford | 22–4 (13–3) | 7th | 2019 | |||
| MAC Commonwealth | Hood | 19–6 (11–3) | 3rd | 2022 | |||
| American Rivers | Nebraska Wesleyan | 23–4 (13–3) | 18th | 2020 | |||
| UAA | NYU | 20–5 (10–4) | 12th | 2023 | |||
| SUNYAC | Oswego State | 25–2 (18–0) | 9th | 2023 | |||
| Old Dominion | Randolph–Macon | 23–4 (15–1) | 20th | 2023 | |||
| New Jersey | Rowan | 19–7 (13–5) | 16th | 2023 | |||
| SCAC | St. Thomas (TX) | 20–6 (12–4) | 2nd | 2023 | |||
| New Jersey | Stockton | 17–10 (12–6) | 19th | 2023 | |||
| Michigan | Trine | 23–4 (12–2) | 1st | Never | |||
| SCAC | Trinity (TX) | 23–3 (14–2) | 12th | 2022 | |||
| NESCAC | Tufts | 19–7 (5–5) | 8th | 2023 | |||
| Old Dominion | Virginia Wesleyan | 19–8 (9–7) | 16th | 2015 | |||
| UAA | Washington–St. Louis | 18–7 (8–6) | 25th | 2023 | |||
| MAC Commonwealth | Widener | 23–4 (12–2) | 18th | 2023 | |||
| NESCAC | Williams | 21–6 (9–1) | 20th | 2023 | |||
Tournament bracket edit
Top-left - Hampden Sydney, Virginia edit
| First round March 1, 2024 Campus Sites | Second round March 2, 2024 Campus Sites | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Hampden Sydney, VA | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Hampden Sydney, VA | ||||||||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 98 | ||||||||||||||
| La Roche | 61 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 72 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampden Sydney, VA | |||||||||||||||
| Farmingdale State | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| Stevens | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Farmingdale State | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 91 | ||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 76 | ||||||||||||||
| Catholic | 75* | ||||||||||||||
| Worcester State | 72 | ||||||||||||||
| Catholic | 85 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 89 | ||||||||||||||
| Rowan | 81 | ||||||||||||||
| Carnegie Mellon | 69 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 68 | ||||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 60 | ||||||||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas–Dallas | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas–Dallas | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| San Antonio, TX | |||||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 77 | ||||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 58 | ||||||||||||||
| Centenary (LA) | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 74 | ||||||||||||||
| Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Cal Lutheran | 73 | ||||||||||||||
| Whitworth | 78* | ||||||||||||||
| Whitworth | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | |||||||||||||||
| Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | 69 | ||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas (TX) | 71 | ||||||||||||||
| Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | 78 | ||||||||||||||
Bottom-left - Greensboro, North Carolina edit
| First round March 1, 2024 Campus Sites | Second round March 2, 2024 Campus Sites | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Greensboro, NC | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Greensboro, NC | ||||||||||||
| Widener | 101 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Williams | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Widener | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Chester, PA | |||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| Hobart | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 60 | ||||||||||||||
| Williams | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 74 | ||||||||||||||
| Babson | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 77 | ||||||||||||||
| Oswego, NY | |||||||||||||||
| Williams | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| DeSales | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| Williams | 77 | ||||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| Guilford | 50 | ||||||||||||||
| Guilford | 87 | ||||||||||||||
| Berry | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Guilford | 76 | ||||||||||||||
| Greensboro, NC | |||||||||||||||
| Penn State Harrisburg | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Hood | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State Harrisburg | 72 | ||||||||||||||
| Guilford | 82 | ||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 60 | ||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 82 | ||||||||||||||
| Marymount | 76 | ||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 109 | ||||||||||||||
| Keene, NH | |||||||||||||||
| Eastern | 85 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| TCNJ | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Top-right - Angola, Indiana edit
| First round March 1, 2024 Campus Sites | Second round March 2, 2024 Campus Sites | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Angola, IN | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Angola, IN | ||||||||||||
| Case Western Reserve | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Mary Baldwin | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| Case Western Reserve | 97 | ||||||||||||||
| Cleveland, OH | |||||||||||||||
| Hope | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| Hope | 95 | ||||||||||||||
| Anderson (IN) | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| Case Western Reserve | 75 | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Platteville | 95 | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Platteville | 89 | ||||||||||||||
| Bethany Lutheran | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Platteville | 81 | ||||||||||||||
| Platteville, WI | |||||||||||||||
| Loras | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Loras | 89 | ||||||||||||||
| Gustavus Adolphus | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Platteville | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| Trine | 88* | ||||||||||||||
| Washington–St. Louis | 71* | ||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin Lutheran | 68 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington–St. Louis | 68* | ||||||||||||||
| St. Louis, MO | |||||||||||||||
| Illinois College | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Dubuque | 57 | ||||||||||||||
| Illinois College | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington–St. Louis | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Trine | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| Trine | 91 | ||||||||||||||
| Fontbonne | 81 | ||||||||||||||
| Trine | 76 | ||||||||||||||
| Angola, IN | |||||||||||||||
| Coe | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Coe | 79* | ||||||||||||||
| Wabash | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Bottom-right - Hartford, Connecticut edit
| First round March 1, 2024 Campus Sites | Second round March 2, 2024 Campus Sites | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Hartford, CT | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Hartford, CT | ||||||||||||
| Randolph–Macon | 77 | ||||||||||||||
| Baruch | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Randolph–Macon | 75 | ||||||||||||||
| Ashland, VA | |||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph (CT) | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph (CT) | 97 | ||||||||||||||
| Geneva | 83 | ||||||||||||||
| Randolph–Macon | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Calvin | 72 | ||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | 85 | ||||||||||||||
| SUNY New Paltz | 81 | ||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| University Heights, OH | |||||||||||||||
| Calvin | 71 | ||||||||||||||
| Calvin | 93 | ||||||||||||||
| Elmhurst | 78 | ||||||||||||||
| Calvin | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| Trinity (CT) | 69 | ||||||||||||||
| NYU | 82 | ||||||||||||||
| Husson | 61 | ||||||||||||||
| NYU | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| New York, NY | |||||||||||||||
| Tufts | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Tufts | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Stockton | 55 | ||||||||||||||
| Tufts | 53 | ||||||||||||||
| Trinity (CT) | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Trinity (CT) | 83 | ||||||||||||||
| Utica | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| Trinity (CT) | 83 | ||||||||||||||
| Hartford, CT | |||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore | 74 | ||||||||||||||
| Virginia Wesleyan | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Final Four edit
| National semifinals March 14 Fort Wayne, IN | National championship March 16 Fort Wayne, IN | ||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 62 | ||||||
| Guilford | 57 | ||||||
| Hampden–Sydney | 61 | ||||||
| Trine | 69 | ||||||
| Trine | 66 | ||||||
| Trinity (CT) | 54 | ||||||
Record by conference edit
| Conference | Record | Win % | R64 | R32 | S16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 10–2 | .833 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Old Dominion | 11–4 | .733 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – |
| NESCAC | 8–3 | .727 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Coast to Coast | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Wisconsin | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| American Rivers | 5–4 | .556 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| UAA | 5–4 | .556 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Little East | 2–1 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| SCIAC | 2–2 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| New Jersey | 2–3 | .400 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| MAC Commonwealth | 2–3 | .400 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| American Southwest | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Centennial | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Great Northeast | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Landmark | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Midwest | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Northwest | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ohio | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Skyline | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| United East | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| SUNYAC | 1–2 | .333 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| SCAC | 0–3 | .000 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| MAC Freedom | 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, Atlantic East, CCIW, Commonwealth Coast, CUNYAC, Empire 8, Heartland, Liberty, MAC Freedom, MASCAC, Minnesota, NEWMAC, North Atlantic, North Coast, Northern Athletics, Presidents', 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 (16 February 2022). "USA South Athletic Conference to split in two". D3Sports. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b "2023-24 men's basketball conference tourney tracker". D3Sports.com. February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- ^ "2022-23 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. August 1, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2024.