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In Division III basketball, “March Madness” starts in late February. There are 43 automatic qualifying bids into the 64-team NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament and 42 of those AQs are awarded to conference tournament winners.
Conference playoffs start as early as Wednesday, Feb. 18 and run through Sunday, March 1. You can get the lowdown on all the tournaments here, including links to live stats, game broadcasts, box scores and recaps as they are posted by participating schools.
Details about at-large candidates with the help of D3 Datacast — check out their conference-by-conference NPI ratings for the latest.
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host first round games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Penn State-Behrend, 2 Pitt-Greensburg, 3 La Roche, 4 Hilbert, 5 Penn State-Altoona, 6 Alfred State
|
Feb. 24 |
Penn State-Altoona |
77 |
Hilbert |
92 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Alfred State |
61 |
La Roche |
74 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Hilbert |
|
Penn State-Behrend |
|
6:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
La Roche |
|
Pitt-Greensburg |
|
8:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
American Rivers Conference
The top six of nine qualify. Top two seeds get byes to the semifinals. Higher seed hosts each round. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Nebraska Wesleyan, 2 Loras, 3 Coe, 4 Dubuque, 5 Buena Vista, 6 Wartburg
|
Feb. 24 |
Wartburg |
50 |
Coe |
66 |
Final | |
|
|
Buena Vista |
53 |
Dubuque |
76 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 26 |
Coe |
71 |
Loras |
72 |
Final | |
|
|
Dubuque |
93 |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
85 |
Final |
BX P |
|
Feb. 28 |
Dubuque |
|
Loras |
|
8:00 PM |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
American Southwest Conference
All four teams. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Hardin-Simmons, 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 3 East Texas Baptist, 4 Howard Payne
|
Feb. 27 |
East Texas Baptist |
|
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
|
6:00 PM | |
|
|
Howard Payne |
|
Hardin-Simmons |
|
8:30 PM |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Atlantic East Conference
Top five of eight qualify. Highest seed hosts all three rounds. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Marymount, 2 Gwynedd Mercy, 3 Centenary (N.J.), 4 Neumann, 5 Marywood
|
Feb. 24 |
Marywood |
66 |
Neumann |
84 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 26 |
Centenary (N.J.) |
77 |
Gwynedd Mercy |
96 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
Neumann |
75 |
Marymount |
68 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
Neumann |
|
Gwynedd Mercy |
|
2:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Centennial Conference
Top six of ten qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Gettysburg, 2 Johns Hopkins, 3 Ursinus, 4 Franklin & Marshall, 5 Swarthmore, 6 McDaniel
|
Feb. 24 |
McDaniel |
62 |
Ursinus |
81 |
Final | |
|
|
Swarthmore |
59 |
Franklin and Marshall |
80 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 27 |
Ursinus |
|
Johns Hopkins |
|
6:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Franklin and Marshall |
|
Gettysburg |
|
6:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: F&M is a lock after its first-round win. Johns Hopkins might need to get to the finals to feel truly secure as an at-large.
City University of New York Athletic Conference

Top six of eight qualify. Home sites for quarterfinals and semifinals, championship at Hunter. Games played Saturday-Tuesday-Thursday.
Seedings: 1 Lehman, 2 Brooklyn, 3 Baruch, 4 York (N.Y.), 5 John Jay, 6 CCNY
|
Feb. 21 |
CCNY |
72 |
Baruch |
70 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
John Jay |
86 |
York (N.Y.) |
84 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 25 |
John Jay |
60 |
Lehman |
85 |
Final | |
|
|
CCNY |
76 |
Brooklyn |
72 |
Final – 2OT | |
|
Feb. 26 |
CCNY |
56 |
Lehman |
101 |
Final |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid: Lehman (21-6)
At-large candidate: None.
Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference
Top five qualify. Top three get first-round bye. Seeded via Massey. Games played Thursday-Friday-Saturday. Hosted at UC Santa Cruz.
Seedings: 1 Mary Washington, 2 Christopher Newport, 3 UC Santa Cruz, 4 Salisbury, 5 Warren Wilson
|
Feb. 26 |
Warren Wilson |
72 |
Salisbury |
83 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Salisbury |
|
Mary Washington |
|
6:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Christopher Newport |
|
UC Santa Cruz |
|
9:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Christopher Newport and Mary Washington are both safely in the NCAA Tournament regardless of the results of the C2C championship.
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Top six of nine qualify. First round hosted by higher seed, reseeded for semifinals. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Illinois Wesleyan, 2 Carthage, 3 Elmhurst, 4 North Park, 5 Wheaton, 6 Carroll
|
Feb. 24 |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
100 |
North Park |
107 |
Final – 2OT |
BX |
|
|
Carroll |
85 |
Elmhurst |
95 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Elmhurst |
|
Carthage |
|
6:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
North Park |
|
Illinois Wesleyan |
|
8:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Illinois Wesleyan is a lock if it loses in the CCIW tournament. The Carthage-Elmhurst game is now essentially a play-in game for the NCAA Tournament, where the winner is a virtual lock and the team which loses is essentially out.
Collegiate Conference of the South
Top six of seven qualify. Higher seed hosts first round, top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Maryville, 2 Huntingdon, 3 Belhaven, 4 LaGrange, 5 Asbury, 6 Covenant
|
Feb. 24 |
Covenant |
77 |
Belhaven |
113 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Asbury |
80 |
LaGrange |
91 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Belhaven |
|
Huntingdon |
|
5:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
LaGrange |
|
Maryville (Tenn.) |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid: Eligible this year for the first time.
At-large candidate: None.
Conference of New England
Top six of 11 qualify, higher seed hosts throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Endicott, 2 Western New England, 3 Suffolk, 4 Nichols, 5 Roger Williams, 6 University of New England
|
Feb. 25 |
University of New England |
67 |
Suffolk |
75 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Roger Williams |
91 |
Nichols |
104 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 27 |
Suffolk |
|
Western New England |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Nichols |
|
Endicott |
|
7:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Call Endicott a lock, but nobody else has a clear path to an at-large bid.
Empire 8
Top eight of 12 qualify. All games at higher seed. Games played Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Sage, 2 Nazareth, 3 SUNY Geneseo, 4 SUNYIT, 5 Brockport, 6 Utica, 7 Keuka, 8 St. John Fisher
|
Feb. 21 |
St. John Fisher |
77 |
Sage |
72 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Brockport |
84 |
SUNYIT |
75 |
Final | |
|
|
Keuka |
96 |
Nazareth |
89 |
Final – OT |
BX RC |
|
|
Utica |
62 |
SUNY Geneseo |
68 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 25 |
St. John Fisher |
57 |
Brockport |
74 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Keuka |
55 |
SUNY Geneseo |
53 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 28 |
Keuka |
|
Brockport |
|
2:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Top eight of 13. Top seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 St. Joseph’s (Maine), 2 St. Joseph (Conn.), 3 Albertus Magnus, 4 Lasell, 5 Emmanuel, 6 Regis (Mass.), 7 Dean, 8 Norwich
Note: Seedings were adjusted/corrected after their initial release.
|
Feb. 25 |
Dean |
79 |
St. Joseph (Conn.) |
92 |
Final |
BX P |
|
|
Regis (Mass.) |
57 |
Albertus Magnus |
96 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Emmanuel |
76 |
Lasell |
74 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Norwich |
62 |
St. Joseph’s (Maine) |
85 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Albertus Magnus |
|
St. Joseph (Conn.) |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Emmanuel |
|
St. Joseph’s (Maine) |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top eight of 10 qualify. Highest seeds host quarterfinals. Top remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship games. Games played Saturday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Transylvania, 2 Anderson, 3 Rose-Hulman, 4 Mount St. Joseph, 5 Franklin, 6 Hanover, 7 Bluffton, 8 Berea
|
Feb. 21 |
Hanover |
62 |
Rose-Hulman |
71 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Franklin |
80 |
Mount St. Joseph |
51 |
Final | |
|
|
Bluffton |
89 |
Anderson |
103 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Berea |
79 |
Transylvania |
88 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Franklin |
|
Transylvania |
|
5:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Rose-Hulman |
|
Anderson |
|
7:00 PM |
V |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Landmark Conference
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Catholic, 2 Drew, 3 Scranton, 4 Wilkes, 5 Elizabethtown, 6 Susquehanna
|
Feb. 24 |
Elizabethtown |
70 |
Wilkes |
74 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Susquehanna |
85 |
Scranton |
78 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 26 |
Susquehanna |
93 |
Drew |
87 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Wilkes |
79 |
Catholic |
70 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
Susquehanna |
|
Wilkes |
|
TBA |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Catholic is still a lock to get into the tournament, which means somebody’s bubble popped. Bid thief No. 1 in the Landmark.
Drew needed to get to the finals to have any chance.
Scranton played its way out over the past week-plus.
Liberty League
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 RPI, 2 Union, 3 Vassar, 4 St. Lawrence, 5 Ithaca, 6 Skidmore
|
Feb. 24 |
Skidmore |
64 |
Vassar |
67 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Ithaca |
64 |
St. Lawrence |
72 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
St. Lawrence |
|
RPI |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Vassar |
|
Union |
|
7:30 PM |
V |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Little East Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Western Connecticut, 2 Mass-Boston, 3 Keene State, 4 Southern Maine, 5 Eastern Connecticut, 6 Rhode Island College
|
Feb. 25 |
Eastern Connecticut |
93 |
Southern Maine |
83 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
Rhode Island College |
81 |
Keene State |
101 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 27 |
Eastern Connecticut |
|
Western Connecticut |
|
6:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Keene State |
|
Mass-Boston |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
MAC Commonwealth Conference
Top four of eight qualify. Higher seeds hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Hood, 2 Albright, 3 York (Pa.), 4 Alvernia
|
Feb. 25 |
York (Pa.) |
95 |
Albright |
83 |
Final – 2OT | |
|
|
Alvernia |
93 |
Hood |
109 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 28 |
York (Pa.) |
|
Hood |
|
3:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Hood is a lock no matter the results of the tournament.
MAC Freedom Conference
Top four of eight qualify. Higher seeds hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Arcadia, 2 Stevens, 3 DeSales, 4 Misericordia
|
Feb. 25 |
DeSales |
60 |
Stevens |
81 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Misericordia |
58 |
Arcadia |
57 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
Misericordia |
|
Stevens |
|
5:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Top six of eight teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Westfield State, 2 Worcester State, 3 Salem State, 4 Framingham State, 5 Bridgewater State, 6 Massachusetts College
|
Feb. 25 |
Bridgewater State |
86 |
Framingham State |
87 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Massachusetts College |
76 |
Salem State |
73 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Framingham State |
|
Worcester State |
|
4:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Massachusetts College |
|
Westfield State |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Top six of eight qualify. All games at higher seeds. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Olivet, 2 Hope, 3 Calvin, 4 Trine, 5 Albion, 6 Adrian
|
Feb. 24 |
Albion |
77 |
Trine |
94 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
Adrian |
63 |
Calvin |
105 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
Calvin |
|
Hope |
|
5:30 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Trine |
|
Olivet |
|
7:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Midwest Conference
Top four of nine qualify. Semifinals and finals at highest seed. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Grinnell, 2 Monmouth, 3 Lake Forest, 4 Illinois College
|
Feb. 27 |
Illinois College |
|
Grinnell |
|
6:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Lake Forest |
|
Monmouth |
|
8:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of 11 teams qualify. Top two seeds get bye to semifinals. Higher seeds host. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Gustavus Adolphus, 2 St. John’s, 3 St. Olaf, 4 Concordia-Moorhead, 5 Carleton, 6 Augsburg
|
Feb. 24 |
Carleton |
52 |
Concordia-Moorhead |
74 |
Final |
BX P |
|
|
Augsburg |
69 |
St. Olaf |
68 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 26 |
Concordia-Moorhead |
68 |
St. John’s |
75 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Augsburg |
68 |
Gustavus Adolphus |
84 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
St. John’s |
|
Gustavus Adolphus |
|
8:00 PM |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Gustavus Adolphus is a lock regardless of how it does in the MIAC tournament.
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Top eight of 11 teams qualify. Higher seeds host quarterfinals. Reseeded for semifinals. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and final. Games played Saturday-Saturday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Wesleyan, 2 Tufts, 3 Trinity (Conn.), 4 Amherst, 5 Bates, 6 Bowdoin, 7 Colby, 8 Connecticut College
|
Feb. 21 |
Bates |
70 |
Amherst |
59 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Colby |
84 |
Tufts |
99 |
Final | |
|
|
Bowdoin |
63 |
Trinity (Conn.) |
64 |
Final | |
|
|
Connecticut College |
78 |
Wesleyan |
87 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
Bates |
|
Wesleyan |
|
2:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Trinity (Conn.) |
|
Tufts |
|
4:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: The NESCAC is trending toward four at-large teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Amherst, Bates should all be in, although Bates might well need to beat Amherst in the quarters to secure that slot.
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 WPI, 2 Babson, 3 Salve Regina, 4 Wheaton (Mass.), 5 Springfield, 6 Clark
|
Feb. 25 |
Springfield |
52 |
Wheaton (Mass.) |
60 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 26 |
Clark |
61 |
Salve Regina |
67 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 27 |
Wheaton (Mass.) |
|
WPI |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Salve Regina |
|
Babson |
|
7:30 PM |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: WPI and Babson are both near-locks, especially if they make the conference final.
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Top two get byes. Highest seed hosts throughout. Games played Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Montclair State, 2 TCNJ, 3 Stockton, 4 New Jersey City, 5 Rowan, 6 Kean
|
Feb. 21 |
Rowan |
73 |
New Jersey City |
61 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
Kean |
72 |
Stockton |
78 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 25 |
Rowan |
75 |
Montclair State |
89 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
Stockton |
66 |
TCNJ |
76 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
TCNJ |
|
Montclair State |
|
1:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Montclair State is in no matter what, and TCNJ’s at-large chances (if it makes it to the NJAC final) got better after its win vs. Montclair, although the Lions are still on the wrong side of the bubble.
North Atlantic Conference
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Top two get byes. Highest seed hosts throughout. Games played Thursday-Sunday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Maine-Farmington, 2 Husson, 3 Maine-Presque Isle, 4 Maine Maritime, 5 SUNY Cobleskill, 6 Thomas
|
Feb. 19 |
SUNY-Cobleskill |
75 |
Maine Maritime |
71 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Thomas |
79 |
Maine-Presque Isle |
88 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 22 |
Maine-Presque Isle |
78 |
Husson |
74 |
Final – OT |
BX |
|
|
SUNY-Cobleskill |
63 |
Maine-Farmington |
94 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 28 |
Maine-Presque Isle |
|
Maine-Farmington |
|
1:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
North Coast Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host first-round games. Highest remaining seed hosts semifinals and championship game. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Denison, 2 DePauw, 3 John Carroll, 4 Wittenberg, 5 Wabash, 6 Oberlin
|
Feb. 24 |
Oberlin |
73 |
John Carroll |
77 |
Final | |
|
|
Wabash |
53 |
Wittenberg |
77 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 27 |
John Carroll |
|
DePauw |
|
5:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Wittenberg |
|
Denison |
|
7:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: There is a chance that John Carroll could get an at-large bid if it makes the NCAC final.
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Top eight of 13 teams qualify. Higher seed hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 MSOE, 2 St. Norbert, 3 Aurora, 4 Concordia (Wis.), 5 Marian, 6 Benedictine, 7 Rockford, 8 Lakeland
|
Feb. 24 |
Rockford |
61 |
St. Norbert |
75 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Marian |
72 |
Concordia (Wis.) |
52 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Lakeland |
82 |
MSOE |
99 |
Final | |
|
|
Benedictine |
82 |
Aurora |
94 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 26 |
Marian |
85 |
MSOE |
74 |
Final | |
|
|
Aurora |
65 |
St. Norbert |
59 |
Final |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Northwest Conference
Top four of nine teams qualify. Top seed hosts semifinals and final. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Whitworth, 2 Puget Sound, 3 Willamette, 4 Lewis and Clark
|
Feb. 27 |
Willamette |
|
Puget Sound |
|
8:30 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Lewis and Clark |
|
Whitworth |
|
10:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Ohio Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Mount Union, 2 Otterbein, 3 Ohio Northern, 4 Muskingum, 5 Heidelberg, 6 Wilmington
|
Feb. 24 |
Heidelberg |
84 |
Muskingum |
67 |
Final |
BX P P |
|
|
Wilmington |
69 |
Ohio Northern |
88 |
Final |
BX P |
|
Feb. 26 |
Ohio Northern |
51 |
Otterbein |
53 |
Final |
BX P |
|
|
Heidelberg |
84 |
Mount Union |
82 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
Heidelberg |
|
Otterbein |
|
6:00 PM |
LS LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Mount Union and Otterbein are both in good shape to make the NCAA Tournament even if they get knocked off.
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Top eight of 12 teams qualify. Top six get byes to quarterfinals. First round on campus; semis and final at Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Randolph-Macon, 2 Virginia Wesleyan, 3 Roanoke, 4 Hampden-Sydney, 5 Lynchburg, 6 Washington and Lee, 7 Averett, 8 Guilford
|
Feb. 24 |
Guilford |
73 |
Randolph-Macon |
94 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Averett |
65 |
Virginia Wesleyan |
71 |
Final | |
|
|
Lynchburg |
70 |
Hampden-Sydney |
82 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
Washington and Lee |
68 |
Roanoke |
92 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 27 |
Hampden-Sydney |
|
Randolph-Macon |
|
5:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Roanoke |
|
Virginia Wesleyan |
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7:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Randolph-Macon is a lock. The Virginia Wesleyan-Roanoke winner is essentially a lock as well, but Virginia Wesleyan has a much better chance at an at-large if it loses in the semifinals.
Presidents’ Athletic Conference
Top eight of 12 teams qualify, four in each division. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 North Westminster (Pa.), 1 South Washington & Jefferson, 2N Allegheny, 2S Chatham, 3N Grove City, 3S Franciscan, 4N Geneva, 4S St. Vincent
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Feb. 24 |
St. Vincent |
76 |
Westminster (Pa.) |
80 |
Final | |
|
|
Grove City |
60 |
Chatham |
69 |
Final | |
|
|
Geneva |
59 |
Washington and Jefferson |
85 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
Franciscan (Ohio) |
66 |
Allegheny |
62 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 26 |
Chatham |
79 |
Westminster (Pa.) |
81 |
Final | |
|
|
Franciscan (Ohio) |
65 |
Washington and Jefferson |
75 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 28 |
Westminster (Pa.) |
|
Washington and Jefferson |
|
7:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Skyline Conference
Top eight of 12 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Yeshiva, 2 Farmingdale, 3 Sarah Lawrence, 4 SUNY-Maritime, 5 Purchase, 6 Manhattanville, 7 St. Joseph’s (L.I.), 8 Old Westbury
|
Feb. 25 |
Manhattanville |
44 |
Sarah Lawrence |
59 |
Final | |
|
|
SUNY-Purchase |
89 |
SUNY-Maritime |
65 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
St. Joseph’s (L.I.) |
62 |
Farmingdale State |
83 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
SUNY-Old Westbury |
52 |
Yeshiva |
91 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 27 |
SUNY-Purchase |
|
Yeshiva |
|
12:00 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Sarah Lawrence |
|
Farmingdale State |
|
7:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Southern Athletic Association
Top six of eight teams qualify. All games hosted at Berry. Games played Thursday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Rhodes, 2 Trinity (Texas), 3 Centre, 4 Millsaps, 5 Southwestern, 6 Sewanee
|
Feb. 26 |
Southwestern |
89 |
Millsaps |
79 |
Final | |
|
|
Sewanee |
79 |
Centre |
87 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 27 |
Southwestern |
|
Rhodes |
|
5:00 PM | |
|
|
Centre |
|
Trinity (Texas) |
|
7:00 PM |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Trinity (Texas) is in regardless but nobody else currently has a path to the tournament.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top five of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host each round. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Redlands, 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 3 Chapman, 4 Occidental, 5 Cal Lutheran
|
Feb. 25 |
Cal Lutheran |
84 |
Occidental |
88 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 27 |
Occidental |
|
Redlands |
|
10:00 PM | |
|
|
Chapman |
|
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
|
10:00 PM |
LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Redlands are both safely in the tournament.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Top three teams in each division qualify. Top team in each division gets byes into semifinals. First round, semifinals, and championship game host pre-determined, at Hendrix. Games played Friday-Saturday-Sunday.
Seedings: 1 Blue Letourneau, 1 Gold St. Thomas (Texas), 2B Centenary (La.), 2G Concordia (Texas), 3B Austin, 3G Colorado College
|
Feb. 27 |
Colorado College |
|
Centenary (La.) |
|
1:00 PM |
V LS LS |
|
|
Austin |
|
Concordia (Texas) |
|
3:00 PM |
V LS |
|
Feb. 28 |
TBA |
|
St. Thomas (Texas) |
|
1:00 PM |
V |
|
|
TBA |
|
LeTourneau |
|
3:00 PM |
V |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: St. Thomas (Texas) is safely in the tournament, and Concordia (Texas) has a chance if it can make the conference final.
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Highest seeds host throughout. Reseeded after first round. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Webster, 2 MUW, 3 Lycon, 4 Spalding, 5 Greenville, 6 Blackburn
|
Feb. 24 |
Greenville |
74 |
Spalding |
93 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Blackburn |
48 |
Lyon |
75 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 26 |
MUW |
80 |
Lyon |
58 |
Final | |
|
|
Spalding |
43 |
Webster |
79 |
Final |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
State University of New York Athletic Conference
Top six of ten teams qualify. Top two seeds get byes to semifinals. Higher seeds host first round games. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Cortland, 2 Oneonta, 3 Osweggo, 4 New Paltz, 5 Plattsburg, 6 Morrisville
|
Feb. 24 |
Morrisville State |
66 |
Oswego State |
87 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Plattsburgh State |
97 |
SUNY New Paltz |
88 |
Final – OT |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 27 |
Oswego State |
|
SUNY Oneonta |
|
5:30 PM |
V LS |
|
|
Plattsburgh State |
|
Cortland |
|
7:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
United East Conference
Top 10 of 14 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Lancaster Bible, 2 Penn State-Brandywine, 3 Cairn, 4 Penn State-Harrisburg, 5 Notre Dame (Md.), 6 Penn State-Abington, 7 St. Mary’s (Md.), 8 Wilson, 9 Penn State-Berks, 10 Keystone
|
Feb. 18 |
Keystone |
80 |
St. Mary’s (Md.) |
71 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Penn State-Berks |
80 |
Wilson |
92 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 21 |
Notre Dame (Md.) |
70 |
Penn State-Harrisburg |
85 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Penn State-Abington |
73 |
Cairn |
105 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Wilson |
72 |
Lancaster Bible |
117 |
Final | |
|
|
Keystone |
63 |
Penn State-Brandywine |
69 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 24 |
Penn State-Harrisburg |
72 |
Lancaster Bible |
58 |
Final | |
|
|
Cairn |
81 |
Penn State-Brandywine |
77 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 28 |
Penn State-Harrisburg |
|
Cairn |
|
2:00 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
University Athletic Association
No conference tournament. The UAA is the only conference in Division III basketball with its automatic bid decided on the outcome of regular season play.
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Emory and Chicago are locks, as is WashU. NYU is still a strong candidate. Brandeis is now on the wrong side of everything bubble.
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Top four teams of seven teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 North Central (Minn.), 2 Minnesota-Morris, 3 Crown, 4 Bethany Lutheran
|
Feb. 25 |
Bethany Lutheran |
92 |
North Central (Minn.) |
78 |
Final |
BX |
|
|
Crown |
79 |
Minnesota-Morris |
85 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
Bethany Lutheran |
|
Minnesota-Morris |
|
5:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
USA South Athletic Conference
Top six of eight qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 Pfeiffer, 2 N.C. Wesleyan, 3 Southern Virginia, 4 Greensboro, 5 Methodist, 6 Mary Baldwin
|
Feb. 24 |
Methodist |
82 |
Greensboro |
70 |
Final | |
|
|
Mary Baldwin |
73 |
Southern Virginia |
89 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 26 |
Southern Virginia |
81 |
N.C. Wesleyan |
84 |
Final | |
|
|
Methodist |
72 |
Pfeiffer |
93 |
Final | |
|
Feb. 28 |
N.C. Wesleyan |
|
Pfeiffer |
|
5:00 PM |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of eight teams qualify. Reseeded after first round. Top two get byes and host semifinals, championship on higher seed’s floor. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings: 1 UW-Whitewater, 2 UW-Stevens Point, 3 UW-La Crosse, 4 UW-Platteville, 5 UW-Oshkosh, 6 UW-Stout
|
Feb. 24 |
UW-Stout |
83 |
UW-La Crosse |
87 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
|
UW-Oshkosh |
72 |
UW-Platteville |
79 |
Final |
BX |
|
Feb. 26 |
UW-Platteville |
56 |
UW-Whitewater |
66 |
Final | |
|
|
UW-La Crosse |
82 |
UW-Stevens Point |
63 |
Final |
BX RC |
|
Feb. 28 |
UW-La Crosse |
|
UW-Whitewater |
|
4:00 PM |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large selection: UW-Stevens Point, UW-La Crosse, UW-Whitewater and UW-Platteville are in comfortably. UW-Oshkosh is right on the bubble after being eliminated from the WIAC tournament.
