| Lancaster Bible is the top seed in the United East Conference tournament, which gets underway with play-in games featuring the No. 7-No. 10 seeds on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Lancaster Bible athletics file photo |
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:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
American Southwest Conference
All four teams. Top seed get bye to semifinals. Top seed hosts semifinals and championship. Games played Friday-Saturday.
Seedings:
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 Monday-Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: F&M is almost definitely in if it can win one conference tournament game. Johns Hopkins might need to get to the finals to get in 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
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Feb. 21 |
CCNY |
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Baruch |
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1:00 PM |
V LS |
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John Jay |
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York (N.Y.) |
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1:00 PM |
V LS |
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Feb. 24 |
TBA |
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Brooklyn |
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TBA | |
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TBA |
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Lehman |
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TBA |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
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:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Illinois Wesleyan is a lock if it loses in the CCIW tournament. Carthage needs to make the final to have a good chance and Elmhurst gets onto the bubble if it loses in the final.
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:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Call Endicott a lock, but nobody else has a 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
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Feb. 21 |
St. John Fisher |
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Sage |
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2:00 PM |
V V LS |
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Brockport |
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SUNYIT |
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2:00 PM |
V |
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Keuka |
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Nazareth |
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4:00 PM |
V |
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Utica |
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SUNY Geneseo |
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4:00 PM |
V |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Top eight of 13. Top seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings:
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Feb. 24 |
GNAC TBA2 |
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St. Joseph (Conn.) |
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TBA |
V LS |
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GNAC TBA2 |
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Albertus Magnus |
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TBA |
LS |
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Feb. 26 |
GNAC TBA2 |
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St. Joseph (Conn.) |
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TBA |
V LS |
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Feb. 28 |
St. Joseph (Conn.) |
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GNAC TBA2 |
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TBA |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: St. Joseph (Conn.) has the tiniest of chances if it loses in the GNAC final.
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:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Scranton and Catholic are both locks if they make the conference final, Catholic if it makes the semifinals. Drew has a non-zero chance to make the NCAA Tournament if it can get to the conference final.
Liberty League
Top six of 10 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Little East Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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Feb. 26 |
TBA |
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Gustavus Adolphus |
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TBA |
V LS |
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
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Feb. 21 |
Bates |
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Amherst |
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2:00 PM | |
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Colby |
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Tufts |
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2:00 PM |
V LS |
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Bowdoin |
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Trinity (Conn.) |
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2:00 PM |
V LS |
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Connecticut College |
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Wesleyan |
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2:00 PM |
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:
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,
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Feb. 25 |
TBA |
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Montclair State |
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TBA | |
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TBA |
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TCNJ |
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TBA |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Montclair State is in no matter what.
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
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Feb. 19 |
SUNY-Cobleskill |
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Maine Maritime |
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5:30 PM | |
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Thomas |
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Maine-Presque Isle |
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5:30 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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: There is the tiniest chance that John Carroll could get an at-large bid. It’s tiny.
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Top eight of 13 teams qualify. Higher seed hosts throughout. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None. Whitworth would be way, way out on the bubble if it loses in the NWC final.
Ohio Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Randolph-Macon is a lock, while Virginia Wesleyan or Roanoke can end up on the right side of the bubble if they can make it to the tournament final.
Presidents’ Athletic Conference
Top eight of 12 teams qualify, four in each division. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
Skyline Conference
Top eight of 12 teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday (or Sunday if Yeshiva advances).
Seedings:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Farmingdale would be way, way out on the bubble if it loses in the Skyline final.
Southern Athletic Association
Top six of eight teams qualify. All games hosted at Berry. Games played Thursday-Friday-Saturday.
Seedings:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: Trinity (Texas) is in regardless, but not much else for the SAA barring an upset.
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top five of nine teams qualify. Higher seeds host each round. Games played Wednesday-Friday-Sunday.
Seedings:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: St. Thomas (Texas) is safely in the tournament, and Concordia (Texas) has a slight chance if it can make the conference final.
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Top six of nine teams qualify. Highest seeds host throughout. Games played Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
Seedings:
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,
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Feb. 24 |
Morrisville State |
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SUNYAC TBD |
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7:00 PM |
V LS |
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Feb. 27 |
SUNYAC TBD |
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Cortland |
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7:30 PM |
V LS |
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large candidate: None.
United East Conference
Top 10 of 13 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
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Feb. 18 |
Keystone |
80 |
St. Mary’s (Md.) |
71 |
Final |
BX |
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Penn State-Berks |
80 |
Wilson |
92 |
Final | |
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Feb. 21 |
Notre Dame (Md.) |
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Penn State-Harrisburg |
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1:00 PM |
V LS |
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Penn State-Abington |
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Cairn |
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1:00 PM |
V LS |
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TBA |
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Lancaster Bible |
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2:00 PM | |
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Keystone |
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Penn State-Brandywine |
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7:00 PM |
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 are NYU and WashU. Brandeis shouldn’t pack up its gear as of yet, either.
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
Top four teams of seven teams qualify. Higher seeds host throughout. Games played Wednesday-Saturday.
Seedings:
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:
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:
All times Eastern
Automatic bid:
At-large selection: UW-Stevens Point and UW-La Crosse are in comfortably. UW-Whitewater and UW-Oshkosh need to make the conference semifinals to be comfortable and UW-Platteville is also a strong candidate.