2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2011 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams	61
Finals site	Salem, Virginia
Champions	St. Thomas (MN) (1st title)
Runner-up	Wooster (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Middlebury (1st Final Four); Williams (6th Final Four);
Winning coach	Steve Fritz (STU)
MOP	Tyler Nicolai (STU)
Attendance	31,246
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2010	2012»

The 2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament began on March 3, 2011. The tournament consists of 61 teams arranged in four sections. The top three teams earn a bye to the second round. The other 58 teams compete in the first round. The first two rounds in each section are held at campus location: four sites per section. The third and fourth rounds take place at the sectional location. The national semifinals and national championship will be held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.^[1]^[2]

Forty-two teams were granted automatic bids as the champion of their conference. One independent team was selected, and 18 teams were selected as at-large participants.

Qualified teams

School	Conference	Record	Qualification
La Roche	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate	25–2	Automatic
McMurry	American Southwest	21–7	Automatic
St. Mary's (Md.)	Capital Athletic	22–5	Automatic
Franklin & Marshall	Centennial	22–5	Automatic
Medgar Evans	CUNY Athletic	17–11	Automatic
Augustana (Ill.)	Illinois and Wisconsin	24–3	Automatic
Cabrini	Colonial States Athletic	22–5	Automatic
Alvernia	Commonwealth	18–6	Automatic
Salve Regina	Commonwealth Coast	17–10	Automatic
Hartwick	Empire 8	17–10	Automatic
Delaware Valley	Freedom	17–10	Automatic
Johnson & Wales (R.I.)	Great Northeast Athletic	20–8	Automatic
Manchester	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	21–6	Automatic
Luther	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic	18–8	Automatic
Scranton	Landmark	20–5	Automatic
Skidmore	Liberty League	18–9	Automatic
Rhode Island College	Little East	19–7	Automatic
Bridgewater State	Massachusetts State College Athletic	19–9	Automatic
Hope	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	22–6	Automatic
St. Norbert	Midwest	20–5	Automatic
St. Thomas (Minn.)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	24–3	Automatic
Elms	New England Collegiate	20–7	Automatic
Middlebury	New England Small College Athletic	25–1	Automatic
MIT	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	19–8	Automatic
New Jersey City	New Jersey Athletic	19–9	Automatic
Husson	North Atlantic	21–6	Automatic
Wooster	North Coast Athletic	26–2	Automatic
Wells	North Eastern Athletic	16–11	Automatic
Benedictine (Ill.)	Northern Athletics	21–7	Automatic
Whitworth	Northwest	26–1	Automatic
Marietta	Ohio Athletic	25–3	Automatic

School	Conference	Record	Qualification
Randolph–Macon	Old Dominion Athletic	24–4	Automatic
Bethany (W.Va.)	Presidents' Athletic	21–7	Automatic
Purchase	Skyline	23–4	Automatic
Webster	St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic	20–6	Automatic
Redlands	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	16–11	Automatic
Centre	Southern Collegiate Athletic	21–5	Automatic
Buffalo State	SUNY Athletic	21–6	Automatic
Rochester (N.Y.)	University Athletic Association	20–5	Automatic
Northwestern (Minn.)	Upper Midwest Athletic	21–6	Automatic
North Carolina Wesleyan	USA South Athletic	21–6	Automatic
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic	24–3	Automatic
Chapman	Independent	24–3	At-large
Amherst	New England Small College Athletic	22–3	At-large
Becker	North Atlantic	23–4	At-large
Concordia (Wis.)	Northern Athletics	23–4	At-large
Gwynedd–Mercy	Colonial States Athletic	21–6	At-large
Hanover	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	19–7	At-large
Illinois Wesleyan	Illinois & Wisconsin	19–8	At-large
Ithaca	Empire 8	20–6	At-large
Mary Hardin-Baylor	Southwest	21–7	At-large
Oswego State	SUNY Athletic	23–4	At-large
Penn State–Behrend	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate	23–4	At-large
Ramapo	New Jersey Athletic	20–6	At-large
Texas–Dallas	American Southwest	21–6	At-large
Virginia Wesleyan	Old Dominion Athletic	23–4	At-large
Western Connecticut State	Little East	21–5	At-large
Williams	New England Small College Athletic	25–2	At-large
Wisconsin–River Falls	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic	20–7	At-large
Wittenberg	North Coast Athletic	19–8	At-large
WPI	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	22–5	At-large

Sectional play

Wooster, Ohio Sectional

First round March 3 or 4		Second round March 5		Sectionals March 11		Sectionals March 12

		Whitworth	77
First round: Orange, California Second round: Spokane, Washington
		Chapman	63
Chapman	62

Redlands	38
				Whitworth	93

				Marietta	77
Marietta	67

Centre	62
		Marietta	63
Marietta, Ohio
		Wittenberg	62
La Roche	68

Wittenberg	74
						Whitworth	66

						Wooster	76
Wooster	74

Benedictine (Ill.)	68
		Wooster	47
Wooster, Ohio
		Manchester	45
Manchester	70

Bethany (W.Va.)	58
				Wooster	94

				Cabrini	77
Cabrini	85

New Jersey City	76
		Cabrini	91
Radnor, Pennsylvania
		Purchase	84
Purchase	79

Hartwick	69

Williamstown, Massachusetts Sectional

First round March 3 or 4		Second round March 5		Sectionals March 11		Sectionals March 12

Williams	86

Husson	83
		Williams	84
Williamstown, Massachusetts
		Becker	63
Becker	80

Scranton	73
				Williams	79

				Virginia Wesleyan	73
Virginia Wesleyan	93

Delaware Valley	63
		Virginia Wesleyan	79
Norfolk, Virginia
		Franklin & Marshall	71
Franklin & Marshall	69

NC Wesleyan	56
						Williams	77

						Amherst	71
WPI	58

Bridgewater State	57
		WPI	70
Worcester, Massachusetts
		Amherst	92
Amherst	79

Skidmore	39
				Amherst	78

				Rhode Isl. College	74
Oswego State	64

Wells	58
		Oswego State	63
Oswego, New York
		Rhode Isl. College	71
Penn State-Behrend	54

Rhode Isl. College	83

Rock Island, Illinois Sectional

First round March 3 or 4		Second round March 5		Sectionals March 11		Sectionals March 12

		McMurry	67
First round: Belton, Texas Second round:Abilene, Texas
		Mary Hardin-Baylor	70
Mary Hardin-Baylor	86

Texas-Dallas	77
				Mary Hardin-Baylor	57

				Augustana (Ill.)	70
Augustana (Ill.)	76

Webster	51
		Augustana (Ill.)	88
Rock Island, Illinois
		Hope	80
Hope	73

Hanover	70
						Augustana (Ill.)	56

						St. Thomas (MN)	72
Concordia (Wis.)	61

Luther	68
		Luther	56
Mequon, Wisconsin
		Wis.-Stevens Pt.	76
Wis.-Stevens Pt.	70

St. Norbert College	49
				Wis.-Stevens Pt.	64

				St. Thomas (MN)	66
St. Thomas (MN)	70

Northwestern (Minn.)	60
		St. Thomas (MN)	78
Saint Paul, Minnesota
		Ill. Wesleyan	70
Wis.-River Falls	76

Illinois Wesleyan	83

Rochester, New York Sectional

First round March 3 or 4		Second round March 5		Sectionals March 11		Sectionals March 12

Ramapo	106

Johnson & Wales	114*
		Johnson & Wales	72
Mahwah, New Jersey
		Buffalo State	96
Gwynedd-Mercy	73

Buffalo State	83
				Buffalo State	74

				St. Mary's (Md.)	85
St. Mary's (Md.)	72

Medgar Evers	55
		St. Mary's (Md.)	68
St. Mary's City, Maryland
		Randolph Macon	53
Randolph Macon	62

Alvernia	59
						St. Mary's (Md.)	50

						Middlebury	65
Ithaca	78

MIT	82
		MIT	52
Ithaca, New York
		Rochester (NY)	60
Rochester (NY)	81

Elms	70
				Rochester (NY)	52

				Middlebury	61
West Conn. State	89

Salve Regina	67
		West Conn. State	53
First round: Danbury, Connecticut Second round: Middlebury, Vermont
		Middlebury	79

Semifinals and National championship – Salem, Virginia

Semifinals Friday, March 18		National championship Saturday, March 19

Wooster (30–2)	73

Williams (29–2)	71
		Wooster	54

		St. Thomas (MN)	78
St. Thomas (MN) (28-3)	59

Middlebury (28–1)	57

References

^ "Teams named to Division III field | NCAA.com". Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
^ "NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Bracket - NCAA.com". Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

[1] "Teams named to Division III field | NCAA.com". Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

[2] "NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Bracket - NCAA.com". Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

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