2019 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2019 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum; Fort Wayne, Indiana
Champions	UW–Oshkosh (1st title, 1st title game,; 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Swarthmore (1st title game,; 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	Christopher Newport (2nd Final Four); Wheaton (IL) (1st Final Four);
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2018	2020»

The 2019 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 began on March 1, 2019, following the 2018–19 season, and concluded with the championship game on March 16, 2019.

The national semifinal and championship rounds was held for the first time at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The tournament was won by the UW–Oshkosh Titans.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2019 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).^[1]

Automatic bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
Allegheny Mountain	Penn State Behrend	23–4 (14–4)	8th	2014
American Rivers	Nebraska Wesleyan	26–1 (15–1)	16th	2018
American Southwest	Texas–Dallas	24–4 (12–3)	6th	2014
Capital	Christopher Newport	25–3 (12–2)	23rd	2018
Centennial	Swarthmore	24–3 (15–3)	3rd	2018
CUNYAC	Baruch	22–5 (13–2)	5th	2015
CCIW	North Central (IL)	22–5 (12–4)	11th	2018
Colonial States	Rosemont	15–12 (8–4)	1st	Never
Commonwealth Coast	Nichols	25–2 (15–1)	3rd	2018
Empire 8	Alfred	23–4 (14–2)	5th	1997
Great Northeast	Albertus Magnus	20–7 (9–2)	7th	2017
Heartland	Hanover	21–6 (14–4)	9th	2018
Landmark	Moravian	19–8 (10–4)	4th	2018
Liberty	Skidmore	19–7 (15–3)	6th	2017
Little East	Keene State	20–7 (13–3)	6th	2017
MAC Commonwealth	Arcadia	22–5 (14–2)	1st	Never
MAC Freedom	DeSales	21–6 (12–2)	5th	2014
MASCAC	Salem State	18–9 (10–2)	25th	2017
Michigan	Albion	19–8 (10–4)	5th	2005
Midwest	Lake Forest	18–9 (12–6)	1st	Never
Minnesota	St. John's (MN)	23–4 (17–3)	10th	2018
NECC	Mitchell	19–9 (10–6)	2nd	2014
NESCAC	Amherst	23–4 (7–3)	20th	2017
NEWMAC	Emerson	16–11 (9–5)	1st	Never
New Jersey	Rowan	21–6 (13–5)	13th	2000
North Atlantic	Husson	17–10 (11–3)	7th	2017
North Coast	Wittenberg	23–5 (14–4)	29th	2018
NEAC	Morrisville State	23–4 (15–1)	5th	2017
Northern Athletics	Aurora	17–11 (12–8)	11th	2018
Northwest	Whitman	26–1 (16–0)	4th	2018
Ohio	Baldwin Wallace	20–9 (11–7)	7th	2006
Old Dominion	Guilford	21–7 (12–4)	6th	2017
Presidents'	Chatham	19–9 (10–7)	1st	Never
Skyline	Farmingdale State	20–7 (16–4)	6th	2017
Southern	Sewanee	22–6 (8–6)	5th	1998
SCIAC	Pomona–Pitzer	25–2 (15–1)	12th	2008
SCAC	Texas Lutheran	18–9 (11–5)	4th	2017
SLIAC	Eureka	13–14 (10–8)	1st	Never
SUNYAC	Oswego State	22–5 (15–3)	6th	2017
UAA	Emory	20–6 (11–3)	8th	2018
Upper Midwest	Northwestern–St. Paul	21–6 (15–1)	8th	2017
USA South	Maryville (TN)	21–7 (14–4)	20th	2018
Wisconsin	UW–Platteville	18–10 (8–6)	12th	2018

At-large bids (21)

The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2018 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.^[1] 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.^[2] By rule, one bid is reserved for teams in Pool B if there are enough teams that qualify for it. Pool B is for teams that are either independents or whose conference does not yet qualify for an automatic bid.

At-large bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid	Pool
CCIW	Augustana (IL)	24–3 (15–1)	18th	2018	C
Ohio	Capital	20–7 (14–4)	10th	2012	C
Atlantic East	Gwynedd Mercy	19–8 (9–3)	6th	2016	B
NESCAC	Hamilton	23–4 (7–3)	11th	2018	C
American Rivers	Loras	21–6 (12–4)	3rd	2008	C
Ohio	Marietta	20–6 (14–4)	8th	2018	C
NESCAC	Middlebury	18–7 (7–3)	10th	2018	C
NEWMAC	MIT	22–4 (12–2)	9th	2018	C
New Jersey	New Jersey City	20–7 (14–4)	19th	2018	C
SUNYAC	Plattsburgh State	20–6 (14–4)	11th	2018	C
New Jersey	Ramapo	18–9 (11–7)	9th	2018	C
Old Dominion	Randolph–Macon	25–3 (15–1)	16th	2015	C
UAA	Rochester	20–5 (10–4)	16th	2017	C
Capital	Salisbury	19–8 (8–6)	9th	2017	C
Minnesota	St. Thomas (MN)	22–4 (18–2)	19th	2017	C
Wisconsin	UW–La Crosse	17–9 (10–4)	2nd	2006	C
Wisconsin	UW–Oshkosh	23–3 (13–1)	9th	2018	C
CCIW	Wheaton (IL)	19–8 (11–5)	11th	2014	C
NESCAC	Williams	20–6 (6–4)	17th	2018	C
North Coast	Wooster	23–5 (16–2)	28th	2018	C
Capital	York (PA)	21–7 (12–2)	6th	2018	C

Tournament bracket

^[3]

Top-left - Clinton, New York

First round March 1 Campus Sites		Second round March 2 Campus Sites		Sectional Semifinals March 8 Clinton, NY		Sectional Final March 9 Clinton, NY

Whitman	102

Texas Lutheran	79
		Whitman	83
Walla Walla, WA
		Pomona–Pitzer	74
Pomona–Pitzer	58

Texas–Dallas	37
				Whitman	81

				Williams	84
Williams	86

Husson	60
		Williams	90
Williamstown, MA
		Gwynedd Mercy	56
Plattsburgh State	65

Gwynedd Mercy	73
						Williams	70

						Christopher Newport	79
Christopher Newport	85

Albertus Magnus	59
		Christopher Newport	88
Newport News, VA
		Alfred	53
Ramapo	76

Alfred	92
				Christopher Newport	75

				Hamilton	67
Hamilton	72

Penn State Behrend	70
		Hamilton	83
Clinton, NY
		Moravian	72
Keene State	65

Moravian	86

Bottom-left - Amherst, Massachusetts

First round March 1 Campus Sites		Second round March 2 Campus Sites		Sectional Semifinals March 8 Amherst, MA		Sectional Final March 9 Amherst, MA

Amherst	84

Rosemont	53
		Amherst	75
Rochester, NY^[a]
		Rochester	67
Rochester	85

Farmingdale State	68
				Amherst	58

				Nichols	62
Rowan	96

Emerson	79
		Rowan	76
Glassboro, NJ
		Nichols	87
Nichols	74

Middlebury	71
						Nichols	65

						Swarthmore	69
Swarthmore	90

Mitchell	73
		Swarthmore	105
Swarthmore, PA
		MIT	65
MIT	90

Skidmore	67
				Swarthmore	58

				Randolph–Macon	57
Randolph–Macon	95

Morrisville State	70
		Randolph–Macon	78
Ashland, VA
		York (PA)	60
York (PA)	83

DeSales	59

^ Pod hosted by Rochester due to Amherst hosting first and second round games in the 2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.

Top-right - Oshkosh, Wisconsin

First round
March 1
Campus Sites

Second round
March 2
Campus Sites

Sectional Semifinals
March 8
Oshkosh, WI

Sectional Final
March 9
Oshkosh, WI

Nebraska Wesleyan

101

Eureka

75

Nebraska Wesleyan

58

Lincoln, NE

St. Thomas (MN)

70

St. Thomas (MN)

80

UW–La Crosse

66

St. Thomas (MN)

73

Guilford

80

Guilford

97

Sewanee

59

Guilford

70

Greensboro, NC

Wittenberg

61

Wittenberg

100

Emory

88

Guilford

79

UW–Oshkosh

82

UW–Oshkosh

86

Lake Forest

62

UW–Oshkosh

108

Collegeville, MN^[a]

Northwestern–St. Paul

86

St. John's (MN)

78

Northwestern–St. Paul

93

UW–Oshkosh

86

Loras

75

North Central (IL)

77

Chatham

48

North Central (IL)

82

Naperville, IL

Loras

84

Loras

75

Albion

64

^ Pod hosted by St. John's due to UW–Oshkosh hosting first and second round games in the 2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.

Bottom-right - Rock Island, Illinois

First round March 1 Campus Sites		Second round March 2 Campus Sites		Sectional Semifinals March 8 Rock Island, IL		Sectional Final March 9 Rock Island, IL

Augustana (IL)	93

Aurora	67
		Augustana (IL)	85
Rock Island, IL
		Capital	79
Capital	78

UW–Platteville	76
				Augustana (IL)	79

				Wheaton (IL)	93
Wooster	81

Baruch	57
		Wooster	70
Wooster, OH
		Wheaton (IL)	78
Wheaton (IL)	84

Hanover	73
						Wheaton (IL)	91

						Marietta	87
Marietta	101

Maryville (TN)	77
		Marietta	88
Marietta, OH
		Arcadia	76
New Jersey City	60

Arcadia	80
				Marietta	78

				Oswego State	61
Oswego State	72

Salem State	59
		Oswego State	75
Oswego, NY
		Baldwin Wallace	71
Baldwin Wallace	75

Salisbury	61

Final Four

National semifinal March 15 Fort Wayne, IN		National championship March 16 Fort Wayne, IN

Christopher Newport	63

Swarthmore	70
		Swarthmore	82
Fort Wayne, IN
		UW–Oshkosh	96
UW–Oshkosh	104

Wheaton (IL)	85

References

^ ^a ^b "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
^ "2018-19 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. October 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "2019 Division III Men's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

[4] Pod hosted by Rochester due to Amherst hosting first and second round games in the 2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.

[5] Pod hosted by St. John's due to UW–Oshkosh hosting first and second round games in the 2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament.

[d3hoops-1] "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.

[manual-2] "2018-19 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. October 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[scores-3] "2019 Division III Men's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

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Records	Appearances

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

At-large bids (21)

Tournament bracket

Top-left - Clinton, New York

Bottom-left - Amherst, Massachusetts

Top-right - Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Bottom-right - Rock Island, Illinois

Final Four

See also

References