2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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2017 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteSalem Civic Center
Salem, Virginia
ChampionsBabson Beavers (1st title)
Runner-upAugustana Vikings (4th title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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The 2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament involving 64 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament concluded with the national semifinal and championship rounds that took place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Babson beat Augustana (IL) 79-78 to win their 1st national title. Joey Flannery was voted as the MVP of the tournament.

Qualifying teams

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Automatic bids (43)

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The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2017 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 Medaille 21–7 (16–2) 5th 2015
American Southwest Hardin–Simmons 24–7 (13–3) 2nd 2016
Capital Christopher Newport 27–3 (17–1) 21st 2016
Centennial Swarthmore 23–6 (14–4) 1st Never
CUNYAC Staten Island 21–6 (16–0) 12th 2013
CCIW North Central (IL) 18–11 (9–7) 9th 2016
Colonial States Neumann 25–3 (17–1) 2nd 2015
Commonwealth Coast Nichols 24–6 (15–3) 1st Never
Empire 8 St. John Fisher 23–6 (15–1) 16th 2015
Great Northeast Albertus Magnus 23–5 (16–2) 6th 2015
Heartland Hanover 26–4 (16–2) 7th 2011
Iowa Wartburg 21–10 (8–8) 7th 2001
Landmark Scranton 22–7 (11–3) 28th 2016
Liberty Union (NY) 17–11 (10–6) 4th 2005
Little East Eastern Connecticut 21–9 (11–3) 7th 2015
MAC Commonwealth Lycoming 24–5 (13–3) 7th 2016
MAC Freedom Misericordia 20–8 (9–5) 3rd 2015
MASCAC Salem State 17–11 (9–3) 24th 2012
Michigan Calvin 17–11 (10–4) 21st 2015
Midwest Ripon 20–5 (15–3) 13th 2002
Minnesota Bethel (MN) 20–6 (15–5) 2nd 1991
NECC Becker 19–9 (13–3) 3rd 2012
NESCAC Middlebury 27–4 (8–2) 8th 2016
NEWMAC MIT 21–7 (11–3) 7th 2014
New Jersey Ramapo 25–2 (16–2) 7th 2013
North Atlantic Husson 21–7 (16–2) 6th 2016
North Coast Wooster 21–8 (15–3) 26th 2016
NEAC Morrisville State 22–7 (15–3) 4th 2014
Northern Athletics Benedictine (IL) 23–5 (19–1) 8th 2016
Northwest Whitman 27–0 (16–0) 2nd 2016
Ohio Marietta 26–5 (16–2) 6th 2016
Old Dominion Guilford 24–6 (13–3) 5th 2010
Presidents' Thomas More 22–7 (15–3) 2nd 2009
Skyline Farmingdale State 20–8 (14–2) 5th 2012
Southern Rhodes 17–11 (11–3) 4th 1993
SCIAC Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 23–5 (13–3) 13th 2015
SCAC Texas Lutheran 19–10 (10–4) 3rd 2016
SLIAC Westminster (MO) 19–9 (13–5) 5th 2016
SUNYAC Oswego State 21–7 (15–3) 5th 2016
UAA Washington–St. Louis 21–6 (12–2) 20th 2015
Upper Midwest Northwestern–St. Paul 20–8 (13–3) 7th 2016
USA South LaGrange 18–11 (8–6) 4th 2016
Wisconsin UW–River Falls 25–4 (12–2) 3rd 2012

At-large bids (21)

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The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2017 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.

At-large bids
Conference Team Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bid
NESCAC Amherst 17–8 (7–3) 19th 2016
CCIW Augustana (IL) 24–9 (11–5) 16th 2016
NEWMAC Babson 31–2 (14–0) 9th 2016
Colonial States Cabrini 19–8 (15–3) 13th 2014
UAA Emory 19–8 (9–5) 6th 2016
Commonwealth Coast Endicott 24–7 (15–3) 8th 2016
Michigan Hope 23–7 (13–1) 26th 2016
Little East Keene State 22–10 (10–4) 5th 2016
New Jersey New Jersey City 21–8 (13–5) 17th 2011
UAA Rochester 24–5 (10–4) 15th 2013
Liberty St. Lawrence 20–7 (13–3) 13th 2010
Minnesota St. Thomas (MN) 19–8 (15–5) 18th 2016
Capital Salisbury 20–8 (14–4) 8th 2016
Liberty Skidmore 20–8 (14–2) 5th 2016
Landmark Susquehanna 23–6 (11–3) 7th 2016
NESCAC Tufts 22–7 (8–2) 5th 2016
Wisconsin UW–Oshkosh 17–11 (9–5) 7th 2016
Wisconsin UW–Whitewater 22–7 (9–5) 21st 2015
NESCAC Wesleyan (CT) 19–7 (6–4) 2nd 2015
Northwest Whitworth 23–5 (13–3) 12th 2016
NESCAC Williams 23–9 (5–5) 15th 2014

Tournament bracket

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Top-left - Marietta, Ohio

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First round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 4
Campus Sites 		Sectionals
March 10
Marietta, OH 		Sectionals
March 11
Marietta, OH
            
Whitman 111
Rhodes 98
Whitman 79
Walla Walla, WA
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 73
Whitworth 73
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 78
Whitman 102
Hardin–Simmons 82
Hardin–Simmons 109
LaGrange 103
Hardin–Simmons 95
Abilene, TX
Emory 85
Emory 82
Texas Lutheran 69
Whitman 91
Rochester 87
Marietta 83
Calvin 66
Marietta 88
Marietta, OH
Guilford 64
Guilford 74
Thomas More 54
Marietta 80
Rochester 85
Rochester 89
Albertus Magnus 66
Rochester 82
Rochester, NY
Union (NY) 60
Wesleyan (CT) 83
Union (NY) 89

Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts

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First round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 4
Campus Sites 		Sectionals
March 10
Babson Park, MA 		Sectionals
March 11
Babson Park, MA
            
Swarthmore 86
Staten Island 61
Swarthmore 67
Swarthmore, PA
Christopher Newport 77
Christopher Newport 81
Morrisville State 45
Christopher Newport 64
Keene State 68
Ramapo 73
Misericordia 63
Ramapo 91
Mahwah, NJ
Keene State 92*
Amherst 66
Keene State 69
Keene State 79
Babson 102
Babson 92
Husson 76
Babson 72
Babson Park, MA
Skidmore 65
Skidmore 75
New Jersey City 67
Babson 87
Tufts 80
St. John Fisher 77
St. Lawrence 72
St. John Fisher 81
Pittsford, NY
Tufts 94
Tufts 84
Salem State 81

Top-right - Middlebury, Vermont

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First round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 4
Campus Sites 		Sectionals
March 10
Middlebury, VT 		Sectionals
March 11
Middlebury, VT
            
Middlebury 84
Farmingdale State 75
Middlebury 95
Middlebury, VT
Lycoming 76
Lycoming 86
Cabrini 70
Middlebury 89
Endicott 60
Neumann 93
Nichols 96
Nichols 75
Aston, PA
Endicott 111
Salisbury 68
Endicott 71
Middlebury 75
Williams 79
Susquehanna 89
Medaille 82
Susquehanna 72
Selinsgrove, PA
Eastern Connecticut 67
Eastern Connecticut 86
MIT 70
Susquehanna 61
Williams 78
Williams 91
Becker 63
Williams 80
Williamstown, MA
Scranton 53
Scranton 82*
Oswego State 77

Bottom-right - Holland, Michigan

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First round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 4
Campus Sites 		Sectionals
March 10
Holland, MI 		Sectionals
March 11
Holland, MI
            
UW–River Falls 94**
Bethel (MN) 92
UW–River Falls 43
River Falls, WI
Wartburg 76
Benedictine (IL) 66
Wartburg 92
Wartburg 69
Augustana (IL) 80
UW–Whitewater 85
Northwestern–St. Paul 81
UW–Whitewater 70
Whitewater, WI
Augustana (IL) 72
Augustana (IL) 77
St. Thomas (MN) 74
Augustana (IL) 77
Hanover 64
Hope 87
UW–Oshkosh 85
Hope 94
Holland, MI
Washington–St. Louis 80
Washington–St. Louis 87
Ripon 72
Hope 77
Hanover 79
Hanover 72
Westminster (MO) 64
Hanover 64
Hanover, IN
North Central (IL) 63
Wooster 72
North Central (IL) 77

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

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Semifinals
Friday, March 17 		National championship
Saturday, March 18
      
Whitman 85
Babson 91
Babson 79
Augustana (IL) 78
Williams 79
Augustana (IL) 90

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 24, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
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