2018 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteSalem Civic Center
Salem, Virginia
ChampionsNebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (1st title)
Runner-upWisconsin–Oshkosh Titans (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDale Wellman (1st title)
MOPCooper Cook (Nebraska Wesleyan)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2017 2019»

The 2018 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 44th annual 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 2, 2018, following the 2017–18 season, and concluded with the championship game on March 17, 2018.

Once again, the national semifinal and championship rounds were held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Nebraska Wesleyan defeated Wisconsin–Oshkosh in the final, 78–72, to win their first national title. Cooper Cook was voted the MVP.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2018 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 La Roche 21–6 (16–2) 2nd 2011
American Southwest Sul Ross State 22–6 (14–3) 2nd 2004
Capital York (PA) 23–4 (14–4) 5th 2012
Centennial Johns Hopkins 23–4 (15–3) 11th 2015
CUNYAC Staten Island 17–11 (12–4) 13th 2017
CCIW Augustana (IL) 22–5 (12–4) 17th 2017
Colonial States Cabrini 24–3 (16–2) 14th 2017
Commonwealth Coast Nichols 25–3 (16–2) 2nd 2017
Empire 8 Nazareth 20–7 (13–3) 8th 2010
Great Northeast Johnson & Wales (RI) 19–9 (13–3) 4th 2016
Heartland Hanover 22–6 (14–4) 8th 2017
Iowa Nebraska Wesleyan 24–3 (13–3) 15th 2001
Landmark Moravian 20–7 (10–4) 3rd 2008
Liberty Union (NY) 18–8 (12–6) 5th 2017
Little East Eastern Connecticut 25–3 (13–1) 8th 2017
MAC Commonwealth Lebanon Valley 18–9 (10–6) 7th 2005
MAC Freedom Misericordia 17–10 (10–4) 4th 2017
MASCAC Bridgewater State 18–9 (9–3) 8th 2014
Michigan Hope 18–9 (10–4) 27th 2017
Midwest Monmouth (IL) 20–7 (15–3) 5th 1990
Minnesota Augsburg 21–7 (13–7) 4th 1999
NECC Southern Vermont 22–5 (12–2) 3rd 2016
NESCAC Williams 22–5 (7–3) 16th 2017
NEWMAC MIT 22–5 (10–4) 8th 2017
New Jersey Ramapo 21–6 (15–3) 8th 2017
North Atlantic New England College 21–6 (15–3) 1st Never
North Coast Wittenberg 26–2 (16–2) 28th 2014
NEAC Lancaster Bible 23–5 (15–1) 2nd 2016
Northern Athletics Aurora 19–8 (16–4) 10th 2013
Northwest Whitworth 24–3 (14–2) 13th 2017
Ohio John Carroll 23–5 (14–4) 15th 2016
Old Dominion Emory and Henry 22–6 (11–5) 6th 1993
Presidents' Thomas More 23–5 (16–2) 3rd 2017
Skyline Yeshiva 18–10 (13–7) 1st Never
Southern Berry 11–17 (3–11) 1st Never
SCIAC Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 19–7 (15–1) 14th 2017
SCAC Schreiner 15–12 (10–4) 1st Never
SLIAC Greenville 19–8 (14–4) 1st Never
SUNYAC Plattsburgh State 22–4 (17–1) 10th 2016
UAA Washington–St. Louis 22–3 (13–1) 21st 2017
Upper Midwest Bethany Lutheran 19–8 (14–3) 1st Never
USA South Maryville (TN) 22–6 (14–2) 19th 2012
Wisconsin UW–Stevens Point 19–8 (11–3) 15th 2015

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]

At-large bids
Conference Team Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bid
MAC Commonwealth Albright 20–6 (12–4) 6th 2010
Capital Christopher Newport 21–6 (14–4) 22nd 2017
UAA Emory 21–4 (12–2) 7th 2017
Centennial Franklin & Marshall 20–6 (14–4) 25th 2016
NESCAC Hamilton 22–4 (7–3) 10th 2006
CCIW Illinois Wesleyan 19–7 (12–4) 25th 2015
American Southwest LeTourneau 23–4 (16–2) 1st Never
Ohio Marietta 21–6 (14–4) 7th 2017
NESCAC Middlebury 19–6 (7–3) 9th 2017
New Jersey New Jersey City 19–7 (13–5) 18th 2017
CCIW North Central (IL) 19–8 (11–5) 10th 2017
Minnesota St. John's (MN) 23–3 (19–1) 9th 2007
Minnesota St. Olaf 19–7 (15–5) 4th 2016
NEWMAC Springfield 18–8 (12–2) 9th 2015
SUNYAC SUNY Brockport 19–7 (14–4) 11th 2014
Centennial Swarthmore 22–5 (15–3) 2nd 2017
Wisconsin UW–Oshkosh 20–7 (9–5) 8th 2017
Wisconsin UW–Platteville 22–4 (12–2) 11th 2009
NESCAC Wesleyan (CT) 21–6 (7–3) 3rd 2017
Northwest Whitman 26–1 (16–0) 3rd 2017
North Coast Wooster 21–6 (14–4) 27th 2017

Tournament bracket

Top-left - Mahwah, New Jersey

First round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 9
Mahwah, NJ 		Sectional Final
March 10
Mahwah, NJ
            
Williams 56
Bridgewater State 45
Williams 62
Williamstown, MA
Ramapo 66
Ramapo 86
Moravian 61
Ramapo 72
Franklin & Marshall 62
Christopher Newport 68
Lancaster Bible 65
Christopher Newport 52
Newport News, VA
Franklin & Marshall 66
Emory & Henry 59
Franklin & Marshall 73
Ramapo 68
MIT 66
Eastern Connecticut 75
Johnson & Wales (RI) 69
Eastern Connecticut 58
Windham, CT
Middlebury 83
Middlebury 83
Lebanon Valley 63
Middlebury 76
MIT 79
Johns Hopkins 52
La Roche 39
Johns Hopkins 54
Baltimore, MD
MIT 62
MIT 81
SUNY Brockport 67

Bottom-left - Rock Island, Illinois

First round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 9
Rock Island, IL 		Sectional Final
March 10
Rock Island, IL
            
Wittenberg 91
Misericordia 61
Wittenberg 60
Springfield, OH
UW–Oshkosh 68
Marietta 67
UW–Oshkosh 74
UW–Oshkosh 93
Emory 72
Emory 91
Berry 61
Emory 83
Atlanta, GA
LeTourneau 82
LeTourneau 85
Hanover 77
UW–Oshkosh 95
Augustana (IL) 88
Augustana (IL) 123
Greenville 111
Augustana (IL) 95
Rock Island, IL
Hope 83
Augsburg 91
Hope 93
Augustana (IL) 86
John Carroll 78
John Carroll 95
Thomas More 72
John Carroll 91
University Heights, OH
Wooster 85
Wooster 72
Illinois Wesleyan 68

Top-right - Platteville, Wisconsin

First round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 9
Platteville, WI 		Sectional Final
March 10
Platteville, WI
            
Whitman 87
Schreiner 77
Whitman 89
Walla Walla, WA
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 84
Whitworth 82
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 83
Whitman 65
UW–Stevens Point 55
St. John's (MN) 92
Bethany Lutheran 102
Bethany Lutheran 44
Collegeville, MN
UW–Stevens Point 82
UW–Stevens Point 72
North Central (IL) 55
Whitman 97
Nebraska Wesleyan 130
Washington–St. Louis 80
Aurora 82
Aurora 61
St. Louis, MO
Nebraska Wesleyan 82
Nebraska Wesleyan 94
Maryville (TN) 70
Nebraska Wesleyan 79
UW–Platteville 78
UW–Platteville 91
Monmouth (IL) 76
UW–Platteville 74
Platteville, WI
St. Olaf 68
Sul Ross State 75
St. Olaf 88

Bottom-right - Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

First round
March 2
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 3
Campus Sites 		Sectional Semifinals
March 9
Swarthmore, PA 		Sectional Final
March 10
Swarthmore, PA
            
Wesleyan (CT) 101
Southern Vermont 71
Wesleyan (CT) 75
Middletown, CT
Swarthmore 97
Swarthmore 90
New England College 63
Swarthmore 93
Plattsburgh State 63
Plattsburgh State 103
Nichols 86
Plattsburgh State 87
Plattsburgh, NY
Union (NY) 75
New Jersey City 70
Union (NY) 75
Swarthmore 62
Springfield 72
York (PA) 81
Yeshiva 67
York (PA) 66
York, PA
Hamilton 69
Hamilton 86
Nazareth 72
Hamilton 90
Springfield 92
Cabrini 88
Staten Island 86
Cabrini 88
Radnor, PA
Springfield 96
Albright 86
Springfield 88

Final Four

National semifinal
March 16 		National championship
March 17
      
Ramapo 57
UW–Oshkosh 73
UW–Oshkosh 72
Salem, VA
Nebraska Wesleyan 78
Nebraska Wesleyan 90
Springfield 78

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 24, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017-18 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. October 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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