2018 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2018 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Salem Civic Center; Salem, Virginia
Champions	Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (1st title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Ramapo Roadrunners (2nd Final Four); Springfield Pride (1st Final Four);
Winning coach	Dale Wellman (1st title)
MOP	Cooper 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

References

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

[d3hoops-1] "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 24, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[manual-2] "2017-18 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. October 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.

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