2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (2012) August 2023 April 2026 February 2017 III 2012 NCAA logo.svg 125px 62 Salem, Virginia Whitewater State Warhawks 3rd Cabrini Cavaliers 1st MIT Engineers 1st Illinois Wesleyan Titans 5th Pat Miller 1st Chris Davis UW-Whitewater The 2012 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. It involved 62 teams, beginning on March 1, 2012 and concluded with the championship game on March 17, 2012, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. The UW-Whitewater Warhawks won their third Division III title, defeating the Cabrini Cavaliers in the championship game by a score of 63-60. 2012 Division III men's basketball tournament https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/basketball-men/d3/2012 NCAA.com 2015-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20151004215541/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/basketball-men/d3/2012 2015-10-04 dead Tournament schedule and venues USA 450 right 2012 Sectionals(blue) and Final Four (red) USA blue pog.svg 44.001944 -73.145556 left #FFFFFF Middlebury Middlebury, VT USA blue pog.svg 40.809167 -81.937222 left #FFFFFF Wooster Wooster, OH USA blue pog.svg 40.039722 -76.304444 bottom #FFFFFF Lancaster Lancaster, PA USA blue pog.svg 42.380278 -72.523611 bottom #FFFFFF Amherst Amherst, MA USA red pog.svg 37.286667 -80.055833 bottom #FFFFFF Salem Salem Civic Center The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2012 tournament: First and second rounds Coles Center, New York, NY (Host: New York University) O'Brien Center, St. Mary's City, MD (Host: St. Mary's College of Maryland) Washington University Field House, St. Louis, MO (Host: Washington University in St. Louis) Beck Center, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: Transylvania University) DeVos Fieldhouse, Holland, MI (Host: Hope College) Timken Gymnasium, Wooster, OH (Host: The College of Wooster) Dixon Center, Radnor, PA (Host: Cabrini College) Max Ziel Gymnasium, Oswego, NY (Host: State University of New York at Oswego) Recreation Center, Wayne, NJ (Host: William Paterson University) Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, VT (Host: Middlebury College) Binder Physical Education Center, Oneonta, NY (Host: Hartwick College) Sports and Recreation Center, Staten Island, NY (Host: College of Staten Island) Mayser Center, Lancaster, PA (Host: Franklin & Marshall College) Karges Center, River Falls, WI (Host: UW-River Falls) Williams Center, Whitewater, WI (Host: UW-Whitewater) Mayborn Campus Center, Belton, TX (Host: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor) LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, MA (Host: Amherst College) Batten Student Center, Virginia Beach, VA (Host: Virginia Wesleyan College) Sectional sites Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, VT (Host: Middlebury College) Timken Gymnasium, Wooster, OH (Host: The College of Wooster) Mayser Center, Lancaster, PA (Host: Franklin & Marshall College) LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, MA (Host: Amherst College) Final Four - Salem Salem Civic Center (Host: Old Dominion Athletic Conference) Qualified teams 2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament qualifying teams Automatic qualifiers The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2013 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid). ConferenceSchoolAppearanceLast BidAllegheny MountainMedaille3rd2010American SouthwestMcMurry4th2011CapitalYork (Pa.)3rd2006CentennialFranklin and Marshall23rd2011CUNYACStaten Island10th2002CCIWNorth Central (Ill.)6th2006Colonial StatesCabrini10th2011Commonwealth CoastEndicott5th2006Empire 8Ithaca9th2011Great NortheastAlbertus Magnus2nd2010HeartlandRose-Hulman9th1999IowaBuena Vista9th2008LandmarkScranton24th2011LibertySkidmore2nd2011Little EastEastern Connecticut4th2000MASCACSalem State23rd2009MichiganHope23rd2011MAC-CommonwealthMessiah3rd2007MAC-FreedomMisericordia1stNeverMidwestCarroll2nd2006MinnesotaSt. Thomas13th2011New EnglandBecker2nd2011NESCACAmherst14th2011NEWMACMIT4th2011New JerseyWilliam Paterson15th2010North AtlanticCastleton State2nd2004North CoastWooster21st2011North EasternMorrisville State1stNeverNorthernEdgewood3rd2005NorthwestWhitworth7th2011OhioCapital9th2009Old DominionVirginia Wesleyan12th2011Presidents'Bethany8th2011SkylineFarmingdale State4th2009SCIACClaremont-Mudd-Scripps11th2010SCACTrinity (Texas)6th2008SLIACWestminster (Mo.)3rd2010SUNYACOswego State2nd2011UAAWashington U.16th2010Upper MidwestNorthwestern (Minn.)2nd2011USA SouthChristopher Newport18th2010WisconsinUW-River Falls2nd2011 At-large qualifiers The NCAA Selection Committee, by rule, must select one team from the conferences without automatic berths and non-affiliated schools (Pool B). The Selection Committee makes the remaining 19 selections at-large from all conferences (Pool C). ConferenceSchoolAppearanceLast BidPoolGreat SouthMaryville (Tenn.)15th2010Pool BSCACBirmingham–Southern1stNeverPool CMinnesotaGustavus Adolphus13th2005Pool CEmpire 8Hartwick6th2011Pool CLibertyHobart2nd2001Pool CCCIWIllinois Wesleyan21st2011Pool CAmerican SouthwestMary Hardin-Baylor5th2011Pool CNESCACMiddlebury5th2011Pool CUAANYU26th2006Pool CNorth CoastOhio Wesleyan3rd2008Pool COld DominionRandolph-Macon12th2011Pool CLittle EastRhode Island College9th2011Pool CSkylineSt. Joseph's-Long Island2nd2009Pool CCapitalSt. Mary's (Md.)4th2011Pool CHeartlandTransylvania8th2009Pool CWisconsinUW-Stevens Point11th2011Pool CWisconsinUW-Whitewater17th2011Pool CLittle EastWestern Connecticut12th2011Pool CCCIWWheaton (Ill.)8th2010Pool CNorth CoastWittenberg26th2011Pool C Bracket * – Denotes overtime period Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04) Middlebury, VT Sectional no First roundMarch 2 Second roundMarch 3 Sectional SemifinalsMarch 9 Sectional FinalsMarch 10 Radnor, PA Oswego, NY Middlebury, VT Wayne, NJ Cabrini 104 Castleton State 87 Hobart 64 Ohio Wesleyan 60 Oswego State 72* Endicott 71 E. Connecticut 69 Medaille 51 Middlebury 75 Morrisville State 49 Albertus Magnus 87 St. Joseph's-L.I. 84 William Paterson 53 Becker 69 Messiah 67 Scranton 70* Cabrini 90* Hobart 88 Oswego State 69 E. Connecticut 70** Middlebury 89 Albertus Magnus 73 Becker 41 Scranton 69 Cabrini 72 E. Connecticut 65 Middlebury 55 Scranton 58 Cabrini 78 Scranton 58 Wooster, OH Sectional no First roundMarch 2 Second roundMarch 3 Sectional SemifinalsMarch 9 Sectional FinalsMarch 10 St. Louis, MO Lexington, KY Wooster, OH Holland, MI Washington U. 71 Buena Vista 59 North Central (Ill.) 74 Rose-Hulman 71 Transylvania 74 Carroll 84 Wittenberg 63 Birmingham-Southern 56 Wooster 70 Maryville (Tenn.) 63 Randolph-Macon 60 Capital 68 Hope 79 Westminster (Mo.) 65 UW-Stevens Point 61 Illinois Wesleyan 69 Washington U. 68 North Central (Ill.) 72 Carroll 70 Wittenberg 87 Wooster 92 Capital 79 Hope 101 Illinois Wesleyan 108** North Central 55 Wittenberg 58 Wooster 67 Illinois Wesleyan 69 Wittenberg 49 Illinois Wesleyan 70 Lancaster, PA Sectional no First roundMarch 1/March 2 Second roundMarch 3 Sectional SemifinalsMarch 9 Sectional FinalsMarch 10 New York, NY / Amherst, MA Lancaster, PA Oneonta, NY Staten Island, NY NYU 84 Misericordia 65 Franklin & Marshall 72 York (Pa.) 50 W. Connecticut 94 Christopher Newport 84 Hartwick 88 Farmingdale State 98* MIT 62 Skidmore 55 Staten Island 98 Ithaca 73 Rhode Island C. 77 Salem State 60 Amherst 80 NYU 56 Franklin & Marshall 82 W. Connecticut 72 Farmingdale State 63 MIT 83 Staten Island 77 Rhode Island C. 67 Amherst 71 Franklin & Marshall 80 MIT 83 Staten Island 67 Franklin & Marshall 54 MIT 69 Whitewater, WI Sectional no First roundMarch 1/March 2 Second roundMarch 3 Sectional SemifinalsMarch 9 Sectional FinalsMarch 10 St. Mary's City, MD / Virginia Beach, VA Belton, TX River Falls, WI Whitewater, WI St. Mary's (Md.) 69 Bethany 57 Mary Hardin-Baylor 66 Trinity (Texas) 68 Whitworth 90 McMurry 79 UW-River Falls 67 Edgewood 75 Wheaton (Ill.) 68 Gustavus Adolphus 60 UW-Whitewater 83 Northwestern (Minn.) 68 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 74 St. Thomas 76* Virginia Wesleyan 70 St. Mary's (Md.) 57 Trinity (Texas) 53 Whitworth 64 Edgewood 62 Wheaton (Ill.) 73 UW-Whitewater 91 St. Thomas 62 Virginia Wesleyan 74* Whitworth 71 Wheaton (Ill.) 56 UW-Whitewater 67 Virginia Wesleyan 62 UW-Whitewater 76 Final Four - Salem, Virginia no Semifinals March 16 national championship March 17 Cabrini 81 Illinois Wesleyan 78 MIT 56 UW-Whitewater 71 Cabrini 60 UW-Whitewater 63 Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %R62R32S16E8F4CGNC Wisconsin 3 6-2 6 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 CSAC 1 5–1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 – CCIW 3 8–3 8 3 3 3 3 1 1 -1 – -1 – NEWMAC 1 4–1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – North Coast 3 5–3 5 3 3 2 2 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – Centennial 1 3–1 3 1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – Landmark 1 3–1 3 1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – ODAC 2 2–2 2 2 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – NESCAC 2 3–2 3 2 2 2 2 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Little East 3 4–3 4 3 3 3 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – CUNYAC 1 2–1 2 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Northwest 1 2–1 2 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – UAA 2 2–2 2 2 2 2 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Capital 2 1–2 1 2 2 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Liberty League 2 1–2 1 2 2 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Michigan 2 1–2 1 2 2 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – SCAC 2 1–2 1 2 2 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Skyline 2 1–2 1 2 2 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Great Northeast 1 1–1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Michigan 1 1–1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Midwest 1 1–1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – New England 1 1–1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Northern 1 1–1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – Ohio 1 1–1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – SUNYAC 1 1–1 1 1 1 1 -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – -1 – note close The R62, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 62 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively. The NESCAC and ODAC each had one representative which earned a bye to the second round. The AMCC, CCC, IIAC, MASCAC, MAC Commonwealth, MAC Freedom, NJAC, North Atlantic, NEAC, Presidents' Athletic Conference, SCIAC, SLIAC, UMAC, and USA South each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1. The American Southwest, Empire 8, Heartland had two representatives, eliminated in the first round, with a record of 0–2. See also 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament Ncaa Tournament