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2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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2015 III NCAA logo.svg 125px 62 Salem Civic CenterSalem, Virginia Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers 4th Augustana (IL) Vikings 3rd Babson Beavers 1st Virginia Wesleyan Marlins 3rd
The 2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 62 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament took place during March 2015, with the national semifinal and championship rounds taking place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Augustana (IL), 70–54, to win their fourth Division III national championship.
Qualifying teams
Automatic bids (43)
The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2015 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).2015 men's basketball conference tourney tracker https://d3hoops.com/seasons/men/2014-15/conference-tournaments/index D3Sports.com March 21, 2023 February 21, 2015
Automatic bidsConferenceTeamRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bidAllegheny MountainMedaille19–7 (14–4)4th2012American SouthwestEast Texas Baptist23–5 (15–5)1stNeverCapitalSalisbury20–7 (14–4)6th1997CentennialDickinson22–5 (13–5)7th2014CUNYACBaruch21–6 (14–2)4th2009CCIWAugustana (IL)23–4 (11–3)14th2014Colonial StatesNeumann17–10 (12–6)1stNeverCommonwealth CoastEndicott23–5 (16–2)6th2012Empire 8St. John Fisher23–4 (14–2)15th2010Great NortheastAlbertus Magnus27–1 (18–0)5th2014HeartlandDefiance21–6 (14–4)5th2010IowaDubuque23–5 (10–4)6th2013LandmarkScranton22–5 (14–2)26th2014LibertySkidmore19–7 (14–2)3rd2012Little EastKeene State20–8 (8–6)3rd2007MAC CommonwealthAlvernia18–9 (10–6)10th2014MAC FreedomMisericordia21–6 (11–3)2nd2012MASCACWestfield State20–6 (11–1)3rd1993MichiganCalvin21–6 (12–2)20th2014MidwestSt. Norbert24–1 (18–0)7th2014MinnesotaSt. Thomas (MN)24–3 (17–3)16th2014NECCRegis (MA)19–8 (12–4)1stNeverNESCACWesleyan (CT)19–8 (5–5)1stNeverNEWMACBabson25–2 (13–1)7th2014New JerseyStockton22–5 (14–4)15th2014North AtlanticColby–Sawyer19–6 (15–3)4th2003North CoastDePauw19–9 (9–9)13th2007NEACSUNY Cobleskill17–10 (13–4)1stNeverNorthern AthleticsConcordia (WI)19–9 (14–6)3rd2011NorthwestWhitworth24–3 (15–1)10th2014OhioMount Union22–6 (15–3)2nd1997Old DominionRandolph–Macon26–2 (16–0)15th2014Presidents'Saint Vincent22–6 (14–2)3rd2014SkylineSage23–4 (15–3)1stNeverSouthernHendrix12–16 (4–10)3rd1996SCIACClaremont–Mudd–Scripps21–6 (12–4)12th2012SCACTexas Lutheran18–9 (11–3)1stNeverSLIACSpalding18–9 (13–5)2nd2013SUNYACOswego State19–9 (12–6)3rd2012UAAEmory20–5 (10–4)4th2014Upper MidwestNorthwestern–St. Paul18–9 (14–0)5th2014USA SouthLaGrange17–11 (7–7)2nd2014WisconsinUW–Whitewater24–3 (15–1)20th2014
At-large bids (19)
The following 19 teams were awarded qualification for the 2015 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. 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 bidsConferenceTeamRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bidNESCACAmherst20–7 (6–4)17th2014NESCACBates19–6 (7–3)1stNeverLandmarkCatholic22–5 (15–1)13th2013Little EastEastern Connecticut22–5 (13–1)6th2014CCIWElmhurst19–7 (9–5)4th2009CCIWIllinois Wesleyan19–8 (10–4)24th2014OhioJohn Carroll20–6 (15–3)13th2010CentennialJohns Hopkins23–4 (16–2)10th2014OhioMarietta25–3 (16–2)4th2013North CoastOhio Wesleyan22–5 (16–2)6th2014MinnesotaSt. Olaf21–5 (16–4)2nd2014NEWMACSpringfield19–8 (10–4)8th2014NESCACTrinity (CT)20–6 (9–1)8th2008WisconsinUW–Stevens Point21–5 (15–1)14th2014Old DominionVirginia Wesleyan23–5 (13–3)15th2014UAAWashington–St. Louis20–5 (9–5)19th2014New JerseyWilliam Paterson20–7 (13–5)16th2012North CoastWooster22–6 (14–4)24th2014NEWMACWPI21–5 (11–3)11th2014
Tournament bracket
Top-left - Rock Island, Illinois
First roundMarch 5–6Campus Sites Second roundMarch 7Campus Sites Third roundMarch 13Rock Island, IL Regional finalsMarch 14Rock Island, IL St. Louis, MO / Rock Island, IL Alliance, OH Whitewater, WI Marietta, OH 1 Washington–St. Louis 73 DePauw 83 Mount Union 87 Neumann 59 Calvin 78 Oswego State 69 UW–Whitewater 71 Defiance 83 Ohio Wesleyan 78 St. Olaf 90 Marietta 120 Medaille 81 Wooster 84 Misericordia 59 Augustana (IL) 68 DePauw 66 Mount Union 81 Calvin 69 Defiance 63 St. Olaf 68 Marietta 88 Wooster 86 Augustana (IL) 82 Mount Union 69 St. Olaf 72 Marietta 79 Augustana (IL) 100 Marietta 51
Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts
First roundMarch 5–6Campus Sites Second roundMarch 7Campus Sites Third roundMarch 13Babson Park, MA Regional finalsMarch 14Babson Park, MA Babson Park, MA Baltimore, MD Galloway, NJ Hartford, CT Babson 75 Westfield State 62 Scranton 72 Baruch 62 Johns Hopkins 95 Keene State 82 Skidmore 81 Wesleyan (CT) 66 Stockton 81 Endicott 61 Bates 92 Saint Vincent 80 Trinity (CT) 60 Colby–Sawyer 55 Eastern Connecticut 54 Salisbury 66 Babson 54 Scranton 47 Johns Hopkins 61 Skidmore 58 Stockton 59 Bates 68* Trinity (CT) 60 Salisbury 47 Babson 49 Johns Hopkins 47 Bates 62 Trinity (CT) 79 Babson 76* Trinity (CT) 69
Top-right - Ashland, Virginia
First roundMarch 5–6Campus Sites Second roundMarch 7Campus Sites Third roundMarch 13Ashland, VA Regional finalsMarch 14Ashland, VA Washington, D.C. / Ashland, VA Rochester, NY Carlisle, PA Wayne, NJ 1 Catholic 87 Alvernia 80 St. John Fisher 76 WPI 70 Amherst 91 Sage 67 Dickinson 74 Regis (MA) 64 Albertus Magnus 68 Springfield 58 William Paterson 80 SUNY Cobleskill 54 Virginia Wesleyan 101 John Carroll 86 Randolph–Macon 78 Catholic 65 St. John Fisher 87 Amherst 70 Dickinson 74 Albertus Magnus 72 William Paterson 74 Virginia Wesleyan 77 Randolph–Macon 64 St. John Fisher 57 Dickinson 65 Virginia Wesleyan 75 Randolph–Macon 47 Virginia Wesleyan 49
Bottom-right - Stevens Point, Wisconsin
First roundMarch 5–6Campus Sites Second roundMarch 7Campus Sites Third roundMarch 13Stevens Point, WI Regional finalsMarch 14Stevens Point, WI De Pere, WI Marshall, TX Stevens Point, WI Atlanta, GA St. Thomas (MN) 70 Northwestern–St. Paul 71 St. Norbert 98 Elmhurst 110*** East Texas Baptist 75 Hendrix 59 Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 79 Texas Lutheran 55 UW–Stevens Point 88 Concordia (WI) 56 Illinois Wesleyan 72 Dubuque 53 Emory 88 Spalding 59 Whitworth 88 LaGrange 60 Northwestern–St. Paul 84 Elmhurst 75 East Texas Baptist 80 Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 75 UW–Stevens Point 70 Illinois Wesleyan 53 Emory 85 Whitworth 84 Northwestern–St. Paul 46 East Texas Baptist 70 UW–Stevens Point 73 Emory 53 East Texas Baptist 28 UW–Stevens Point 45
Final Four - Salem, Virginia
SemifinalsFriday, March 20 National championshipSaturday, March 21 Augustana (IL) 68 Babson 48 Virginia Wesleyan 59 UW–Stevens Point 68 Augustana (IL) 54 UW–Stevens Point 70
See also
2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2015 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
References
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