2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2007
Division:III
Teams:59
Finalfourcity:Salem, Virginia
Champions:Amherst
Titlecount:1st
Runnerup:Virginia Wesleyan
Gamecount:2nd
Semifinal1:Washington–St. Louis
Finalfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:Wooster
Finalfourcount2:2nd
Coach:David Hixon (Amherst)
Mop:Andrew Olson (Amherst)
Attendance:60619

The 2007 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 began on March 1, 2007, and concluded on March 17, 2007, with a championship game in the Salem Civic Center of Salem, Virginia, which was won by Amherst College over Virginia Wesleyan 80-67.

Qualifying teams

The Division III Championships Committee selected 59 schools to participate in the 2007 tournament. Thirty-seven teams earned automatic qualification by winning their respective conferences. Additionally, four independent (not affiliated with a conference with an automatic bid) teams and 18 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic qualifying conferences - who did not receive their conference automatic qualification - were selected.

SchoolConference RecordBerth Type
Lake ErieAllegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference25-2Conference Champion
Mississippi CollegeAmerican Southwest Conference25-2Conference Champion
CatholicCapital Athletic Conference22-5Conference Champion
Johns HopkinsCentennial Conference23-4Conference Champion
YorkCity University of New York Athletic Conference18-10Conference Champion
Augustana (IL)College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin22-5Conference Champion
WidenerCommonwealth Conference14-12Conference Champion
Wentworth TechCommonwealth Coast Conference17-11Conference Champion
St. John FisherEmpire 822-5Conference Champion
King's (PA)Freedom Conference19-8Conference Champion
RivierGreat Northeast Athletic Conference20-8Conference Champion
TransylvaniaHeartland Collegiate Athletic Conference19-8Conference Champion
LorasIowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference21-6Conference Champion
St. LawrenceLiberty League22-5Conference Champion
Rhode Island CollegeLittle East Conference24-3Conference Champion
Salem StateMassachusetts State College Athletic Conference24-2Conference Champion
CalvinMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association18-9Conference Champion
Carroll (WI)Midwest Conference16-8Conference Champion
St. Thomas (MN)Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference24-3Conference Champion
WilliamsNew England Small College Athletic Conference16-11Conference Champion
Coast GuardNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference14-13Conference Champion
RamapoNew Jersey Athletic Conference21-7Conference Champion
ElmsNorth Atlantic Conference20-8Conference Champion
WoosterNorth Coast Athletic Conference25-3Conference Champion
Villa JulieNorth Eastern Athletic Conference20-7Conference Champion
WhitworthNorthwest Conference23-3Conference Champion
CapitalOhio Athletic Conference19-8Conference Champion
Hampden-SydneyOld Dominion Athletic Conference18-10Conference Champion
AlverniaPennsylvania Athletic Conference23-4Conference Champion
ManhattanvilleSkyline Conference23-5Conference Champion
FontbonneSt. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference16-11Conference Champion
OccidentalSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference19-5Conference Champion
CentreSouthern Collegiate Athletic Conference23-4Conference Champion
SUNY-PlattsburghState University of New York Athletic Conference20-8Conference Champion
Washington (MO)University Athletic Association20-4Conference Champion
AverettUSA South Athletic Conference20-6Conference Champion
Wisconsin-Stevens PointWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference25-2Conference Champion
AuroraIndependent25-2Independent selection
Lincoln (PA)Independent18-8Independent selection
Maryville (TN)Independent21-6Independent selection
Westminster (PA)Independent18-8Independent selection
AmherstNew England Small College Athletic Conference25-2At-large
BrandeisUniversity Athletic Association22-5At-large
ChicagoUniversity Athletic Association20-5At-large
DePauwSouthern Collegiate Athletic Conference22-5At-large
GuilfordOld Dominion Athletic Conference21-4At-large
HoodCapital Athletic Conference21-7At-large
HopeMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association23-4At-large
John CarrollOhio Athletic Conference19-9At-large
Keene StateLittle East Conference23-5At-large
Mary Hardin-BaylorAmerican Southwest Conference22-5At-large
MessiahCommonwealth Conference19-6At-large
RochesterUniversity Athletic Association18-7At-large
St. John's (MN)Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference20-7At-large
SUNY-BrockportState University of New York Athletic Conference23-5At-large
Stevens TechEmpire 821-6At-large
Trinity (CT)New England Small College Athletic Conference21-4At-large
Virginia WesleyanOld Dominion Athletic Conference23-4At-large
Worcester PolyLiberty League22-3At-large

Bracket

Bottom right sectional

Final Four

See also