Teams | 59 | ||||
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Finals site | Salem, Virginia | ||||
Champions | Virginia Wesleyan (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Wittenberg (4th title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | David Macedo (VWC) | ||||
MOP | Ton Ton Balenga (VWC) | ||||
Attendance | 45,371 | ||||
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The 2006 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 32nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The field contained sixty-four teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. [1]
Virginia Wesleyan defeated Wittenberg, 59–56, in the championship, clinching their first national title.
The Marlins (30–3) were coached by David Macedo.
Ton Ton Balenga, also from Virginia Wesleyan, was named Most Outstanding Player.
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Lawrence | 63 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 59 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 76 | ||||||||||||||
North Central (IL) | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Lawrence | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 71 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Whitewater | 76 | ||||||||||||||
DePauw | 68 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Whitewater | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Carroll (WI) | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 113 | ||||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 99 | ||||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 89 | ||||||||||||||
Occidental | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Occidental | 48 | ||||||||||||||
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | 41 | ||||||||||||||
Puget Sound | 92 | ||||||||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 86 | ||||||||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 77 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stout | 70 | ||||||||||||||
UW–Stout | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Carleton | 64 |
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Virginia Wesleyan | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Farmingdale State | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Ursinus | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Farmingdale State | 93 | ||||||||||||||
Virginia Wesleyan | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Lincoln (PA) | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Lincoln (PA) | 102 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport | 96 | ||||||||||||||
Lincoln (PA) | 100 | ||||||||||||||
Messiah | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Alvernia | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Messiah | 83* | ||||||||||||||
Virginia Wesleyan | 46 | ||||||||||||||
William Paterson | 35 | ||||||||||||||
Baruch | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Villa Julie | 86 | ||||||||||||||
Villa Julie | 48 | ||||||||||||||
William Paterson | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 45 | ||||||||||||||
William Paterson | 70 | ||||||||||||||
William Paterson | 52 | ||||||||||||||
Widener | 45 | ||||||||||||||
York (PA) | 87 | ||||||||||||||
York (NY) | 67 | ||||||||||||||
York (PA) | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Widener | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 59 | ||||||||||||||
Widener | 61 |
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Amherst | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 59 | ||||||||||||||
Hamilton | 66* | ||||||||||||||
Plattsburgh State | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 90* | ||||||||||||||
Tufts | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Cortland State | 68 | ||||||||||||||
UMass Boston | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Cortland State | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Tufts | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Tufts | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Endicott | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Amherst | 93 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 70 | ||||||||||||||
WPI | 79 | ||||||||||||||
Bridgewater State | 62 | ||||||||||||||
WPI | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Utica | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Gordon | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Utica | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Utica | 78 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 94 | ||||||||||||||
Norwich | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Elms | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Norwich | 50 | ||||||||||||||
St. John Fisher | 71 |
First round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional finals | ||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (MO) | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 51 | ||||||||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Maryville (TN) | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi College | 64 | ||||||||||||||
Transylvania | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Transylvania | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Bethany (WV) | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Transylvania | 91 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Wooster | 84 | ||||||||||||||
Randolph–Macon | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Transylvania | 61 | ||||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 74 | ||||||||||||||
Hope | 93 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin Lutheran | 51 | ||||||||||||||
Hope | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin | 79 | ||||||||||||||
UW–La Crosse | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Hope | 49 | ||||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Lake Erie | 40 | ||||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 78 | ||||||||||||||
Baldwin Wallace | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Carnegie Mellon | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Baldwin Wallace | 79 |
National Semifinals | National Championship | ||||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 79 | ||||||||
Virginia Wesleyan | 81 | ||||||||
Virginia Wesleyan | 59 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 56 | ||||||||
Amherst | 60 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 64 | National Third-place | |||||||
Illinois Wesleyan | 71 | ||||||||
Amherst | 68 |
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