2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2007 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	59
Finals site	Salem, Virginia
Champions	Amherst (1st title)
Runner-up	Virginia Wesleyan (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Washington–St. Louis (1st Final Four) Wooster (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	David Hixon (Amherst)
MOP	Andrew Olson (Amherst)
Attendance	60,619
NCAA Division III men's tournaments « 2006 2008 »

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.

School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
Lake Erie	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Mississippi College	American Southwest Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Catholic	Capital Athletic Conference	22-5	Conference Champion
Johns Hopkins	Centennial Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
York	City University of New York Athletic Conference	18-10	Conference Champion
Augustana (IL)	College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin	22-5	Conference Champion
Widener	Commonwealth Conference	14-12	Conference Champion
Wentworth Tech	Commonwealth Coast Conference	17-11	Conference Champion
St. John Fisher	Empire 8	22-5	Conference Champion
King's (PA)	Freedom Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Rivier	Great Northeast Athletic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Transylvania	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Loras	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	21-6	Conference Champion
St. Lawrence	Liberty League	22-5	Conference Champion
Rhode Island College	Little East Conference	24-3	Conference Champion
Salem State	Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference	24-2	Conference Champion
Calvin	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	18-9	Conference Champion
Carroll (WI)	Midwest Conference	16-8	Conference Champion
St. Thomas (MN)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	24-3	Conference Champion
Williams	New England Small College Athletic Conference	16-11	Conference Champion
Coast Guard	New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference	14-13	Conference Champion
Ramapo	New Jersey Athletic Conference	21-7	Conference Champion
Elms	North Atlantic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Wooster	North Coast Athletic Conference	25-3	Conference Champion
Villa Julie	North Eastern Athletic Conference	20-7	Conference Champion
Whitworth	Northwest Conference	23-3	Conference Champion
Capital	Ohio Athletic Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Hampden-Sydney	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	18-10	Conference Champion
Alvernia	Pennsylvania Athletic Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
Manhattanville	Skyline Conference	23-5	Conference Champion
Fontbonne	St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	16-11	Conference Champion
Occidental	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	19-5	Conference Champion
Centre	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
SUNY-Plattsburgh	State University of New York Athletic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Washington (MO)	University Athletic Association	20-4	Conference Champion
Averett	USA South Athletic Conference	20-6	Conference Champion
Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Aurora	Independent	25-2	Independent selection
Lincoln (PA)	Independent	18-8	Independent selection
Maryville (TN)	Independent	21-6	Independent selection
Westminster (PA)	Independent	18-8	Independent selection
Amherst	New England Small College Athletic Conference	25-2	At-large
Brandeis	University Athletic Association	22-5	At-large
Chicago	University Athletic Association	20-5	At-large
DePauw	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	22-5	At-large
Guilford	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	21-4	At-large
Hood	Capital Athletic Conference	21-7	At-large
Hope	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	23-4	At-large
John Carroll	Ohio Athletic Conference	19-9	At-large
Keene State	Little East Conference	23-5	At-large
Mary Hardin-Baylor	American Southwest Conference	22-5	At-large
Messiah	Commonwealth Conference	19-6	At-large
Rochester	University Athletic Association	18-7	At-large
St. John's (MN)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	20-7	At-large
SUNY-Brockport	State University of New York Athletic Conference	23-5	At-large
Stevens Tech	Empire 8	21-6	At-large
Trinity (CT)	New England Small College Athletic Conference	21-4	At-large
Virginia Wesleyan	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	23-4	At-large
Worcester Poly	Liberty League	22-3	At-large

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					UW–Stevens Point	93
					St. John's (MN)	76
	St. John's (MN)	85*
	Loras	82
									UW–Stevens Point	66
									Washington–St. Louis	78
	Washington–St. Louis	77
	Fontbonne	58
					Washington–St. Louis	63
					Whitworth	61
	Whitworth	62*
	DePauw	59
													Washington–St. Louis	58
													Hope	55
	Aurora	68
	Calvin	69
					Calvin	64
					Hope	80
	Hope	76
	Chicago	54
									Hope	89
									Carroll (WI)	77
	Augustana (IL)	69
	Carroll (WI)	73
					Carroll (WI)	86
					St. Thomas (MN)	80

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
	Catholic	58
	Messiah	37
					Catholic	70
					Lincoln (PA)	81
	Alvernia	76
	Lincoln (PA)	91
									Lincoln (PA)	128
									Guilford	129***
	Johns Hopkins	84
	Villa Julie	72
					Johns Hopkins	73
					Guilford	80
	Guilford	101
	Manhattanville	81
													Guilford	71
													Virginia Wesleyan	81
	Virginia Wesleyan	63
	Averett	60
					Virginia Wesleyan	61
					Hampden–Sydney	51
	Hampden–Sydney	68
	Hood	65
									Virginia Wesleyan	81
									Mississippi College	55
	Mississippi College	68
	Occidental	51
					Mississippi College	76
					Maryville (TN)	56
	Mary Hardin–Baylor	62
	Maryville (TN)	73

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Amherst	87
					Widener	70
	King's (PA)	63
	Widener	76
									Amherst	97
									Stevens	74
	Ramapo	77
	York (NY)	68
					Ramapo	61
					Stevens	69
	WPI	57
	Stevens	68
													Amherst	81
													Rhode Island College	69
	Rhode Island College	64
	Coast Guard	60
					Rhode Island College	70
					Brandeis	67
	Trinity (CT)	70
	Brandeis	77*
									Rhode Island College	75
									Keene State	73
	Keene State	81
	Rivier	47
					Keene State	76
					Salem State	75

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
	St. John Fisher	98
	Wentworth	72
					St. John Fisher	95
					Plattsburgh State	87
	Rochester	60
	Plattsburgh State	61
									St. John Fisher	91
									Brockport State	105
	St. Lawrence	85
	Elms	79
					St. Lawrence	49
					Brockport State	74
	Brockport State	74
	Williams	66
													Brockport State	87
													Wooster	94*
	Wooster	92
	Transylvania	66
					Wooster	73
					Centre	56
	Centre	69
	Capital	55
									Wooster	83
									John Carroll	73
	John Carroll	87
	Westminster (PA)	83
					John Carroll	79
					Lake Erie	77

Final Four

• Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia

	National Semifinals					National Championship
	Washington–St. Louis		65
	Virginia Wesleyan		67
						Virginia Wesleyan		67
						Amherst		80
	Amherst		67
	Wooster		60			National Third-place
						Washington–St. Louis		92
						Wooster		84

See also

• 2007 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament