2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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2007 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams59
Finals site Salem, Virginia
Champions Amherst (1st title)
Runner-up Virginia Wesleyan (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach David Hixon (Amherst)
MOP Andrew Olson (Amherst)
Attendance60,619
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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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.

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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 qualificationwere selected.

SchoolConferenceRecordBerth Type
Lake Erie Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference 25-2Conference Champion
Mississippi College American Southwest Conference 25-2Conference Champion
Catholic Capital Athletic Conference 22-5Conference Champion
Johns Hopkins Centennial Conference 23-4Conference Champion
York City University of New York Athletic Conference 18-10Conference Champion
Augustana (IL) College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 22-5Conference Champion
Widener Commonwealth Conference 14-12Conference Champion
Wentworth Tech Commonwealth Coast Conference 17-11Conference Champion
St. John Fisher Empire 8 22-5Conference Champion
King's (PA) Freedom Conference 19-8Conference Champion
Rivier Great Northeast Athletic Conference 20-8Conference Champion
Transylvania Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 19-8Conference Champion
Loras Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 21-6Conference Champion
St. Lawrence Liberty League 22-5Conference Champion
Rhode Island College Little East Conference 24-3Conference Champion
Salem State Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference 24-2Conference Champion
Calvin Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 18-9Conference Champion
Carroll (WI) Midwest Conference 16-8Conference Champion
St. Thomas (MN) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 24-3Conference Champion
Williams New England Small College Athletic Conference 16-11Conference Champion
Coast Guard New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference 14-13Conference Champion
Ramapo New Jersey Athletic Conference 21-7Conference Champion
Elms North Atlantic Conference 20-8Conference Champion
Wooster North Coast Athletic Conference 25-3Conference Champion
Villa Julie North Eastern Athletic Conference 20-7Conference Champion
Whitworth Northwest Conference 23-3Conference Champion
Capital Ohio Athletic Conference 19-8Conference Champion
Hampden-Sydney Old Dominion Athletic Conference 18-10Conference Champion
Alvernia Pennsylvania Athletic Conference 23-4Conference Champion
Manhattanville Skyline Conference 23-5Conference Champion
Fontbonne St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 16-11Conference Champion
Occidental Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 19-5Conference Champion
Centre Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 23-4Conference Champion
SUNY-Plattsburgh State University of New York Athletic Conference 20-8Conference Champion
Washington (MO) University Athletic Association 20-4Conference Champion
Averett USA South Athletic Conference 20-6Conference Champion
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 25-2Conference Champion
Aurora Independent25-2Independent selection
Lincoln (PA) Independent18-8Independent selection
Maryville (TN) Independent21-6Independent selection
Westminster (PA) Independent18-8Independent selection
Amherst New England Small College Athletic Conference 25-2At-large
Brandeis University Athletic Association 22-5At-large
Chicago University Athletic Association 20-5At-large
DePauw Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 22-5At-large
Guilford Old Dominion Athletic Conference 21-4At-large
Hood Capital Athletic Conference 21-7At-large
Hope Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 23-4At-large
John Carroll Ohio Athletic Conference 19-9At-large
Keene State Little East Conference 23-5At-large
Mary Hardin-Baylor American Southwest Conference 22-5At-large
Messiah Commonwealth Conference 19-6At-large
Rochester University Athletic Association 18-7At-large
St. John's (MN) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 20-7At-large
SUNY-Brockport State University of New York Athletic Conference 23-5At-large
Stevens Tech Empire 8 21-6At-large
Trinity (CT) New England Small College Athletic Conference 21-4At-large
Virginia Wesleyan Old Dominion Athletic Conference 23-4At-large
Worcester Poly Liberty League 22-3At-large

Bracket

Top left sectional

First roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional 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 roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional 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 roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional 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 roundSecond roundSectional semifinalsSectional 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

National SemifinalsNational Championship
      
Washington–St. Louis 65
Virginia Wesleyan 67
Virginia Wesleyan 67
Amherst80
Amherst 67
Wooster 60 National Third-place
Washington–St. Louis92
Wooster 84

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