2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2011 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	61
Finals site	Salem, Virginia
Champions	St. Thomas (MN) (1st title)
Runner-up	Wooster (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Middlebury (1st Final Four) Williams (6th Final Four)
Winning coach	Steve Fritz (STU)
MOP	Tyler Nicolai (STU)
Attendance	31,246
NCAA Division III men's tournaments « 2010 2012 »

The 2011 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. The tournament began on March 3, 2011. The tournament consists of 61 teams arranged in four sections. The top three teams earn a bye to the second round. The other 58 teams compete in the first round. The first two rounds in each section are held at campus location: four sites per section. The third and fourth rounds take place at the sectional location. The national semifinals and national championship will be held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. ^{[1] [2]}

Forty-two teams were granted automatic bids as the champion of their conference. One independent team was selected, and 18 teams were selected as at-large participants.

Qualified teams

School Conference Record Qualification La Roche Allegheny Mountain Collegiate 25–2 Automatic McMurry American Southwest 21–7 Automatic St. Mary's (Md.) Capital Athletic 22–5 Automatic Franklin & Marshall Centennial 22–5 Automatic Medgar Evans CUNY Athletic 17–11 Automatic Augustana (Ill.) Illinois and Wisconsin 24–3 Automatic Cabrini Colonial States Athletic 22–5 Automatic Alvernia Commonwealth 18–6 Automatic Salve Regina Commonwealth Coast 17–10 Automatic Hartwick Empire 8 17–10 Automatic Delaware Valley Freedom 17–10 Automatic Johnson & Wales (R.I.) Great Northeast Athletic 20–8 Automatic Manchester Heartland Collegiate Athletic 21–6 Automatic Luther Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic 18–8 Automatic Scranton Landmark 20–5 Automatic Skidmore Liberty League 18–9 Automatic Rhode Island College Little East 19–7 Automatic Bridgewater State Massachusetts State College Athletic 19–9 Automatic Hope Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 22–6 Automatic St. Norbert Midwest 20–5 Automatic St. Thomas (Minn.) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 24–3 Automatic Elms New England Collegiate 20–7 Automatic Middlebury New England Small College Athletic 25–1 Automatic MIT New England Women's and Men's Athletic 19–8 Automatic New Jersey City New Jersey Athletic 19–9 Automatic Husson North Atlantic 21–6 Automatic Wooster North Coast Athletic 26–2 Automatic Wells North Eastern Athletic 16–11 Automatic Benedictine (Ill.) Northern Athletics 21–7 Automatic Whitworth Northwest 26–1 Automatic Marietta Ohio Athletic 25–3 Automatic

School Conference Record Qualification Randolph–Macon Old Dominion Athletic 24–4 Automatic Bethany (W.Va.) Presidents' Athletic 21–7 Automatic Purchase Skyline 23–4 Automatic Webster St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic 20–6 Automatic Redlands Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic 16–11 Automatic Centre Southern Collegiate Athletic 21–5 Automatic Buffalo State SUNY Athletic 21–6 Automatic Rochester (N.Y.) University Athletic Association 20–5 Automatic Northwestern (Minn.) Upper Midwest Athletic 21–6 Automatic North Carolina Wesleyan USA South Athletic 21–6 Automatic Wisconsin–Stevens Point Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 24–3 Automatic Chapman Independent 24–3 At-large Amherst New England Small College Athletic 22–3 At-large Becker North Atlantic 23–4 At-large Concordia (Wis.) Northern Athletics 23–4 At-large Gwynedd–Mercy Colonial States Athletic 21–6 At-large Hanover Heartland Collegiate Athletic 19–7 At-large Illinois Wesleyan Illinois & Wisconsin 19–8 At-large Ithaca Empire 8 20–6 At-large Mary Hardin-Baylor Southwest 21–7 At-large Oswego State SUNY Athletic 23–4 At-large Penn State–Behrend Allegheny Mountain Collegiate 23–4 At-large Ramapo New Jersey Athletic 20–6 At-large Texas–Dallas American Southwest 21–6 At-large Virginia Wesleyan Old Dominion Athletic 23–4 At-large Western Connecticut State Little East 21–5 At-large Williams New England Small College Athletic 25–2 At-large Wisconsin–River Falls Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 20–7 At-large Wittenberg North Coast Athletic 19–8 At-large WPI New England Women's and Men's Athletic 22–5 At-large

Sectional play

Wooster, Ohio Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
						Whitworth		77
	First round: Orange, California Second round: Spokane, Washington
						Chapman		63
	Chapman		62
	Redlands		38
											Whitworth		93
											Marietta		77
	Marietta		67
	Centre		62
						Marietta		63
	Marietta, Ohio
						Wittenberg		62
	La Roche		68
	Wittenberg		74
																Whitworth		66
																Wooster		76
	Wooster		74
	Benedictine (Ill.)		68
						Wooster		47
	Wooster, Ohio
						Manchester		45
	Manchester		70
	Bethany (W.Va.)		58
											Wooster		94
											Cabrini		77
	Cabrini		85
	New Jersey City		76
						Cabrini		91
	Radnor, Pennsylvania
						Purchase		84
	Purchase		79
	Hartwick		69

Williamstown, Massachusetts Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
	Williams		86
	Husson		83
						Williams		84
	Williamstown, Massachusetts
						Becker		63
	Becker		80
	Scranton		73
											Williams		79
											Virginia Wesleyan		73
	Virginia Wesleyan		93
	Delaware Valley		63
						Virginia Wesleyan		79
	Norfolk, Virginia
						Franklin & Marshall		71
	Franklin & Marshall		69
	NC Wesleyan		56
																Williams		77
																Amherst		71
	WPI		58
	Bridgewater State		57
						WPI		70
	Worcester, Massachusetts
						Amherst		92
	Amherst		79
	Skidmore		39
											Amherst		78
											Rhode Isl. College		74
	Oswego State		64
	Wells		58
						Oswego State		63
	Oswego, New York
						Rhode Isl. College		71
	Penn State-Behrend		54
	Rhode Isl. College		83

Rock Island, Illinois Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
						McMurry		67
	First round: Belton, Texas Second round:Abilene, Texas
						Mary Hardin-Baylor		70
	Mary Hardin-Baylor		86
	Texas-Dallas		77
											Mary Hardin-Baylor		57
											Augustana (Ill.)		70
	Augustana (Ill.)		76
	Webster		51
						Augustana (Ill.)		88
	Rock Island, Illinois
						Hope		80
	Hope		73
	Hanover		70
																Augustana (Ill.)		56
																St. Thomas (MN)		72
	Concordia (Wis.)		61
	Luther		68
						Luther		56
	Mequon, Wisconsin
						Wis.-Stevens Pt.		76
	Wis.-Stevens Pt.		70
	St. Norbert College		49
											Wis.-Stevens Pt.		64
											St. Thomas (MN)		66
	St. Thomas (MN)		70
	Northwestern (Minn.)		60
						St. Thomas (MN)		78
	Saint Paul, Minnesota
						Ill. Wesleyan		70
	Wis.-River Falls		76
	Illinois Wesleyan		83

Rochester, New York Sectional

	First round March 3 or 4					Second round March 5					Sectionals March 11					Sectionals March 12
	Ramapo		106
	Johnson & Wales		114*
						Johnson & Wales		72
	Mahwah, New Jersey
						Buffalo State		96
	Gwynedd-Mercy		73
	Buffalo State		83
											Buffalo State		74
											St. Mary's (Md.)		85
	St. Mary's (Md.)		72
	Medgar Evers		55
						St. Mary's (Md.)		68
	St. Mary's City, Maryland
						Randolph Macon		53
	Randolph Macon		62
	Alvernia		59
																St. Mary's (Md.)		50
																Middlebury		65
	Ithaca		78
	MIT		82
						MIT		52
	Ithaca, New York
						Rochester (NY)		60
	Rochester (NY)		81
	Elms		70
											Rochester (NY)		52
											Middlebury		61
	West Conn. State		89
	Salve Regina		67
						West Conn. State		53
	First round: Danbury, Connecticut Second round: Middlebury, Vermont
						Middlebury		79

Semifinals and National championship – Salem, Virginia

	Semifinals Friday, March 18					National championship Saturday, March 19
	Wooster (30–2)		73
	Williams (29–2)		71
						Wooster		54
						St. Thomas (MN)		78
	St. Thomas (MN) (28-3)		59
	Middlebury (28–1)		57

References

1. "Teams named to Division III field | NCAA.com". Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
2. "NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Bracket - NCAA.com". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2018-04-02.