2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament . A total of 62 teams entered the tournament. Forty-one of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the University Athletic Association, which does not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining twenty teams were granted at-large bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

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Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the University Athletic Association given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying SchoolRecord (Conf.)Last app.ConferenceFinishRegular Season
Second Place
Second Place
Record (Conf.)
Finish
Washington U. 20-7 (11-3)2010 UAA 1st NYU 21-6 (10-4)2nd
Qualifying SchoolRecord (Conf.)Last app.ConferenceSeedConf. Finals
Runner-Up
Runner-Up
Record (Conf.)
Runner-Up
Seed
Cabrini 31-2 (18-0)2011 Colonial States 1 Keystone 21-6 (14-4)2
William Paterson 24-4 (11–2)2010 New Jersey N1 Richard Stockton 20-9 (12-1)S1
Salem State 20-8 (10-2)2010 MASCAC 1 Bridgewater State 16-12 (9-3)2
Misericordia 21-7 (11-3)Never MAC-Freedom 1 Wilkes 17-10 (9-5)2
Endicott 20-9 (12-6)2006 Commonwealth Coast 2 Salve Regina 21-10 (15-3)1
Albertus Magnus 28-2 (18-0)2010 Great Northeast 1 Anna Maria 14-15 (10-8)6
Becker 24-5 (16-0)2011 New England 1 Elms 18-11 (11-5)2
Castleton State 19-10 (15-3)2004 North Atlantic 1 Colby-Sawyer College 20-8 (15-3)2
Messiah 20-7 (12-2)2007 MAC-Commonwealth 1 Lycoming 19-8 (8-6)3
Medaille 25-3 (17-1)2010 Allegheny Mountain 1 Penn State-Behrend 16-12 (13-5)3
Ithaca 14-14 (9-5)2011 Empire 8 4Nazareth18-8 (10-4)2
Skidmore 19-9 (11-5)2011 Liberty 2 Hobart 23-6 (14-2)1
Edgewood 22-6 (14-2)2010 Northern 3 Lakeland 21-7 (12-4)5
York (Pa.) 18-11 (10-6)2006 Capital 4 Mary Washington 18-9 (12-4)2
Carroll 17-10 (10-8)2011 Midwest 4 St. Norbert 16-9 (12-6)3
Oswego State 26-4 (18-0))2011 SUNYAC 1 Cortland State 22-7 (14-42
Staten Island 26-5 (11-0)2002 CUNYAC 1 Medgar Evers 17-12 (5-6)6
Eastern Connecticut 24-5 (11-3)2000 Little East 1 Rhode Island College 23-7 (10-4)3
Christopher Newport 23-5 (12-0)2011 USA South 1 Greensboro 18-10 (7-5)3
Scranton 23-8 (11-3)2011 Landmark 1 Juniata 19-10 (9-5)3
Franklin and Marshall 28-3 (16-2)2011 Centennial 1 Muhlenberg College 18-9 (11-7)2
Rose-Hulman 20-9 (11-7)2012 Heartland 3 Transylvania 23-5 (16-2)1
Wooster 26-5 (12-4)2011 North Coast 2 Denison 14-14 (9-7)5
Farmingdale State 23-6 (16-2)2009 Skyline 2 SUNY Purchase 14-14 (10-8)4
Westminster (Mo.) 17-11 (11-5)2010 SLIAC 2 MacMurray 14-13 (10-6)4
Hope 27-2 (14-0)2011 Michigan 1 Adrian 17-9 (9-5)2
Capital 19-10 (13-5)2009 Ohio 2 Wilmington (Ohio) 15-13 (10-8)5
Bethany25-4 (14-2)2011 Presidents' 1Thomas More20-8 (13-3)3
Northwestern (Minn.) 17-11 (10-4)2012 Upper Midwest 2 Bethany Lutheran 16-11 (13-1)1
UW-River Falls 20-8 (12-4)2011 Wisconsin 2 UW-Whitewater 29-4 (13-3)1
North Central (Ill.) 22-8 (12-2)2006 CCIW 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 23-7 (11-3)2
Whitworth 26-4 (15-1)2011 Northwest 1 Puget Sound 20-7 (11-5)2
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 24-4 (12-2)2010 SCIAC 1 Pomona-Pitzer 16-10 (10-4)2
Amherst 26-3 (10-0)2011 NESCAC 1 Middlebury 26-4 (9-1)2
MIT 29-2 (11-1)2011 NEWMAC 1 Springfield 17-10 (7-5)3
Morrisville State 19-9 (14-1)Never North Eastern N1 Penn State-Harrisburg 20-7 (12-2)S1
McMurry 20-9 (13-8)2011 American Southwest W3 Hardin-Simmons 21-7 (16-5)W2
Buena Vista 17-11 (11-5)2008 Iowa 2 Coe 19-8 (12-4)1
St. Thomas 22-7 (16-4)2011 Minnesota 1 Gustavus Adolphus 20-8 (16-4)2
Virginia Wesleyan 27-4 (14-2)2012 Old Dominion 1 Randolph 15-14 (7-9)6
Trinity (Texas) 21-9 (12-4)2012 SCAC W1 Centre 18-9 (10-6)E3

At-large Bids

ConferenceSchoolAppearanceLast BidPool
Great South Maryville (Tenn.) 15th2010Pool B
SCAC Birmingham-Southern 1st2012Pool C
Minnesota Gustavus Adolphus 13th2005Pool C
Empire 8 Hartwick 6th2011Pool C
Liberty Hobart 2nd2001Pool C
CCIW Illinois Wesleyan 21st2011Pool C
American Southwest Mary Hardin-Baylor 5th2011Pool C
NESCAC Middlebury 5th2011Pool C
UAA NYU 26th2006Pool C
North Coast Ohio Wesleyan 3rd2008Pool C
Old Dominion Randolph-Macon 12th2011Pool C
Little East Rhode Island College 9th2011Pool C
Skyline St. Joseph's-Long Island 2nd2009Pool C
Capital St. Mary's (Md.) 4th2011Pool C
Heartland Transylvania 8th2009Pool C
Wisconsin UW-Stevens Point 11th2011Pool C
Wisconsin UW-Whitewater 17th2011Pool C
Little East Western Connecticut 12th2011Pool C
CCIW Wheaton (Ill.) 8th2010Pool C
North Coast Wittenberg 26th2011Pool C

Conferences with multiple bids

BidsConferenceSchools
3 CCIW North Central (Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan, Wheaton (Ill.)
3 Little East Eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island College, Western Connecticut
3 North Coast Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg
3 Wisconsin UW_River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater
2 American Southwest McMurry, Mary Hardin-Baylor
2 Capital York (Pa.), St. Mary's (Md.)
2 Empire 8 Ithaca, Hartwick
2 Heartland Rose-Hulman, Transylvania
2 Liberty Skidmore, Hobart
2 Minnesota St. Thomas, Gustavus Adolphus
2 NESCAC Amherst, Middlebury
2 Old Dominion Virginia Wesleyan, Randolph-Macon
2 SCAC Trinity (Texas), Birmingham Southern
2 Skyline Farmingdale State, St. Joseph's-Long Island
2 UAA Washington U., NYU

All other conferences have only one bid (see Automatic Bids)
NOTE: Teams in bold represent the conference's automatic bid.

Bids by state

BidsState(s)Schools
11 New York Farmingdale State, Hartwick, Hobart, Ithaca, Medaille, Morrisville State, NYU, Oswego State, Skidmore, St. Joseph's-Long Island, Staten Island
6 Pennsylvania Cabrini, Franklin and Marshall, Messiah, Misericordia, Scranton, York (Pa.)
5 Massachusetts Amherst, Becker, Endicott, MIT, Salem State
5 Wisconsin Carroll, Edgewood, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater
4 Ohio Capital, Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg, Wooster
3 Connecticut Albertus Magnus, Eastern Connecticut, Western Connecticut
3 Illinois Illinois Wesleyan, North Central (Ill.), Wheaton (Ill.)
3 Minnesota Gustavus Adolphus, Northwestern (Minn.), St. Thomas
3 Texas Mary Hardin-Baylor, McMurry, Trinity (Texas)
3 Virginia Christopher Newport, Randolph-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan
2 Missouri Washington U., Westminster (Mo.)
2 Vermont Castleton State, Middlebury
1 Alabama Birmingham-Southern
1 California Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1 Iowa Buena Vista
1 Indiana Rose-Hulman
1 Kentucky Transylvania
1 Maryland St. Mary's (Md.)
1 Michigan Hope
1 New Jersey William Paterson
1 Rhode Island Rhode Island College
1 Tennessee Maryville (Tenn.)
1 Washington Whitworth
1 West Virginia Bethany

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