2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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2016 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
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Teams62
Finals site Salem Civic Center
Salem, Virginia
Champions St. Thomas (MN) (2nd title)
Runner-up Benedictine (1st title game)
Semifinalists
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The 2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 62 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament took place during March 2016, with the national semifinal and championship rounds taking place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Contents

St. Thomas (MN) defeated Benedictine (IL), 82–76, to win their second Division III national championship.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid). [1]

Automatic bids
ConferenceTeamRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bid
Allegheny Mountain Pitt–Greensburg 19–9 (13–5)1stNever
American Southwest Hardin–Simmons 18–10 (8–6)1stNever
Capital Christopher Newport 26–1 (18–0)20th 2013
Centennial Franklin & Marshall 22–5 (15–3)24th 2012
CUNYAC Brooklyn 22–6 (11–5)4th 2010
CCIW Augustana (IL) 26–1 (13–1)15th 2015
Colonial States Gwynedd Mercy 21–6 (17–1)5th 2011
Commonwealth Coast Endicott 18–10 (12–6)7th 2015
Empire 8 Hartwick 19–8 (12–4)8th 2014
Great Northeast Johnson & Wales (RI) 26–2 (17–1)3rd 2011
Heartland Mount St. Joseph 18–9 (13–5)1stNever
Iowa Central (IA) 19–9 (7–7)11th 2014
Landmark Catholic 22–5 (13–3)14th 2015
Liberty Skidmore 18–8 (11–5)4th 2015
Little East Keene State 18–10 (8–6)4th 2015
MAC Commonwealth Lycoming 19–9 (8–8)6th 2010
MAC Freedom Delaware Valley 20–7 (9–5)3rd 2013
MASCAC Fitchburg State 18–9 (9–3)2nd 2013
Michigan Alma 21–6 (12–2)1stNever
Midwest St. Norbert 26–2 (18–0)8th 2015
Minnesota St. Olaf 18–9 (14–6)3rd 2015
NECC Southern Vermont 24–3 (16–0)2nd 2003
NESCAC Middlebury 17–10 (6–4)7th 2013
NEWMAC Babson 21–5 (13–1)8th 2015
New Jersey Stockton 21–6 (14–4)16th 2015
North Atlantic Husson 21–6 (15–3)5th 2014
North Coast Denison 17–11 (9–9)2nd 1997
NEAC Lancaster Bible 27–0 (18–0)1stNever
Northern Athletics Benedictine (IL) 27–0 (20–0)7th 2011
Northwest Whitworth 26–1 (15–1)11th 2015
Ohio John Carroll 25–3 (15–3)14th 2015
Old Dominion Lynchburg 22–6 (12–4)3rd 1979
Presidents' Saint Vincent 22–6 (15–3)4th 2015
Skyline Old Westbury 19–8 (16–4)2nd 2004
Southern Birmingham–Southern 22–6 (14–0)2nd 2012
SCIAC Chapman 20–6 (12–4)4th 2014
SCAC Texas Lutheran 21–6 (11–3)2nd 2015
SLIAC Westminster (MO) 12–15 (10–8)4th 2012
SUNYAC SUNY Cortland 20–7 (12–6)6th 2013
UAA Emory 18–7 (11–3)5th 2015
Upper Midwest Northwestern–St. Paul 22–5 (12–4)6th 2015
USA South Covenant 18–9 (10–4)1stNever
Wisconsin UW–Oshkosh 18–9 (9–5)6th 2003

At-large bids (19)

The following 19 teams were awarded qualification for the 2016 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. [1] The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.

At-large bids
ConferenceTeamRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bid
NESCAC Amherst 22–5 (8–2)18th 2015
CCIW Elmhurst 21–6 (10–4)5th 2015
Michigan Hope 23–3 (13–1)25th 2014
USA South LaGrange 20–9 (9–5)3rd 2015
Ohio Marietta 25–3 (17–1)5th 2015
CCIW North Central (IL) 19–7 (12–2)8th 2013
UAA NYU 20–5 (9–5)10th 2012
North Coast Ohio Wesleyan 23–4 (15–3)7th 2015
SUNYAC Oswego State 20–8 (11–7)4th 2015
SUNYAC Plattsburgh State 21–5 (16–2)9th 2014
Minnesota St. Thomas (MN) 24–3 (18–2)17th 2015
Capital Salisbury 21–6 (13–5)7th 2015
Landmark Scranton 19–7 (11–5)27th 2015
Landmark Susquehanna 23–4 (13–3)6th 1994
NESCAC Trinity (CT) 19–7 (9–1)9th 2015
NESCAC Tufts 20–6 (7–3)4th 2006
Northwest Whitman 22–4 (14–2)1stNever
North Coast Wooster 21–7 (15–3)25th 2015
NEWMAC WPI 20–6 (10–4)12th 2015

Tournament bracket

Top-left - Lisle, Illinois

First round
March 3–4
Campus Sites		Second round
March 5
Campus Sites		Third round
March 11
Lisle, IL 		Regional finals
March 12
Lisle, IL
            
Benedictine (IL) 85
Seguin, TX / Lisle, IL
Hardin–Simmons 64
Texas Lutheran 81
Hardin–Simmons 97
Benedictine (IL)97
Ohio Wesleyan 84
Ohio Wesleyan 114
Pitt–Greensburg 68
Ohio Wesleyan97
Delaware, OH [2]
Lynchburg 94
Lynchburg 82
Scranton 55
Benedictine (IL)93
Alma 73
St. Norbert 77
Northwestern–St. Paul 58
St. Norbert63
De Pere, WI
St. Olaf 61
North Central (IL) 78
St. Olaf 80
St. Norbert 64
Alma70
John Carroll 99
Saint Vincent 85
John Carroll 83
University Heights, OH
Alma90
Alma 74
Denison 60

Bottom-left - Medford, Massachusetts

First round
March 3–4
Campus Sites		Second round
March 5
Campus Sites		Third round
March 11
Medford, MA 		Regional finals
March 12
Medford, MA
            
Amherst 74
Husson 72
Amherst69
Amherst, MA
SUNY Cortland 68
WPI 50
SUNY Cortland 69
Amherst88
Babson 76
Susquehanna 77
Old Westbury 73
Susquehanna 67
Selinsgrove, PA
Babson70
Babson 80
Hartwick 69
Amherst86
Tufts 73
Plattsburgh State 81
Fitchburg State 84
Fitchburg State 74
Plattsburgh, NY
Johnson & Wales (RI)86
Trinity (CT) 73
Johnson & Wales (RI) 75
Johnson & Wales (RI) 85
Tufts101
Tufts 78
Southern Vermont 76
Tufts88
Medford, MA
Skidmore 80
Franklin & Marshall 72
Skidmore 83

Top-right - Rock Island, Illinois

First round
March 3–4
Campus Sites		Second round
March 5
Campus Sites		Third round
March 11
Rock Island, IL 		Regional finals
March 12
Rock Island, IL
            
Augustana (IL) 105
Westminster (MO) 52
Augustana (IL)96
Rock Island, IL [3]
Hope 80
Hope 98
Mount St. Joseph 87
Augustana (IL)88
Emory 65
Emory 76
Covenant 61
Emory84*
Atlanta, GA [4]
Birmingham–Southern 78
LaGrange 88
Birmingham–Southern 93
Augustana (IL) 76
St. Thomas (MN)86
St. Thomas (MN) 78
Central (IA) 66
St. Thomas (MN)94
Saint Paul, MN
Elmhurst 81
Elmhurst 73
UW–Oshkosh 63
St. Thomas (MN)99
Whitman 73
Whitman 91
Chapman 84
Whitman88
Walla Walla, WA / Spokane, WA
Whitworth 86

* – Denotes overtime period

Bottom-right - Oswego, New York

First round
March 3–4
Campus Sites		Second round
March 5
Campus Sites		Third round
March 11
Oswego, NY 		Regional finals
March 12
Oswego, NY
            
Christopher Newport 79
Lycoming 71
Christopher Newport67
Newport News, VA [5]
NYU 64
Brooklyn 67
NYU 86
Christopher Newport74
Keene State 62
Stockton 71
Keene State 72*
Keene State72
Galloway Township, NJ
Middlebury 71
Salisbury 73
Middlebury 75
Christopher Newport81
Wooster 61
Marietta 85
Gwynedd Mercy 86
Gwynedd Mercy 77
Marietta, OH
Oswego State78
Oswego State 88*
Delaware Valley 78
Oswego State 65
Wooster66
Catholic 76
Endicott 84
Endicott 83
Washington, D.C.
Wooster91*
Wooster 96
Lancaster Bible 83

* – Denotes overtime period

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

Semifinals
Friday, March 18 		National championship
Saturday, March 19
      
Benedictine (IL) 63
Amherst 60
Benedictine (IL) 76
St. Thomas (MN)82
St. Thomas (MN) 66
Christopher Newport 62

Bracket: [6]
Records Book: [7]

All-Tournament Team

Taylor Montero - St. Thomas (MN) (Most Outstanding Player)
Ryan Saarela - St. Thomas (MN)
Grant Schafer - St. Thomas (MN)
Luke Johnson - Benedictine
Connor Green - Amherst

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