2023 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 2023 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States . Featuring sixty-four teams, it was played in March 2023, following the 2022–23 season, concluding with the championship game on March 18, 2023.
The national semifinal and championship rounds were held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana . Christopher Newport won their first national championship, beating Mount Union 74–72 on a buzzer-beating layup by Trey Barber.
Tournament schedule and venues
800km
Wheaton
West Hartford
Belton
Newport News
Middlebury
Galloway
Keene
Swarthmore
St. Louis
Alliance
Oshkosh
Glassboro
Baltimore
Cleveland
Oswego
Ashland
2023 first and second round host sites
First and second rounds First and second round games were played at campus sites on March 3 and March 4.
On the basis of team strength and geography, these locations were chosen to host first and second round games in the 2023 tournament:
Crenshaw Gymnasium, Ashland, Virginia (Host: Randolph–Macon College )
Max Ziel Gymnasium, Oswego, New York (Host: State University of New York at Oswego )
Horsburgh Gymnasium, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Case Western Reserve University )
Goldfarb Gymnasium, Baltimore, Maryland (Host: Johns Hopkins University )
Esbjornson Gymnasium, Glassboro, New Jersey (Host: Rowan University )
Kolf Sports Center , Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh )McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex, Alliance, Ohio (Host: University of Mount Union )
Washington University Field House, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Washington University in St. Louis )
Tarble Pavilion, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (Host: Swarthmore College )
Spaulding Gymnasium, Keene, New Hampshire (Host: Keene State College )
Stockton University Sports Center, Galloway Township, New Jersey (Host: Stockton University )
Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, Vermont (Host: Middlebury College )
Freeman Center, Newport News, Virginia (Host: Christopher Newport University )
Mayborn Campus Center, Belton, Texas (Host: University of Mary Hardin–Baylor )
O'Connell Athletic Center, West Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Saint Joseph )
Chrouser Sports Complex, Wheaton, Illinois (Host: Wheaton College ) Third and fourth rounds
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Fort Wayne
Newport News
Swarthmore
Alliance
Ashland
2023 third and fourth round (blue) and Final Four (red) host sites
Third and fourth round games were played at campus sites on March 10 and March 11.
At the conclusion of the second round, the NCAA announced the following locations would host third and fourth round games.
National Semifinals and Championship The National Semifinals and Championship were played on March 16 and March 18.
Fort Wayne hosted the Final Four for the third time, having previously hosted in 2019 and 2022 . Fort Wayne was also scheduled to host the Final Four in 2020 and 2021 , before those editions of the tournament were canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.
Qualifying teams
A total of sixty-four bids were available for the tournament: 44 automatic bids—awarded to the champions of the forty-three NCAA-recognized Division III conference tournaments—and 20 at-large bids.
While this was the first season for the newly established Collegiate Conference of the South , its conference tournament champion was not eligible for an automatic bid until the 2025 tournament.[ 1]
This was also the final year that the Colonial States Athletic Conference and New England Collegiate Conference received bids; the members of the CSAC merged into the United East Conference ahead of the 2023–24 season, consolidating its bid into the UEC's as part of the process.[ 2]
The following 44 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2023 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).[ 3]
The following 20 teams were awarded qualification for the tournament field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.[ 3] [ 4]
Tournament bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
First round Campus Sites
Second round Campus Sites
Third round Ashland, VA
Quarterfinals Ashland, VA
Randolph–Macon 73
Wilson
36
Randolph–Macon
63
Ashland, VA
Scranton
41
Scranton 65
North Carolina Wesleyan
64
Randolph–Macon
63
Oswego State
74
Oswego State 80
Marymount
62
Oswego State
66
Oswego, NY
John Carroll
61
John Carroll 91
Albertus Magnus
80
Oswego State
74
UW–Whitewater
77
Case Western Reserve 82
Arcadia
76
Case Western Reserve
75
Cleveland, OH
UW–Whitewater
78
UW–Whitewater 90
Wabash
83
UW–Whitewater
83*
Johns Hopkins
82
Johns Hopkins 89
Mitchell
71
Johns Hopkins
81
Baltimore, MD
Hamilton
71
Hamilton 84
Montclair State
75
First round Campus Sites
Second round Campus Sites
Third round Alliance, OH
Quarterfinals Alliance, OH
Rowan 83
Cal Lutheran
77
Rowan
83
Glassboro, NJ
Utica
72
Utica 72
Babson
60
Rowan
72
UW–Oshkosh
91
UW–Oshkosh 86
Fontbonne
58
UW–Oshkosh
51
Oshkosh, WI
Hope
50
Hope 79
Bethany Lutheran
65
UW–Oshkosh
67
Mount Union
78
Mount Union 73
Anderson (IN)
65
Mount Union
90
Alliance, OH
Lancaster Bible
66
NYU
64
Lancaster Bible 67
Mount Union
102
North Park
85
Washington–St. Louis 69
Coe
48
Washington–St. Louis
69
St. Louis, MO
North Park
72
North Park 88
Sewanee
69
First round Campus Sites
Second round Campus Sites
Third round Swarthmore, PA
Quarterfinals Swarthmore, PA
Swarthmore 93
SUNY Delhi
64
Swarthmore
101
Swarthmore, PA
St. John Fisher
78
St. John Fisher 74
Whitworth
59
Swarthmore
82
Keene State
58
Keene State 89
Baruch
78
Keene State
77
Keene, NH
Tufts
72
Tufts 78
Widener
66
Swarthmore
78
Nichols
77
Stockton 86
La Roche
70
Stockton
68
Galloway, NJ
Mary Washington
65
Mary Washington 69
St. Lawrence
42
Stockton
68
Nichols
86
Middlebury 76
Worcester State
51
Middlebury
66
Middlebury, VT
Nichols
73
Rochester
71
Nichols 74
First round Campus Sites
Second round Campus Sites
Third round Newport News, VA
Quarterfinals Newport News, VA
Christopher Newport 61
Farmingdale State
60
Christopher Newport
72
Hampden Sydney, VA [ a] Hampden–Sydney
59
Hampden–Sydney 63
Emory
59
Christopher Newport
72
Mary Hardin–Baylor
60
Mary Hardin–Baylor 81
Schreiner
78
Mary Hardin–Baylor
72
Belton, TX
East Texas Baptist
70
St. Thomas (TX)
75
East Texas Baptist 79
Christopher Newport
76
Wheaton (IL)
70
St. Joseph (CT) 76
Chatham
53
St. Joseph (CT)
75
West Hartford, CT
Williams
54
Pomona–Pitzer
53
Williams 78
St. Joseph (CT)
67
Wheaton (IL)
74
Wheaton (IL) 79
Illinois College
66
Wheaton (IL)
75
Wheaton, IL
St. Norbert
71
Carleton
77
St. Norbert 81
Final Four
Record by conference
The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
The Allegheny Mountain , American Rivers , Atlantic East , CUNYAC , Colonial States , Heartland , Liberty , MAC Commonwealth , MAC Freedom , MASCAC , Midwest , Minnesota , NECC , NEWMAC , North Atlantic , North Coast , Northwest , Presidents' , Skyline , SAA , SLIAC , Upper Midwest , and USA South each had one representative, eliminated in the Round of 64 with a record of 0–1.
See also
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