2014 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2014 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams	62
Finals site	Salem Civic Center; Salem, Virginia
Champions	Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks (4th title)
Runner-up	Williams Ephs (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Illinois Wesleyan Titans (6th Final Four); Amherst Lord Jeffs (6th Final Four);
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2013	2015»

The 2014 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 62 teams held to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. It began on March 6, 2014, and concluded with the championship game on March 22, 2014, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks defeated the Williams Ephs in the championship game, 75–73, to win their fourth national championship, their first since 2012.^[1] The two remaining semifinalists were the Illinois Wesleyan Titans and the Amherst Lord Jeffs.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (42)

The following 42 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2014 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).^[2]

Automatic bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
Allegheny Mountain	Penn State Behrend	23–4 (15–3)	7th	2013
American Southwest	Texas–Dallas	25–3 (20–2)	5th	2011
Capital	Mary Washington	22–5 (12–4)	2nd	2003
Centennial	Johns Hopkins	17–10 (12–6)	9th	2007
CUNYAC	York (NY)	21–7 (13–3)	6th	2007
CCIW	Wheaton (IL)	19–8 (10–4)	10th	2013
Colonial States	Cabrini	25–1 (17–1)	12th	2013
Commonwealth Coast	Gordon	17–10 (12–6)	3rd	2010
Empire 8	Hartwick	18–9 (10–4)	7th	2012
Great Northeast	Albertus Magnus	26–2 (17–1)	4th	2013
Heartland	Rose–Hulman	22–5 (15–3)	11th	2013
Iowa	Central (IA)	20–7 (11–3)	10th	2010
Landmark	Scranton	24–3 (12–2)	25th	2012
Liberty	Hobart	21–6 (13–3)	4th	2013
Little East	Rhode Island College	20–8 (11–3)	11th	2013
MAC Commonwealth	Alvernia	20–7 (13–5)	9th	2013
MAC Freedom	DeSales	18–9 (10–4)	4th	2010
MASCAC	Bridgewater State	16–11 (8–4)	7th	2011
Michigan	Calvin	22–5 (12–2)	19th	2013
Midwest	St. Norbert	24–1 (18–0)	6th	2013
Minnesota	St. Olaf	22–5 (17–3)	1st	Never
NECC	Mitchell	19–7 (12–4)	1st	Never
NESCAC	Amherst	24–3 (9–1)	16th	2013
NEWMAC	MIT	20–8 (8–6)	6th	2013
New Jersey	Richard Stockton	23–4 (15–3)	14th	2010
North Atlantic	Husson	26–2 (17–1)	4th	2013
North Coast	Wooster	25–3 (16–2)	23rd	2013
NEAC	Morrisville State	19–8 (13–5)	3rd	2013
Northern Athletics	Marian (WI)	22–6 (17–3)	2nd	2001
Northwest	Whitworth	22–5 (14–2)	9th	2013
Ohio	Wilmington (OH)	19–8 (13–5)	2nd	2010
Old Dominion	Virginia Wesleyan	22–6 (12–4)	14th	2013
Presidents'	Saint Vincent	22–6 (12–4)	2nd	2013
Skyline	SUNY Purchase	25–2 (17–1)	4th	2013
SCIAC	Chapman	18–9 (10–6)	3rd	2011
SCAC	Trinity (TX)	19–9 (11–3)	10th	2013
SLIAC	Webster	20–7 (15–3)	4th	2011
SUNYAC	Brockport State	24–3 (16–2)	10th	2009
UAA	Washington–St. Louis	23–2 (14–0)	18th	2013
Upper Midwest	Northwestern–St. Paul	16–11 (11–3)	4th	2013
USA South	LaGrange	18–10 (9–5)	1st	Never
Wisconsin	UW–Stevens Point	26–1 (15–1)	13th	2013

At-large bids (20)

The following 20 teams were awarded qualification for the 2014 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.^[2] 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. By rule, one bid is reserved for teams in Pool B if there are enough teams that qualify for it. Pool B is for teams that are either independents or whose conference does not yet qualify for an automatic bid.

At-large bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid	Pool
CCIW	Augustana (IL)	19–7 (9–5)	13th	2011	C
NEWMAC	Babson	20–6 (11–3)	6th	2004	C
NESCAC	Bowdoin	19–5 (6–4)	4th	2008	C
Southern	Centre	23–4 (13–1)	16th	2013	B
Centennial	Dickinson	21–6 (15–3)	6th	2013	C
Little East	Eastern Connecticut	22–6 (14–0)	5th	2012	C
UAA	Emory	17–8 (9–5)	3rd	2013	C
Michigan	Hope	20–7 (13–1)	24th	2012	C
CCIW	Illinois Wesleyan	23–4 (12–2)	23rd	2013	C
North Coast	Ohio Wesleyan	20–7 (13–5)	5th	2013	C
SUNYAC	Plattsburgh State	22–5 (15–3)	8th	2013	C
Old Dominion	Randolph–Macon	20–6 (14–2)	14th	2013	C
Minnesota	St. Thomas (MN)	22–5 (18–2)	15th	2013	C
NEWMAC	Springfield	20–7 (10–4)	7th	2013	C
SUNYAC	SUNY Geneseo	21–6 (14–4)	8th	1999	C
Wisconsin	UW–Whitewater	23–4 (13–3)	19th	2013	C
Capital	Wesley	22–3 (14–2)	4th	2013	C
NESCAC	Williams	23–4 (9–1)	14th	2013	C
North Coast	Wittenberg	21–7 (13–5)	27th	2012	C
NEWMAC	WPI	22–4 (12–2)	10th	2013	C

Tournament bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Top-left - Stevens Point, Wisconsin

First round March 6–7 Campus Sites		Second round March 8 Campus Sites		Third round March 14 Stevens Point, WI		Regional finals March 15 Stevens Point, WI

		Emory	72
Danville, KY / Atlanta, GA
		Centre	62
Centre	78

LaGrange	71
				Emory	76

				UW–Stevens Point	73
UW–Stevens Point	66

Marian (WI)	64
		UW–Stevens Point	76
Stevens Point, WI
		Central (IA)	71
St. Olaf	72

Central (IA)	85
						Emory	51

						UW–Whitewater	74
Texas–Dallas	85

Chapman	70
		Texas–Dallas	78
Richardson, TX
		Whitworth	77
Whitworth	75

Trinity (TX)	73
				Texas–Dallas	63

				UW–Whitewater	81
UW–Whitewater	79

Northwestern–St. Paul	55
		UW–Whitewater	87
Whitewater, WI
		Augustana (IL)	68
St. Thomas (MN)	77

Augustana (IL)	88

Bottom-left - Bloomington, Illinois

First round March 6–7 Campus Sites		Second round March 8 Campus Sites		Third round March 14 Bloomington, IL		Regional finals March 15 Bloomington, IL

Wooster	76

Saint Vincent	67
		Wooster	64
Wooster, OH
		Dickinson	67
Dickinson	83

SUNY Geneseo	76
				Dickinson	81

				Wheaton (IL)	71
Hope	66

Penn State Behrend	70
		Penn State Behrend	40
Holland, MI
		Wheaton (IL)	68
Rose–Hulman	57

Wheaton (IL)	64
						Dickinson	66

						Illinois Wesleyan	79
Washington–St. Louis	100

Wilmington (OH)	69
		Washington–St. Louis	75
St. Louis, MO
		Calvin	83
Calvin	66

Wittenberg	51
				Calvin	64

				Illinois Wesleyan	78
Illinois Wesleyan	71

Webster	70
		Illinois Wesleyan	84
Bloomington, IL
		St. Norbert	68
St. Norbert	87

Ohio Wesleyan	79

Top-right - Amherst, Massachusetts

First round March 6–7 Campus Sites		Second round March 8 Campus Sites		Third round March 14 Amherst, MA		Regional finals March 15 Amherst, MA

		Amherst	87
Providence, RI / Amherst, MA
		York (NY)	51
York (NY)	79

Rhode Island College	54
				Amherst	87

				Plattsburgh State	63
Plattsburgh State	76

MIT	53
		Plattsburgh State	70
Plattsburgh, NY
		Eastern Connecticut	60
Husson	75

Eastern Connecticut	81
						Amherst	84

						Morrisville State	74
Cabrini	100

Bridgewater State	69
		Cabrini	76
Radnor, PA
		Richard Stockton	85
Richard Stockton	72

Bowdoin	66
				Richard Stockton	81

				Morrisville State	88
Brockport State	80

Morrisville State	83
		Morrisville State	86
Brockport, NY
		Hobart	75
Scranton	81

Hobart	94

Bottom-right - Fredericksburg, Virginia

First round March 6–7 Campus Sites		Second round March 8 Campus Sites		Third round March 14 Fredericksburg, VA		Regional finals March 15 Fredericksburg, VA

SUNY Purchase	97

Hartwick	71
		SUNY Purchase	79
Purchase, NY
		Albertus Magnus	87
Albertus Magnus	68

WPI	66
				Albertus Magnus	92

				Williams	110
Williams	81

Mitchell	66
		Williams	81
Williamstown, MA
		Gordon	63
Babson	68

Gordon	76
						Williams	79

						Mary Washington	46
Randolph–Macon	70

DeSales	76
		DeSales	49
Ashland, VA
		Mary Washington	77
Mary Washington	78

Springfield	58
				Mary Washington	74

				Virginia Wesleyan	70
Virginia Wesleyan	84

Johns Hopkins	72
		Virginia Wesleyan	79
Virginia Beach, VA
		Wesley	74
Alvernia	78

Wesley	83

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

Semifinals Friday, March 21		National championship Saturday, March 22

UW–Whitewater	71

Illinois Wesleyan	63
		UW–Whitewater	75

		Williams	73
Amherst	69

Williams	98