2012 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2012 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. It involved 62 teams, beginning on March 1, 2012 and concluded with the championship game on March 17, 2012, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

2012 NCAA Division III
Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams62
Finals siteSalem, Virginia
ChampionsWhitewater State Warhawks (3rd title)
Runner-upCabrini Cavaliers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachPat Miller (1st title)
MOPChris Davis (UW-Whitewater)
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«2011 2013»

The UW-Whitewater Warhawks won their third Division III title, defeating the Cabrini Cavaliers in the championship game by a score of 63-60.[1]

Tournament schedule and venues
Middlebury
Wooster
Lancaster
Amherst
Salem
2012 Sectionals(blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2012 tournament:

First and second rounds
Sectional sites
Final Four - Salem

Qualified teams
Further information: 2012 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2013 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Conference School Appearance Last Bid
Allegheny Mountain Medaille 3rd 2010
American Southwest McMurry 4th 2011
Capital York (Pa.) 3rd 2006
Centennial Franklin and Marshall 23rd 2011
CUNYAC Staten Island 10th 2002
CCIW North Central (Ill.) 6th 2006
Colonial States Cabrini 10th 2011
Commonwealth Coast Endicott 5th 2006
Empire 8 Ithaca 9th 2011
Great Northeast Albertus Magnus 2nd 2010
Heartland Rose-Hulman 9th 1999
Iowa Buena Vista 9th 2008
Landmark Scranton 24th 2011
Liberty Skidmore 2nd 2011
Little East Eastern Connecticut 4th 2000
MASCAC Salem State 23rd 2009
Michigan Hope 23rd 2011
MAC-Commonwealth Messiah 3rd 2007
MAC-Freedom Misericordia 1st Never
Midwest Carroll 2nd 2006
Minnesota St. Thomas 13th 2011
New England Becker 2nd 2011
NESCAC Amherst 14th 2011
NEWMAC MIT 4th 2011
New Jersey William Paterson 15th 2010
North Atlantic Castleton State 2nd 2004
North Coast Wooster 21st 2011
North Eastern Morrisville State 1st Never
Northern Edgewood 3rd 2005
Northwest Whitworth 7th 2011
Ohio Capital 9th 2009
Old Dominion Virginia Wesleyan 12th 2011
Presidents' Bethany 8th 2011
Skyline Farmingdale State 4th 2009
SCIAC Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11th 2010
SCAC Trinity (Texas) 6th 2008
SLIAC Westminster (Mo.) 3rd 2010
SUNYAC Oswego State 2nd 2011
UAA Washington U. 16th 2010
Upper Midwest Northwestern (Minn.) 2nd 2011
USA South Christopher Newport 18th 2010
Wisconsin UW-River Falls 2nd 2011

At-large qualifiers

The NCAA Selection Committee, by rule, must select one team from the conferences without automatic berths and non-affiliated schools (Pool B). The Selection Committee makes the remaining 19 selections at-large from all conferences (Pool C).

Conference School Appearance Last Bid Pool
Great South Maryville (Tenn.) 15th 2010 Pool B
SCAC Birmingham-Southern 1st 2012 Pool C
Minnesota Gustavus Adolphus 13th 2005 Pool C
Empire 8 Hartwick 6th 2011 Pool C
Liberty Hobart 2nd 2001 Pool C
CCIW Illinois Wesleyan 21st 2011 Pool C
American Southwest Mary Hardin-Baylor 5th 2011 Pool C
NESCAC Middlebury 5th 2011 Pool C
UAA NYU 26th 2006 Pool C
North Coast Ohio Wesleyan 3rd 2008 Pool C
Old Dominion Randolph-Macon 12th 2011 Pool C
Little East Rhode Island College 9th 2011 Pool C
Skyline St. Joseph's-Long Island 2nd 2009 Pool C
Capital St. Mary's (Md.) 4th 2011 Pool C
Heartland Transylvania 8th 2009 Pool C
Wisconsin UW-Stevens Point 11th 2011 Pool C
Wisconsin UW-Whitewater 17th 2011 Pool C
Little East Western Connecticut 12th 2011 Pool C
CCIW Wheaton (Ill.) 8th 2010 Pool C
North Coast Wittenberg 26th 2011 Pool C

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

Middlebury, VT Sectional
First round
March 2 		Second round
March 3 		Sectional Semifinals
March 9 		Sectional Finals
March 10
            
Cabrini 104
Castleton State 87
Cabrini 90*
Radnor, PA
Hobart 88
Hobart 64
Ohio Wesleyan 60
Cabrini 72
E. Connecticut 65
Oswego State 72*
Endicott 71
Oswego State 69
Oswego, NY
E. Connecticut 70**
E. Connecticut 69
Medaille 51
Cabrini 78
Scranton 58
Middlebury 75
Morrisville State 49
Middlebury 89
Middlebury, VT
Albertus Magnus 73
Albertus Magnus 87
St. Joseph's-L.I. 84
Middlebury 55
Scranton 58
William Paterson 53
Becker 69
Becker 41
Wayne, NJ
Scranton 69
Messiah 67
Scranton 70*

Wooster, OH Sectional
First round
March 2 		Second round
March 3 		Sectional Semifinals
March 9 		Sectional Finals
March 10
            
Washington U. 71
Buena Vista 59
Washington U. 68
St. Louis, MO
North Central (Ill.) 72
North Central (Ill.) 74
Rose-Hulman 71
North Central 55
Wittenberg 58
Transylvania 74
Carroll 84
Carroll 70
Lexington, KY
Wittenberg 87
Wittenberg 63
Birmingham-Southern 56
Wittenberg 49
Illinois Wesleyan 70
Wooster 70
Maryville (Tenn.) 63
Wooster 92
Wooster, OH
Capital 79
Randolph-Macon 60
Capital 68
Wooster 67
Illinois Wesleyan 69
Hope 79
Westminster (Mo.) 65
Hope 101
Holland, MI
Illinois Wesleyan 108**
UW-Stevens Point 61
Illinois Wesleyan 69

Lancaster, PA Sectional
  First round
March 1/March 2		 Second round
March 3		 Sectional Semifinals
March 9		 Sectional Finals
March 10
                             
Amherst, MA
  Amherst 80  
New York, NY
  NYU 56  
NYU 84  
Misericordia 65  
  Amherst 71  
  Franklin & Marshall 80  
Franklin & Marshall 72  
York (Pa.) 50  
  Franklin & Marshall 82
Lancaster, PA
  W. Connecticut 72  
W. Connecticut 94
Christopher Newport 84  
  Franklin & Marshall 54
  MIT 69
Hartwick 88  
Farmingdale State 98*  
  Farmingdale State 63
Oneonta, NY
  MIT 83  
MIT 62
Skidmore 55  
  MIT 83
  Staten Island 67  
Staten Island 98  
Ithaca 73  
  Staten Island 77
Staten Island, NY
  Rhode Island C. 67  
Rhode Island C. 77
Salem State 60  

Whitewater, WI Sectional
  First round
March 1/March 2		 Second round
March 3		 Sectional Semifinals
March 9		 Sectional Finals
March 10
                             
Virginia Beach, VA
  Virginia Wesleyan 70  
St. Mary's City, MD
  St. Mary's (Md.) 57  
St. Mary's (Md.) 69  
Bethany 57  
  Virginia Wesleyan 74*  
  Whitworth 71  
Mary Hardin-Baylor 66  
Trinity (Texas) 68  
  Trinity (Texas) 53
Belton, TX
  Whitworth 64  
Whitworth 90
McMurry 79  
  Virginia Wesleyan 62
  UW-Whitewater 76
UW-River Falls 67  
Edgewood 75  
  Edgewood 62
River Falls, WI
  Wheaton (Ill.) 73  
Wheaton (Ill.) 68
Gustavus Adolphus 60  
  Wheaton (Ill.) 56
  UW-Whitewater 67  
UW-Whitewater 83  
Northwestern (Minn.) 68  
  UW-Whitewater 91
Whitewater, WI
  St. Thomas 62  
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 74
St. Thomas 76*  

Final Four - Salem, Virginia
Semifinals
March 16 		National Championship
March 17
      
Cabrini 81
Illinois Wesleyan 78
Cabrini 60
UW-Whitewater 63
MIT 56
UW-Whitewater 71

Record by conference
Conference # of Bids Record Win % R62 R32 S16 E8 F4 CG NC
Wisconsin 3 6-2 .750 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
CSAC 1 5–1 .833 1 1 1 1 1 1 –
CCIW 3 8–3 .727 3 3 3 1 1 – –
NEWMAC 1 4–1 .800 1 1 1 1 1 – –
North Coast 3 5–3 .625 3 2 2 1 – – –
Centennial 1 3–1 .750 1 1 1 1 – – –
Landmark 1 3–1 .750 1 1 1 1 – – –
ODAC 2 2–2 .500 1 1 1 1 – – –
NESCAC 2 3–2 .600 2 2 2 – – – –
Little East 3 4–3 .571 3 3 1 – – – –
CUNYAC 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 – – – –
Northwest 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 – – – –
UAA 2 2–2 .500 2 2 – – – – –
Capital 2 1–2 .333 2 1 – – – – –
Liberty League 2 1–2 .333 2 1 – – – – –
Michigan 2 1–2 .333 2 1 – – – – –
SCAC 2 1–2 .333 2 1 – – – – –
Skyline 2 1–2 .333 2 1 – – – – –
Great Northeast 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Michigan 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Midwest 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
New England 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Northern 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
Ohio 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
SUNYAC 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – –
    • The R62, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 62 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
    • The NESCAC and ODAC each had one representative which earned a bye to the second round.
    • The AMCC, CCC, IIAC, MASCAC, MAC Commonwealth, MAC Freedom, NJAC, North Atlantic, NEAC, Presidents' Athletic Conference, SCIAC, SLIAC, UMAC, and USA South each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1.
    • The American Southwest, Empire 8, Heartland had two representatives, eliminated in the first round, with a record of 0–2.
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    See also

    References
    1. "2012 Division III Men's Basketball Tournament". NCAA.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
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