The 2007 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 began on March 1, 2007, and concluded on March 17, 2007, with a championship game in the Salem Civic Center of Salem, Virginia, which was won by Amherst College over Virginia Wesleyan 80-67.
Qualifying teams The Division III Championships Committee selected 59 schools to participate in the 2007 tournament. Thirty-seven teams earned automatic qualification by winning their respective conferences. Additionally, four independent (not affiliated with a conference with an automatic bid) teams and 18 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic qualifying conferences — who did not receive their conference automatic qualification—were selected.
SchoolConference RecordBerth Type Lake Erie Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference 25-2 Conference Champion Mississippi College American Southwest Conference 25-2 Conference Champion Catholic Capital Athletic Conference 22-5 Conference Champion Johns Hopkins Centennial Conference 23-4 Conference Champion York City University of New York Athletic Conference 18-10 Conference Champion Augustana (IL) College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 22-5 Conference Champion Widener Commonwealth Conference 14-12 Conference Champion Wentworth Tech Commonwealth Coast Conference 17-11 Conference Champion St. John Fisher Empire 8 22-5 Conference Champion King's (PA) Freedom Conference 19-8 Conference Champion Rivier Great Northeast Athletic Conference 20-8 Conference Champion Transylvania Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 19-8 Conference Champion Loras Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 21-6 Conference Champion St. Lawrence Liberty League 22-5 Conference Champion Rhode Island College Little East Conference 24-3 Conference Champion Salem State Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference 24-2 Conference Champion Calvin Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 18-9 Conference Champion Carroll (WI) Midwest Conference 16-8 Conference Champion St. Thomas (MN) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 24-3 Conference Champion Williams New England Small College Athletic Conference 16-11 Conference Champion Coast Guard New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference 14-13 Conference Champion Ramapo New Jersey Athletic Conference 21-7 Conference Champion Elms North Atlantic Conference 20-8 Conference Champion Wooster North Coast Athletic Conference 25-3 Conference Champion Villa Julie North Eastern Athletic Conference 20-7 Conference Champion Whitworth Northwest Conference 23-3 Conference Champion Capital Ohio Athletic Conference 19-8 Conference Champion Hampden-Sydney Old Dominion Athletic Conference 18-10 Conference Champion Alvernia Pennsylvania Athletic Conference 23-4 Conference Champion Manhattanville Skyline Conference 23-5 Conference Champion Fontbonne St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 16-11 Conference Champion Occidental Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 19-5 Conference Champion Centre Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 23-4 Conference Champion SUNY-Plattsburgh State University of New York Athletic Conference 20-8 Conference Champion Washington (MO) University Athletic Association 20-4 Conference Champion Averett USA South Athletic Conference 20-6 Conference Champion Wisconsin-Stevens Point Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 25-2 Conference Champion Aurora Independent 25-2 Independent selection Lincoln (PA) Independent 18-8 Independent selection Maryville (TN) Independent 21-6 Independent selection Westminster (PA) Independent 18-8 Independent selection Amherst New England Small College Athletic Conference 25-2 At-large Brandeis University Athletic Association 22-5 At-large Chicago University Athletic Association 20-5 At-large DePauw Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 22-5 At-large Guilford Old Dominion Athletic Conference 21-4 At-large Hood Capital Athletic Conference 21-7 At-large Hope Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 23-4 At-large John Carroll Ohio Athletic Conference 19-9 At-large Keene State Little East Conference 23-5 At-large Mary Hardin-Baylor American Southwest Conference 22-5 At-large Messiah Commonwealth Conference 19-6 At-large Rochester University Athletic Association 18-7 At-large St. John's (MN) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 20-7 At-large SUNY-Brockport State University of New York Athletic Conference 23-5 At-large Stevens Tech Empire 8 21-6 At-large Trinity (CT) New England Small College Athletic Conference 21-4 At-large Virginia Wesleyan Old Dominion Athletic Conference 23-4 At-large Worcester Poly Liberty League 22-3 At-large
Bracket Top left sectional
Bottom left sectional
Top right sectional
Bottom right sectional
Final Four Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia
See also 2007 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
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