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. 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).
Automatic bidsConferenceTeamRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bidAllegheny MountainPenn State Behrend23–4 (15–3)7th2013American SouthwestTexas–Dallas25–3 (20–2)5th2011CapitalMary Washington22–5 (12–4)2nd2003CentennialJohns Hopkins17–10 (12–6)9th2007CUNYACYork (NY)21–7 (13–3)6th2007CCIWWheaton (IL)19–8 (10–4)10th2013Colonial StatesCabrini25–1 (17–1)12th2013Commonwealth CoastGordon17–10 (12–6)3rd2010Empire 8Hartwick18–9 (10–4)7th2012Great NortheastAlbertus Magnus26–2 (17–1)4th2013HeartlandRose–Hulman22–5 (15–3)11th2013IowaCentral (IA)20–7 (11–3)10th2010LandmarkScranton24–3 (12–2)25th2012LibertyHobart21–6 (13–3)4th2013Little EastRhode Island College20–8 (11–3)11th2013MAC CommonwealthAlvernia20–7 (13–5)9th2013MAC FreedomDeSales18–9 (10–4)4th2010MASCACBridgewater State16–11 (8–4)7th2011MichiganCalvin22–5 (12–2)19th2013MidwestSt. Norbert24–1 (18–0)6th2013MinnesotaSt. Olaf22–5 (17–3)1stNeverNECCMitchell19–7 (12–4)1stNeverNESCACAmherst24–3 (9–1)16th2013NEWMACMIT20–8 (8–6)6th2013New JerseyRichard Stockton23–4 (15–3)14th2010North AtlanticHusson26–2 (17–1)4th2013North CoastWooster25–3 (16–2)23rd2013NEACMorrisville State19–8 (13–5)3rd2013Northern AthleticsMarian (WI)22–6 (17–3)2nd2001NorthwestWhitworth22–5 (14–2)9th2013OhioWilmington (OH)19–8 (13–5)2nd2010Old DominionVirginia Wesleyan22–6 (12–4)14th2013Presidents'Saint Vincent22–6 (12–4)2nd2013SkylineSUNY Purchase25–2 (17–1)4th2013SCIACChapman18–9 (10–6)3rd2011SCACTrinity (TX)19–9 (11–3)10th2013SLIACWebster20–7 (15–3)4th2011SUNYACBrockport State24–3 (16–2)10th2009UAAWashington–St. Louis23–2 (14–0)18th2013Upper MidwestNorthwestern–St. Paul16–11 (11–3)4th2013USA SouthLaGrange18–10 (9–5)1stNeverWisconsinUW–Stevens Point26–1 (15–1)13th2013
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. 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 bidsConferenceTeamRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bidPoolCCIWAugustana (IL)19–7 (9–5)13th2011CNEWMACBabson20–6 (11–3)6th2004CNESCACBowdoin19–5 (6–4)4th2008CSouthernCentre23–4 (13–1)16th2013BCentennialDickinson21–6 (15–3)6th2013CLittle EastEastern Connecticut22–6 (14–0)5th2012CUAAEmory17–8 (9–5)3rd2013CMichiganHope20–7 (13–1)24th2012CCCIWIllinois Wesleyan23–4 (12–2)23rd2013CNorth CoastOhio Wesleyan20–7 (13–5)5th2013CSUNYACPlattsburgh State22–5 (15–3)8th2013COld DominionRandolph–Macon20–6 (14–2)14th2013CMinnesotaSt. Thomas (MN)22–5 (18–2)15th2013CNEWMACSpringfield20–7 (10–4)7th2013CSUNYACSUNY Geneseo21–6 (14–4)8th1999CWisconsinUW–Whitewater23–4 (13–3)19th2013CCapitalWesley22–3 (14–2)4th2013CNESCACWilliams23–4 (9–1)14th2013CNorth CoastWittenberg21–7 (13–5)27th2012CNEWMACWPI22–4 (12–2)10th2013C
Tournament bracket * – Denotes overtime period
Top-left - Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Bottom-left - Bloomington, Illinois
Top-right - Amherst, Massachusetts
Bottom-right - Fredericksburg, Virginia
Final Four - Salem, Virginia
See also 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2014 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
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