The 2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 62 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament took place during March 2015, with the national semifinal and championship rounds taking place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Augustana (IL), 70–54, to win their fourth Division III national championship.
Qualifying teams
Automatic bids (43)
The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2015 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 MountainMedaille19–7 (14–4)4th2012American SouthwestEast Texas Baptist23–5 (15–5)1stNeverCapitalSalisbury20–7 (14–4)6th1997CentennialDickinson22–5 (13–5)7th2014CUNYACBaruch21–6 (14–2)4th2009CCIWAugustana (IL)23–4 (11–3)14th2014Colonial StatesNeumann17–10 (12–6)1stNeverCommonwealth CoastEndicott23–5 (16–2)6th2012Empire 8St. John Fisher23–4 (14–2)15th2010Great NortheastAlbertus Magnus27–1 (18–0)5th2014HeartlandDefiance21–6 (14–4)5th2010IowaDubuque23–5 (10–4)6th2013LandmarkScranton22–5 (14–2)26th2014LibertySkidmore19–7 (14–2)3rd2012Little EastKeene State20–8 (8–6)3rd2007MAC CommonwealthAlvernia18–9 (10–6)10th2014MAC FreedomMisericordia21–6 (11–3)2nd2012MASCACWestfield State20–6 (11–1)3rd1993MichiganCalvin21–6 (12–2)20th2014MidwestSt. Norbert24–1 (18–0)7th2014MinnesotaSt. Thomas (MN)24–3 (17–3)16th2014NECCRegis (MA)19–8 (12–4)1stNeverNESCACWesleyan (CT)19–8 (5–5)1stNeverNEWMACBabson25–2 (13–1)7th2014New JerseyStockton22–5 (14–4)15th2014North AtlanticColby–Sawyer19–6 (15–3)4th2003North CoastDePauw19–9 (9–9)13th2007NEACSUNY Cobleskill17–10 (13–4)1stNeverNorthern AthleticsConcordia (WI)19–9 (14–6)3rd2011NorthwestWhitworth24–3 (15–1)10th2014OhioMount Union22–6 (15–3)2nd1997Old DominionRandolph–Macon26–2 (16–0)15th2014Presidents'Saint Vincent22–6 (14–2)3rd2014SkylineSage23–4 (15–3)1stNeverSouthernHendrix12–16 (4–10)3rd1996SCIACClaremont–Mudd–Scripps21–6 (12–4)12th2012SCACTexas Lutheran18–9 (11–3)1stNeverSLIACSpalding18–9 (13–5)2nd2013SUNYACOswego State19–9 (12–6)3rd2012UAAEmory20–5 (10–4)4th2014Upper MidwestNorthwestern–St. Paul18–9 (14–0)5th2014USA SouthLaGrange17–11 (7–7)2nd2014WisconsinUW–Whitewater24–3 (15–1)20th2014
At-large bids (19)
The following 19 teams were awarded qualification for the 2015 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.
At-large bidsConferenceTeamRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bidNESCACAmherst20–7 (6–4)17th2014NESCACBates19–6 (7–3)1stNeverLandmarkCatholic22–5 (15–1)13th2013Little EastEastern Connecticut22–5 (13–1)6th2014CCIWElmhurst19–7 (9–5)4th2009CCIWIllinois Wesleyan19–8 (10–4)24th2014OhioJohn Carroll20–6 (15–3)13th2010CentennialJohns Hopkins23–4 (16–2)10th2014OhioMarietta25–3 (16–2)4th2013North CoastOhio Wesleyan22–5 (16–2)6th2014MinnesotaSt. Olaf21–5 (16–4)2nd2014NEWMACSpringfield19–8 (10–4)8th2014NESCACTrinity (CT)20–6 (9–1)8th2008WisconsinUW–Stevens Point21–5 (15–1)14th2014Old DominionVirginia Wesleyan23–5 (13–3)15th2014UAAWashington–St. Louis20–5 (9–5)19th2014New JerseyWilliam Paterson20–7 (13–5)16th2012North CoastWooster22–6 (14–4)24th2014NEWMACWPI21–5 (11–3)11th2014
Tournament bracket
Top-left - Rock Island, Illinois
Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts
Top-right - Ashland, Virginia
Bottom-right - Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Final Four - Salem, Virginia
See also 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2015 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
References