This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2013 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament. A total of 62 teams entered the tournament. Forty-one of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the University Athletic Association, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining twenty teams were granted at-large bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.
Qualifying teams
Automatic bids Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the University Athletic Association given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.
Automatic bidsQualifying schoolRecord (conf.)Last app.ConferenceFinishRegular seasonsecond placeSecond placerecord (conf.)FinishWashington U. UAA Rochester Qualifying SchoolRecord (Conf.)Last app.ConferenceSeedConf. FinalsRunner-UpRunner-upRecord (Conf.)Runner-upSeed Cabrini Colonial States Keystone Ramapo New Jersey Rutgers-Newark Fitchburg State MASCAC Mass. College Delaware Valley MAC-Freedom DeSales Curry Commonwealth Coast Gordon Albertus Magnus Great Northeast Anna Maria Elms New England Regis Husson North Atlantic Castleton State Alvernia MAC-Commonwealth Lycoming Penn State-Behrend Allegheny Mountain Medaille Ithaca Empire 8 Stevens Hobart Liberty RPI Aurora Northern Lakeland St. Mary's (Md.) Capital Wesley St. Norbert Midwest Carroll Cortland State SUNYAC Plattsburgh State Staten Island CUNYAC John Jay Rhode Island College Little East Keene State Christopher Newport USA South Greensboro Catholic Landmark Juniata Dickinson Centennial Franklin and Marshall Rose-Hulman Heartland Hanover Ohio Wesleyan North Coast Wooster SUNY-Purchase Skyline Farmingdale State Spalding SLIAC Eureka Calvin Michigan Hope Marietta Ohio Mount Union St. Vincent Presidents' Thomas More Northwestern (Minn.) Upper Midwest Bethany Lutheran UW-Whitewater Wisconsin UW-Platteville North Central (Ill.) CCIW Augustana Whitworth Northwest Whitman Redlands SCIAC Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Amherst NESCAC Williams WPI NEWMAC Springfield Morrisville State North Eastern Wells Concordia (Texas) American Southwest Mary Hardin-Baylor Dubuque Iowa Wartburg St. Thomas Minnesota Augsburg Randolph-Macon Old Dominion Virginia Wesleyan Trinity (Texas) SCAC Colorado College
At-large Bids ConferenceSchoolAppearance Last BidPoolSouthernCentre15th2011Pool BUAAEmory2nd1990Pool COld DominionHampden-Sydney14th2007Pool CCCIWIllinois Wesleyan22nd2012Pool CAmerican SouthwestMary Hardin-Baylor6th2012Pool CNESCACMiddlebury6th2012Pool CNEWMACMIT5th2012Pool CSUNYACPlattsburgh State7th2010Pool COld DominionRandolph1stNeverPool CUAARochester14th2011Pool CNew JerseyRutgers-Newark2nd2010Pool CNEWMACSpringfield6th2005Pool CEmpire 8Stevens2nd2007Pool CHeartlandTransylvania9th2012Pool CWisconsinUW-Stevens Point12th2012Pool COld DominionVirginia Wesleyan13th2012Pool CCapitalWesley3rd2010Pool CCCIWWheaton (Ill.)9th2012Pool CNESCACWilliams13th2011Pool CNorth CoastWooster22nd2012Pool C
Conferences with multiple bids BidsConferenceSchools4Old DominionRandolph-Macon, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia Wesleyan, Randolph3CCIWIllinois Wesleyan, North Central (Ill.), Wheaton (Ill.)3NESCACAmherst, Middlebury, Williams3NEWMACWPI, MIT, Springfield3UAAWashington U., Brandeis, Emory2American SouthwestConcordia (Texas), Mary Hardin-Baylor2CapitalSt. Mary's (Md.), Wesley2Empire 8Ithaca, Stevens2HeartlandRose-Hulman, Transylvania2New Jersey Athletic ConferenceRamapo, Rutgers-Newark2North CoastOhio Wesleyan, Wooster2SUNYACCortland State, Plattsburgh State2WisconsinUW-Whitewater, UW-Stevens Point All other conferences have only one bid (see Automatic Bids) NOTE: Teams in bold represent the conference's automatic bid.
Bids by state
BidsState(s)Schools 8 Massachusetts Amherst, Curry, Elms, Fitchburg State, MIT, Springfield, Williams, WPI 8 New York Cortland State, Hobart, Ithaca, Morrisville State, Plattsburgh State, Rochester, Staten Island, SUNY-Purchase 6 Pennsylvania Alvernia, Cabrini, Delaware Valley, Dickinson, Penn State-Behrend, St. Vincent 5 Virginia Christopher Newport, Hampden-Sydney, Randolph, Randolph-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan 4 Illinois Aurora, Illinois Wesleyan, North Central (Ill.), Wheaton (Ill.) 3 Kentucky Centre, Spalding, Transylvania 3 New Jersey Ramapo, Rutgers-Newark, Stevens 3 Ohio Marietta, Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster 3 Texas Concordia (Texas), Mary Hardin-Baylor, Trinity (Texas) 3 Wisconsin St. Norbert, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater 2 Minnesota Northwestern (Minn.), St. Thomas 1 California Redlands 1 Connecticut Albertus Magnus 1 Delaware Wesley 1 District of Columbia Catholic 1 Georgia Emory 1 Iowa Dubuque 1 Indiana Rose-Hulman 1 Maine Husson 1 Maryland St. Mary's (Md.) 1 Michigan Calvin 1 Missouri Washington U. 1 Rhode Island Rhode Island College 1 Vermont Middlebury 1 Washington Whitworth
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