The 2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament involving 64 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament concluded with the national semifinal and championship rounds that took place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
Babson beat Augustana (IL) 79-78 to win their 1st national title. Joey Flannery was voted as the MVP of the tournament.
Qualifying teams
Automatic bids (43)
The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2017 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 MountainMedaille21–7 (16–2)5th2015American SouthwestHardin–Simmons24–7 (13–3)2nd2016CapitalChristopher Newport27–3 (17–1)21st2016CentennialSwarthmore23–6 (14–4)1stNeverCUNYACStaten Island21–6 (16–0)12th2013CCIWNorth Central (IL)18–11 (9–7)9th2016Colonial StatesNeumann25–3 (17–1)2nd2015Commonwealth CoastNichols24–6 (15–3)1stNeverEmpire 8St. John Fisher23–6 (15–1)16th2015Great NortheastAlbertus Magnus23–5 (16–2)6th2015HeartlandHanover26–4 (16–2)7th2011IowaWartburg21–10 (8–8)7th2001LandmarkScranton22–7 (11–3)28th2016LibertyUnion (NY)17–11 (10–6)4th2005Little EastEastern Connecticut21–9 (11–3)7th2015MAC CommonwealthLycoming24–5 (13–3)7th2016MAC FreedomMisericordia20–8 (9–5)3rd2015MASCACSalem State17–11 (9–3)24th2012MichiganCalvin17–11 (10–4)21st2015MidwestRipon20–5 (15–3)13th2002MinnesotaBethel (MN)20–6 (15–5)2nd1991NECCBecker19–9 (13–3)3rd2012NESCACMiddlebury27–4 (8–2)8th2016NEWMACMIT21–7 (11–3)7th2014New JerseyRamapo25–2 (16–2)7th2013North AtlanticHusson21–7 (16–2)6th2016North CoastWooster21–8 (15–3)26th2016NEACMorrisville State22–7 (15–3)4th2014Northern AthleticsBenedictine (IL)23–5 (19–1)8th2016NorthwestWhitman27–0 (16–0)2nd2016OhioMarietta26–5 (16–2)6th2016Old DominionGuilford24–6 (13–3)5th2010Presidents'Thomas More22–7 (15–3)2nd2009SkylineFarmingdale State20–8 (14–2)5th2012SouthernRhodes17–11 (11–3)4th1993SCIACClaremont–Mudd–Scripps23–5 (13–3)13th2015SCACTexas Lutheran19–10 (10–4)3rd2016SLIACWestminster (MO)19–9 (13–5)5th2016SUNYACOswego State21–7 (15–3)5th2016UAAWashington–St. Louis21–6 (12–2)20th2015Upper MidwestNorthwestern–St. Paul20–8 (13–3)7th2016USA SouthLaGrange18–11 (8–6)4th2016WisconsinUW–River Falls25–4 (12–2)3rd2012
At-large bids (21)
The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2017 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 bidNESCACAmherst17–8 (7–3)19th2016CCIWAugustana (IL)24–9 (11–5)16th2016NEWMACBabson31–2 (14–0)9th2016Colonial StatesCabrini19–8 (15–3)13th2014UAAEmory19–8 (9–5)6th2016Commonwealth CoastEndicott24–7 (15–3)8th2016MichiganHope23–7 (13–1)26th2016Little EastKeene State22–10 (10–4)5th2016New JerseyNew Jersey City21–8 (13–5)17th2011UAARochester24–5 (10–4)15th2013LibertySt. Lawrence20–7 (13–3)13th2010MinnesotaSt. Thomas (MN)19–8 (15–5)18th2016CapitalSalisbury20–8 (14–4)8th2016LibertySkidmore20–8 (14–2)5th2016LandmarkSusquehanna23–6 (11–3)7th2016NESCACTufts22–7 (8–2)5th2016WisconsinUW–Oshkosh17–11 (9–5)7th2016WisconsinUW–Whitewater22–7 (9–5)21st2015NESCACWesleyan (CT)19–7 (6–4)2nd2015NorthwestWhitworth23–5 (13–3)12th2016NESCACWilliams23–9 (5–5)15th2014
Tournament bracket
Top-left - Marietta, Ohio
Bottom-left - Babson Park, Massachusetts
Top-right - Middlebury, Vermont
Bottom-right - Holland, Michigan
Final Four - Salem, Virginia
See also 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2017 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
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