2007 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
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 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 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.School | Conference | Record | Berth 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 | 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 | 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 | Midwest Conference | 16-8 | Conference Champion |
St. Thomas | 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 | 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 | Independent | 18-8 | Independent selection |
Maryville | Independent | 21-6 | Independent selection |
Westminster | 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 | 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 | 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 |