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.
SchoolConferenceRecordBerth Type
Lake ErieAllegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference25-2Conference Champion
Mississippi CollegeAmerican Southwest Conference25-2Conference Champion
CatholicCapital Athletic Conference22-5Conference Champion
Johns HopkinsCentennial Conference23-4Conference Champion
YorkCity University of New York Athletic Conference18-10Conference Champion
Augustana College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin22-5Conference Champion
WidenerCommonwealth Conference14-12Conference Champion
Wentworth TechCommonwealth Coast Conference17-11Conference Champion
St. John FisherEmpire 822-5Conference Champion
King's Freedom Conference19-8Conference Champion
RivierGreat Northeast Athletic Conference20-8Conference Champion
TransylvaniaHeartland Collegiate Athletic Conference19-8Conference Champion
LorasIowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference21-6Conference Champion
St. LawrenceLiberty League22-5Conference Champion
Rhode Island CollegeLittle East Conference24-3Conference Champion
Salem StateMassachusetts State College Athletic Conference24-2Conference Champion
CalvinMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association18-9Conference Champion
Carroll Midwest Conference16-8Conference Champion
St. Thomas Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference24-3Conference Champion
WilliamsNew England Small College Athletic Conference16-11Conference Champion
Coast GuardNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference14-13Conference Champion
RamapoNew Jersey Athletic Conference21-7Conference Champion
ElmsNorth Atlantic Conference20-8Conference Champion
WoosterNorth Coast Athletic Conference25-3Conference Champion
Villa JulieNorth Eastern Athletic Conference20-7Conference Champion
WhitworthNorthwest Conference23-3Conference Champion
CapitalOhio Athletic Conference19-8Conference Champion
Hampden-SydneyOld Dominion Athletic Conference18-10Conference Champion
AlverniaPennsylvania Athletic Conference23-4Conference Champion
ManhattanvilleSkyline Conference23-5Conference Champion
FontbonneSt. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference16-11Conference Champion
OccidentalSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference19-5Conference Champion
CentreSouthern Collegiate Athletic Conference23-4Conference Champion
SUNY-PlattsburghState University of New York Athletic Conference20-8Conference Champion
Washington University Athletic Association20-4Conference Champion
AverettUSA South Athletic Conference20-6Conference Champion
Wisconsin-Stevens PointWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference25-2Conference Champion
AuroraIndependent25-2Independent selection
Lincoln Independent18-8Independent selection
Maryville Independent21-6Independent selection
Westminster Independent18-8Independent selection
AmherstNew England Small College Athletic Conference25-2At-large
BrandeisUniversity Athletic Association22-5At-large
ChicagoUniversity Athletic Association20-5At-large
DePauwSouthern Collegiate Athletic Conference22-5At-large
GuilfordOld Dominion Athletic Conference21-4At-large
HoodCapital Athletic Conference21-7At-large
HopeMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association23-4At-large
John CarrollOhio Athletic Conference19-9At-large
Keene StateLittle East Conference23-5At-large
Mary Hardin-BaylorAmerican Southwest Conference22-5At-large
MessiahCommonwealth Conference19-6At-large
RochesterUniversity Athletic Association18-7At-large
St. John's Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference20-7At-large
SUNY-BrockportState University of New York Athletic Conference23-5At-large
Stevens TechEmpire 821-6At-large
Trinity New England Small College Athletic Conference21-4At-large
Virginia WesleyanOld Dominion Athletic Conference23-4At-large
Worcester PolyLiberty League22-3At-large