2012 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2012 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 postseason 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 bids
Qualifying School	Record (Conf.)	Last app.	Conference	Finish	Regular Season Second Place	Second Place Record (Conf.)	Finish
Washington U.	20-7 (11-3)	2010	UAA	1st	NYU	21-6 (10-4)	2nd
Qualifying School	Record (Conf.)	Last app.	Conference	Seed	Conf. Finals Runner-Up	Runner-Up Record (Conf.)	Runner-Up Seed
Cabrini	31-2 (18-0)	2011	Colonial States	1	Keystone	21-6 (14-4)	2
William Paterson	24-4 (11–2)	2010	New Jersey	N1	Richard Stockton	20-9 (12-1)	S1
Salem State	20-8 (10-2)	2010	MASCAC	1	Bridgewater State	16-12 (9-3)	2
Misericordia	21-7 (11-3)	Never	MAC-Freedom	1	Wilkes	17-10 (9-5)	2
Endicott	20-9 (12-6)	2006	Commonwealth Coast	2	Salve Regina	21-10 (15-3)	1
Albertus Magnus	28-2 (18-0)	2010	Great Northeast	1	Anna Maria	14-15 (10-8)	6
Becker	24-5 (16-0)(	2011	New England	1	Elms	18-11 (11-5)	2
Castleton State	19-10 (15-3)	2004	North Atlantic	1	Colby-Sawyer College	20-8 (15-3)	2
Messiah	20-7 (12-2)	2007	MAC-Commonwealth	1	Lycoming	19-8 (8-6)	3
Medaille	25-3 (17-1)	2010	Allegheny Mountain	1	Penn State-Behrend	16-12 (13-5)	3
Ithaca	14-14 (9-5)	2011	Empire 8	4	Nazareth	18-8 (10-4)	2
Skidmore	19-9 (11-5)	2011	Liberty	2	Hobart	23-6 (14-2)	1
Edgewood	22-6 (14-2)	2010	Northern	3	Lakeland	21-7 (12-4)	5
York (Pa.)	18-11 (10-6)	2006	Capital	4	Mary Washington	18-9 (12-4)	2
Carroll	17-10 (10-8)	2011	Midwest	4	St. Norbert	16-9 (12-6)	3
Oswego State	26-4 (18-0))	2011	SUNYAC	1	Cortland State	22-7 (14-4	2
Staten Island	26-5 (11-0)	2002	CUNYAC	1	Medgar Evers	17-12 (5-6)	6
Eastern Connecticut	24-5 (11-3)	2000	Little East	1	Rhode Island College	23-7 (10-4)	3
Christopher Newport	23-5 (12-0)	2011	USA South	1	Greensboro	18-10 (7-5)	3
Scranton	23-8 (11-3)	2011	Landmark	1	Juniata	19-10 (9-5)	3
Franklin and Marshall	28-3 (16-2)	2011	Centennial	1	Muhlenberg College	18-9 (11-7)	2
Rose-Hulman	20-9 (11-7)	2012	Heartland	3	Transylvania	23-5 (16-2)	1
Wooster	26-5 (12-4)	2011	North Coast	2	Denison	14-14 (9-7)	5
Farmingdale State	23-6 (16-2)	2009	Skyline	2	SUNY Purchase	14-14 (10-8)	4
Westminster (Mo.)	17-11 (11-5)	2010	SLIAC	2	MacMurray	14-13 (10-6)	4
Hope	27-2 (14-0)	2011	Michigan	1	Adrian	17-9 (9-5)	2
Capital	19-10 (13-5)	2009	Ohio	2	Wilmington (Ohio)	15-13 (10-8)	5
Bethany	25-4 (14-2)	2011	Presidents'	1	Thomas More	20-8 (13-3)	3
Northwestern (Minn.)	17-11 (10-4)	2012	Upper Midwest	2	Bethany Lutheran	16-11 (13-1)	1
UW-River Falls	20-8 (12-4)	2011	Wisconsin	2	UW-Whitewater	29-4 (13-3)	1
North Central (Ill.)	22-8 (12-2)	2006	CCIW	1	Wheaton (Ill.)	23-7 (11-3)	2
Whitworth	26-4 (15-1)	2011	Northwest	1	Puget Sound	20-7 (11-5)	2
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	24-4 (12-2)	2010	SCIAC	1	Pomona-Pitzer	16-10 (10-4)	2
Amherst	26-3 (10-0)	2011	NESCAC	1	Middlebury	26-4 (9-1)	2
MIT	29-2 (11-1)	2011	NEWMAC	1	Springfield	17-10 (7-5)	3
Morrisville State	19-9 (14-1)	Never	North Eastern	N1	Penn State-Harrisburg	20-7 (12-2)	S1
McMurry	20-9 (13-8)	2011	American Southwest	W3	Hardin-Simmons	21-7 (16-5)	W2
Buena Vista	17-11 (11-5)	2008	Iowa	2	Coe	19-8 (12-4)	1
St. Thomas	22-7 (16-4)	2011	Minnesota	1	Gustavus Adolphus	20-8 (16-4)	2
Virginia Wesleyan	27-4 (14-2)	2012	Old Dominion	1	Randolph	15-14 (7-9)	6
Trinity (Texas)	21-9 (12-4)	2012	SCAC	W1	Centre	18-9 (10-6)	E3

At-large Bids

Conference	School	Appearance	Last Bid	Pool
Great South	Maryville (Tenn.)	15th	2010	Pool B
SCAC	Birmingham-Southern	1st	2012	Pool C
Minnesota	Gustavus Adolphus	13th	2005	Pool C
Empire 8	Hartwick	6th	2011	Pool C
Liberty	Hobart	2nd	2001	Pool C
CCIW	Illinois Wesleyan	21st	2011	Pool C
American Southwest	Mary Hardin-Baylor	5th	2011	Pool C
NESCAC	Middlebury	5th	2011	Pool C
UAA	NYU	26th	2006	Pool C
North Coast	Ohio Wesleyan	3rd	2008	Pool C
Old Dominion	Randolph-Macon	12th	2011	Pool C
Little East	Rhode Island College	9th	2011	Pool C
Skyline	St. Joseph's-Long Island	2nd	2009	Pool C
Capital	St. Mary's (Md.)	4th	2011	Pool C
Heartland	Transylvania	8th	2009	Pool C
Wisconsin	UW-Stevens Point	11th	2011	Pool C
Wisconsin	UW-Whitewater	17th	2011	Pool C
Little East	Western Connecticut	12th	2011	Pool C
CCIW	Wheaton (Ill.)	8th	2010	Pool C
North Coast	Wittenberg	26th	2011	Pool C

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
3	CCIW	North Central (Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan, Wheaton (Ill.)
3	Little East	Eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island College, Western Connecticut
3	North Coast	Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg
3	Wisconsin	UW_River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater
2	American Southwest	McMurry, Mary Hardin-Baylor
2	Capital	York (Pa.), St. Mary's (Md.)
2	Empire 8	Ithaca, Hartwick
2	Heartland	Rose-Hulman, Transylvania
2	Liberty	Skidmore, Hobart
2	Minnesota	St. Thomas, Gustavus Adolphus
2	NESCAC	Amherst, Middlebury
2	Old Dominion	Virginia Wesleyan, Randolph-Macon
2	SCAC	Trinity (Texas), Birmingham Southern
2	Skyline	Farmingdale State, St. Joseph's-Long Island
2	UAA	Washington U., NYU

All other conferences have only one bid (see Automatic Bids)
NOTE: Teams in bold represent the conference's automatic bid.

Bids by state

Bids	State(s)	Schools
11	New York	Farmingdale State, Hartwick, Hobart, Ithaca, Medaille, Morrisville State, NYU, Oswego State, Skidmore, St. Joseph's-Long Island, Staten Island
6	Pennsylvania	Cabrini, Franklin and Marshall, Messiah, Misericordia, Scranton, York (Pa.)
5	Massachusetts	Amherst, Becker, Endicott, MIT, Salem State
5	Wisconsin	Carroll, Edgewood, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater
4	Ohio	Capital, Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg, Wooster
3	Connecticut	Albertus Magnus, Eastern Connecticut, Western Connecticut
3	Illinois	Illinois Wesleyan, North Central (Ill.), Wheaton (Ill.)
3	Minnesota	Gustavus Adolphus, Northwestern (Minn.), St. Thomas
3	Texas	Mary Hardin-Baylor, McMurry, Trinity (Texas)
3	Virginia	Christopher Newport, Randolph-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan
2	Missouri	Washington U., Westminster (Mo.)
2	Vermont	Castleton State, Middlebury
1	Alabama	Birmingham-Southern
1	California	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1	Iowa	Buena Vista
1	Indiana	Rose-Hulman
1	Kentucky	Transylvania
1	Maryland	St. Mary's (Md.)
1	Michigan	Hope
1	New Jersey	William Paterson
1	Rhode Island	Rhode Island College
1	Tennessee	Maryville (Tenn.)
1	Washington	Whitworth
1	West Virginia	Bethany