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
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