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American collegiate men's basketball tournament (2025)

2025 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams

Finals site

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum,
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Champions

Trinity (CT) (1st title, 1st title game,
3rd Final Four)

Runner-up

NYU (2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)

Semifinalists

Wesleyan (CT) (1st Final Four)
Washington–St. Louis (4th Final Four)

Winning coach

James Cosgrove (1st title)

MOP

Henry Vetter (Trinity (CT))

NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2024	2026»

The2025NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was asingle-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men'sNCAA Division III college basketball in theUnited States, the culmination of the2024–25 NCAA Division III men's basketball season.

The tournament again featured sixty-four teams, with teams placed into one of four sixteen-team regionals. The first four rounds were played on campus sites while the national and semifinal championship rounds were held at theAllen County War Memorial Coliseum inFort Wayne, Indiana from March 20–22, 2025.

Trinity (CT) won their first national championship, defeatingNYU 64–60. Trinity were the seventh consecutive first-time national champion, a streak dating back toBabson in2017. Four teams made their NCAA Division III tournament debut:Bryn Athyn,Drew,Huntingdon, andPfeiffer.

Tournament schedule and venues

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460km
286miles

Chicago

La Crosse

St. Louis

Platteville

Hampden Sydney

Medford

Houston

York

Newport News

Lancaster

Montclair

Hartford

Mahwah

Atlanta

Worcester

Middletown

2025 first and second round host sites

First and second rounds

First and second round games were played at campus sites on March 7 and March 8.

On the basis of team strength and geography, these locations were chosen to host first and second round games in the 2025 tournament:

Silloway Gymnasium,Middletown, Connecticut (Host:Wesleyan University)
Harrington Auditorium,Worcester, Massachusetts (Host:Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Woodruff Physical Education Center,Atlanta, Georgia (Host:Emory University)
Bradley Center,Mahwah, New Jersey (Host:Ramapo College)
Ray Oosting Gymnasium,Hartford, Connecticut (Host:Trinity College)
Panzer Athletic Center,Montclair, New Jersey (Host:Montclair State University)
Mayser Center,Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Host:Franklin & Marshall College)
Freeman Center,Newport News, Virginia (Host:Christopher Newport University)
Wolf Gymnasium,York, Pennsylvania (Host:York College of Pennsylvania)
Jerabeck Activity and Athletic Center,Houston, Texas (Host:University of St. Thomas)
Cousens Gymnasium,Medford, Massachusetts (Host:Tufts University)
Kirby Field House,Hampden Sydney, Virginia (Host:Hampden–Sydney College)
Williams Fieldhouse,Platteville, Wisconsin (Host:University of Wisconsin–Platteville)
Washington University Field House,St. Louis, Missouri (Host:Washington University in St. Louis)
Mitchell Hall,La Crosse, Wisconsin (Host:University of Wisconsin–La Crosse)
Ratner Athletics Center,Chicago, Illinois (Host:University of Chicago)

Qualifying teams

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A total of sixty-four bids will be available for the tournament: 43 automatic bids—awarded to the champions of the forty-three NCAA-recognized Division III conference tournaments—and 21 at-large bids.

There will be a net increase of one automatic bid this year, due to theCollegiate Conference of the South getting an automatic bid.^[1]

Automatic bids (43)

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The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).^[2]

Automatic bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
Allegheny Mountain	Pittsburgh–Bradford	23–3 (14–2)	3rd	2003
American Rivers	Central (IA)	17–11 (9–7)	12th	2016
American Southwest	Hardin–Simmons	18–9 (8–0)	3rd	2017
Atlantic East	Neumann	20–7 (9–3)	4th	2022
Centennial	Franklin & Marshall	21–6 (11–2)	26th	2018
CUNYAC	John Jay	19–8 (11–3)	2nd	2008
Coast to Coast	Mary Washington	13–14 (3–2)	4th	2023
CCIW	Illinois Wesleyan	22–5 (12–4)	27th	2022
CCS	Huntingdon	22–6 (8–4)	1st	Never
CNE	Western New England	21–6 (15–3)	4th	2001
Empire 8	Utica	21–7 (12–4)	4th	2024
Great Northeast	St. Joseph's (ME)	24–4 (14–1)	3rd	2009
Heartland	Franklin	21–7 (14–4)	7th	2022
Landmark	Drew	24–3 (18–0)	1st	Never
Liberty	Ithaca	18–9 (13–5)	12th	2020
Little East	Keene State	22–5 (14–2)	10th	2024
MAC Commonwealth	York (PA)	21–6 (12–2)	8th	2020
MAC Freedom	Delaware Valley	15–12 (8–6)	4th	2016
MASCAC	Westfield State	21–6 (9–3)	6th	2022
Michigan	Calvin	21–6 (14–0)	24th	2024
Midwest	Grinnell	20–7 (11–5)	3rd	2001
Minnesota	St. John's (MN)	24–3 (15–1)	13th	2022
NESCAC	Trinity (CT)	24–3 (8–2)	11th	2024
NEWMAC	Clark (MA)	18–9 (12–4)	17th	2010
New Jersey	Montclair State	21–6 (14–4)	8th	2023
North Atlantic	Husson	21–7 (12–1)	10th	2024
North Coast	Denison	24–3 (14–2)	3rd	2016
Northern Athletics	St. Norbert	22–6 (15–3)	11th	2023
Northwest	Lewis & Clark	15–12 (9–7)	4th	2002
Ohio	John Carroll	22–5 (15–3)	18th	2024
Old Dominion	Guilford	22–6 (12–4)	8th	2024
Presidents'	Chatham	23–4 (18–2)	3rd	2023
Skyline	Yeshiva	18–10 (12–4)	4th	2022
Southern	Berry	19–8 (10–2)	4th	2024
SCIAC	Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	20–7 (12–4)	16th	2024
SCAC	St. Thomas (TX)	25–2 (15–1)	3rd	2024
SLIAC	Greenville	20–7 (16–2)	2nd	2018
SUNYAC	SUNY Cortland	17–11 (13–5)	7th	2016
United East	Bryn Athyn	20–8 (15–1)	1st	Never
UAA	NYU	24–1 (13–1)	13th	2024
Upper Midwest	Bethany Lutheran	14–13 (9–5)	5th	2024
USA South	Pfeiffer	18–7 (12–2)	1st	Never
Wisconsin	UW–Platteville	25–2 (13–1)	16th	2024

At-large bids (21)

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The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the tournament field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.^[2] 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.^[3]

At-large bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
SCIAC	Cal Lutheran	22–5 (14–2)	7th	2024
CCIW	Carthage	21–6 (14–2)	5th	2010
Landmark	Catholic	22–5 (16–2)	16th	2024
UAA	Chicago	18–7 (9–5)	7th	2008
Coast to Coast	Christopher Newport	22–5 (5–0)	28th	2024
UAA	Emory	20–5 (10–4)	12th	2023
Centennial	Gettysburg	20–7 (10–3)	6th	2009
NESCAC	Hamilton	20–6 (7–3)	13th	2023
Old Dominion	Hampden–Sydney	21–5 (14–2)	17th	2024
New Jersey	Ramapo	20–7 (13–5)	10th	2019
Old Dominion	Randolph–Macon	23–4 (15–1)	21st	2024
SCIAC	Redlands	22–4 (14–2)	4th	2013
Old Dominion	Roanoke	23–5 (14–2)	14th	2001
New Jersey	Stockton	19–8 (13–5)	20th	2024
New Jersey	TCNJ	20–7 (12–6)	9th	2024
NESCAC	Tufts	21–5 (8–2)	9th	2024
Wisconsin	UW–La Crosse	22–5 (12–2)	4th	2022
UAA	Washington–St. Louis	19–6 (9–5)	26th	2024
NESCAC	Wesleyan (CT)	26–1 (10–0)	5th	2022
Northern Athletics	Wisconsin Lutheran	25–3 (16–2)	3rd	2024
NEWMAC	WPI	24–3 (15–1)	15th	2022

Tournament bracket

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First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites		Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites		Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025		Sectional finals March 16, 2025

Wesleyan (CT)	72

Delaware Valley	50
		Wesleyan (CT)	82
Middletown, CT
		Gettysburg	60
Chatham	68

Gettysburg	84
				Wesleyan (CT)	66

				WPI	50
WPI	81

Husson	71
		WPI	79
Worcester, MA
		Ithaca	71
Stockton	69

Ithaca	80
						Wesleyan (CT)	61*

						Emory	58
Emory	83

Huntingdon	68
		Emory	84
Atlanta, GA
		Berry	68
Guilford	77

Berry	80
				Emory	80

				Mary Washington	78
Drew	58

Mary Washington	73
		Mary Washington	86
Mahwah, NJ^[a]
		Ramapo	81
Ramapo	89**

Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	84

^Due to Drew not applying to be a host site, this pod is hosted by Ramapo instead.^[4]

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First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites		Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites		Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025		Sectional finals March 16, 2025

Trinity (CT)	76

Neumann	60
		Trinity (CT)	93
Hartford, CT
		Keene State	78
Keene State	77

Clark (MA)	68
				Trinity (CT)	79

				Western New England	42
Montclair State	79

Utica	57
		Montclair State	61
Montclair, NJ
		Western New England	79
Hamilton	73

Western New England	83
						Trinity (CT)	86

						Catholic	63
Randolph–Macon	82

Westfield State	48
		Randolph–Macon	67
Lancaster, PA^[a]
		Catholic	79
Franklin & Marshall	50

Catholic	84
				Catholic	95*

				Roanoke	91
Christopher Newport	101

John Jay	75
		Christopher Newport	75
Newport News, VA
		Roanoke	77
Roanoke	71

Pfeiffer	70

^Due to Randolph–Macon's women's team hosting first and second round games in the2025 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, this pod is hosted by Franklin & Marshall instead.

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First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites		Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites		Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025		Sectional finals March 16, 2025

NYU	72

SUNY Cortland	36
		NYU	62
York, PA^[a]
		York (PA)	52
John Carroll	69

York (PA)	71
				NYU	91

				Hardin–Simmons	59
St. Thomas (TX)	67

Lewis & Clark	50
		St. Thomas (TX)	72
Houston, TX
		Hardin–Simmons	74
Cal Lutheran	65

Hardin–Simmons	70
						NYU	75

						Redlands	65
Tufts	83

Yeshiva	66
		Tufts	93
Medford, MA
		Redlands	95*
St. Joseph's (ME)	79

Redlands	89
				Redlands	83

				Hampden-Sydney	72
Hampden–Sydney	102

Bryn Athyn	66
		Hampden–Sydney	81
Hampden Sydney, VA
		Pittsburgh–Bradford	75
TCNJ	96

Pittsburgh–Bradford	98

^Due to NYU's women's team hosting first and second round games in the2025 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, this pod is hosted by York (PA) instead.

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First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites		Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites		Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025		Sectional finals March 16, 2025

UW–Platteville	125

Grinnell	97
		UW–Platteville	73
Platteville, WI
		Wisconsin Lutheran	75*
Wisconsin Lutheran	73

Calvin	61
				Wisconsin Lutheran	56

				Washington–St. Louis	59
Washington–St. Louis	82

Central (IA)	75
		Washington–St. Louis	83
St. Louis, MO
		Franklin	54
Denison	64

Franklin	67*
						Washington–St. Louis	80

						UW–La Crosse	66
UW–La Crosse	120

Greenville	93
		UW–La Crosse	77
La Crosse, WI
		St. Norbert	67
Carthage	89

St. Norbert	92
				UW–La Crosse	72

				Illinois Wesleyan	65
Illinois Wesleyan	101

Bethany Lutheran	67
		Illinois Wesleyan	75
Chicago, IL^[a]
		St. John's (MN)	73
St. John's (MN)	72

Chicago	71

Final Four

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National semifinals March 20 Fort Wayne, IN		National championship March 22 Fort Wayne, IN

Wesleyan (CT)	69

Trinity (CT)	73
		Trinity (CT)	64

		NYU	60
NYU	72

Washington–St. Louis	60

^Due to Illinois Wesleyan's women's team hosting first and second round games in the2025 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, this pod is hosted by Chicago instead.

Record by conference

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Conference	Record	Win %	R64	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
NESCAC	11–3	.786	4	3	2	2	2	1	1
UAA	12–4	.750	4	3	3	3	2	1	–
Wisconsin	4–2	.667	2	2	1	1	–	–	–
Landmark	3–2	.600	2	1	1	1	–	–	–
SCIAC	3–3	.500	3	1	1	1	–	–	–
Old Dominion	5–4	.556	4	3	2	–	–	–	–
American Southwest	2–1	.667	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
CNE	2–1	.667	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
Coast to Coast	3–2	.600	2	2	1	–	–	–	–
Northern Athletics	3–2	.600	2	2	1	–	–	–	–
CCIW	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
NEWMAC	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
New Jersey	2–4	.333	4	2	–	–	–	–	–
Allegheny Mountain	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Heartland	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Liberty	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Little East	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAC Commonwealth	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Minnesota	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
SAA	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
SCAC	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Centennial	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–	–

The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
TheAmerican Rivers,Atlantic East,CUNYAC,CCS,Empire 8,Great Northeast,MAC Freedom,MASCAC,Michigan,Midwest,North Atlantic,North Coast,Northwest,Ohio,Presidents',Skyline,SLIAC,SUNYAC,United East,Upper Midwest, andUSA South each had one representative, eliminated in the Round of 64 with a record of 0–1.

References

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^Coleman, Pat; McHugh, Dave (February 16, 2022)."USA South Athletic Conference to split in two".D3Sports. RetrievedFebruary 28, 2025.
^^a ^b"2024-25 men's basketball conference tourney tracker". D3Sports.com. February 21, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 28, 2025.
^"2024-25 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual"(PDF). NCAA. August 1, 2024. RetrievedMarch 2, 2025.
^"Men's NCAA tournament bracket is out!". D3Sports.com. March 3, 2025. RetrievedMarch 3, 2025.

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