2020 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 6, 2020, following the 2019–20 season, and was to conclude with the championship game on April 5, 2020.

2020 NCAA Division III
Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams64
Finals siteQuarterfinals and Semifinals:
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Championship:
State Farm Arena
Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«2019 2021»

The national quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were to be held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the site of the 2019 tournament finals, while the championship game was to be played at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, coinciding with the Division I Final Four.

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Johns Hopkins University announced that it had chosen not to admit spectators to the first and second-round games hosted there.[1] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the remaining games of the tournament were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2018 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.[3]

Automatic bids
Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference
La Roche 21–6 (19-1) Allegheny Mountain Nebraska Wesleyan 24-3 (15–1) American Rivers
LeTourneau 23-5 (13-3) American Southwest York (PA) 22-5 (9-1) Capital Athletic
Johns Hopkins 24–3 (16-2) Centennial Brooklyn 13-5 (7-7) CUNYAC
Elmhurst 13-5 (11-5) CCIW Cairn 18-9 (11-3) Colonial States
Nichols 20-8 (12-4) Commonwealth Coast St. John Fisher 19-8 (12-2) Empire 8
St. Joseph (CT) 26-2 (11-0) Great Northeast Transylvania 19-8 (13-5) Heartland Collegiate
Susquehanna 20-7 (11-3) Landmark Ithaca 23-5 (15-3) Liberty
W. Connecticut 20–7 (12-4) Little East Lycoming 20-8 (10-6) MAC Commonwealth
Stevens 23-4 (12-2) MAC Freedom Westfield State 20-7 (10-2) MASCAC
Adrian 17-11 (8-6) Michigan Intercollegiate Ripon 20-7 (14-4) Midwest
St. John's (MN) 25-2 (19-1) Minnesota Intercollegiate New England College 21-6 (10-2) NECC
Tufts 21-6 (8-2) NESCAC Coast Guard 14-13 (6-8) NEWMAC
TCNJ 19-8 (14-4) New Jersey Athletic SUNY Canton 16-11 (10-4) North Atlantic
Wooster 21-7 (12-6) North Coast Penn State Harrisburg 20-7 (14-2) North Eastern Athletic
Concordia (WI) 19-9 (15-5) Northern Athletics Whitman 20-7 (13-3) Northwest
Mount Union 25-3 (17-1) Ohio Athletic Randolph-Macon 26-2 (15-1) Old Dominion
Grove City 20-8 (13-3) Presidents' Webster 19-8 (16-2) SLIAC
Yeshiva 27-1 (16-0) Skyline Centre 24-4 (11-3) Southern Athletic
Pomona-Pitzer 22-5 (13-3) SCIAC Centenary (LA) 18–9 (13–5) Southern Collegiate
Brockport 24-3 (17-1) SUNYAC Emory 21-4 (11-3) University Athletic
Bethany Lutheran 21–6 (14-2) Upper Midwest Methodist 18-10 (11-6) USA South
UW–Oshkosh 19-8 (11-3) Wisconsin Intercollegiate

At-large bids (21)

The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the tournament field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.[3] 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.[4] By rule, one bid is reserved for teams in Pool B, which are unaffiliated or whose conference does not yet qualify for an automatic bid (e.g. the Atlantic East Conference).

At-large bids
Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference Qualifying school Record (Conf.) Conference
Babson 20-6 (10-4) NEWMAC Benedictine 20–6 (16-4) Northern Athletics
Christopher Newport 21-6 (9-1) Capital Athletic Colby 24-3 (8-2) NESCAC
Hobart 21–5 (15-3) Liberty League Marietta 21-6 (14-4) Ohio Athletic
Middlebury 20-5 (6-4) NESCAC North Central (IL) 21-5 (14-2) CCIW
RPI 23-4 (17-1) Liberty League Springfield 22-4 (11-1) NEWMAC
St. Norbert 23-4 (17-1) Midwest St. Thomas (MN) 24–3 (19–1) Minnesota Intercollegiate
Swarthmore 26-1 (18-0) Centennial Texas-Dallas 21-6 (14-2) American Southwest
UW-Eau Claire 19-9 (8-6) Wisconsin Intercollegiate UW–Platteville 22-4 (12-2) Wisconsin Intercollegiate
WPI 20-7 (10-3) NEWMAC WashU 20-5 (11-3) University Athletic
Wesley[lower-alpha 1] 18-9 (10-2) Atlantic East Whitworth 21-6 (14-2) Northwest
Wittenberg 26-2 (17-1) North Coast
  1. Pool B

Tournament bracket

[5]

* – Denotes overtime period

Top-left
First Round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second Round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Third Round
March 14
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
March 20
Fort Wayne, IN
            
Swarthmore 85
Brooklyn 51
Swarthmore 86
Swarthmore, PA
Ithaca 78
Babson 88
Ithaca 94*
Swarthmore
Whitworth
Texas-Dallas 83
Centenary (LA) 81
Texas-Dallas 66
Richardson, TX
Whitworth 73
LeTourneau 86
Whitworth 88
 
 
Brockport 92
Coast Guard
Brockport 84
Brockport, NY
Middlebury 81
Middlebury 78
Westfield State 69
Brockport
Tufts
Tufts 74
W. Connecticut 72
Tufts 75
Medford, MA
RPI 66
RPI 58
New England Col. 57

Bottom-left
First round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Third round
March 14
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
March 20
Fort Wayne, IN
            
UW-Platteville 86
Concordia (WI) 74
UW-Platteville 70
Platteville, WI
St. Thomas 73
St. Thomas (MN) 67
St. Norbert 60
St. Thomas
St. John's (MN)
St. John's (MN) 87
Ripon 75
St. John's (MN) 78
St. Joseph, MN
UW-Eau Claire 69
Whitman 61
UW-Eau Claire 78
 
 
Emory 78
Methodist 74
Emory 70
Atlanta, GA
Pomona-Pitzer 71
Centre 64
Pomona-Pitzer 84
Pomona-Pitzer
Elmhurst
Wooster 62
Grove City 67
Grove City 66
Wooster, OH
Elmhurst 84
Elmhurst 97
Lycoming 73

Top-right
First round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Third round
March 13
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
March 20
Fort Wayne, IN
            
Mount Union 107
Cairn 76
Mount Union 90
Alliance, OH
York (PA) 77
York (PA) 88
St. John Fisher 67
Mount Union
Wittenberg
Wittenberg 83
La Roche 55
Wittenberg 77
Springfield, OH
Susquehanna 73
Benedictine 59
Susquehanna 64
 
 
Randolph-Macon 81
Wesley 69
Randolph-Macon 85
Ashland, VA
TCNJ 71
Marietta 73
TCNJ 89
Randolph-Macon
Yeshiva
Johns Hopkins 96
Penn St. Harrisburg 104**
Penn St. Harrisburg 83
Baltimore, MD[lower-alpha 1]
Yeshiva 102
WPI 78
Yeshiva 102
  1. Due to precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced that spectators will not be admitted to first and second round games to be played in Baltimore.[1]

Bottom-right
First round
March 6
Campus Sites 		Second round
March 7
Campus Sites 		Third round
March 13
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
March 20
Fort Wayne, IN
            
Springfield 74
SUNY Canton 49
Springfield 61
Springfield, MA
Hobart 62
Hobart 77
St. Joseph (CT) 74
Hobart
Christopher Newport
Stevens 72
Nichols 74
Nichols 82
Hoboken, NJ
Christopher Newport 91
Colby 64
Christopher Newport 74
 
 
Nebraska Wesleyan 77
Webster 73
Nebraska Wesleyan 58
Lincoln, NE
WashU 79
WashU 102
Bethany Lutheran 68
WashU
North Central (IL)
North Central (IL) 74
Adrian 58
North Central (IL) 84
Naperville, IL
UW-Oshkosh 82
UW-Oshkosh 74
Transylvania 58

Final Four

Those rounds were cancelled.

National semifinal
March 21[lower-alpha 1]
Fort Wayne, IN 		National championship
April 5
Atlanta, GA
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1. Subject to rescheduling to accommodate Yeshiva University policy concerning athletic competition and Shabbat.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Update on NCAA Men's Basketball Games at Johns Hopkins". Johns Hopkins Athletics. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  2. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. "2020 men's conference tournament tracker". D3Sports.com. March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  4. "2018-19 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Pre-Championship Manual" (PDF). NCAA. October 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. "2020 Division III Men's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  6. "Faith before basketball for Yeshiva University champions". ABC News. March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.}
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