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. | UAA | NYU | |||||
| Qualifying School | Record (Conf.) | Last app. | Conference | Seed | Conf. Finals Runner-Up |
Runner-Up Record (Conf.) |
Runner-Up Seed |
| Cabrini | Colonial States | Keystone | |||||
| William Paterson | New Jersey | Richard Stockton | |||||
| Salem State | MASCAC | Bridgewater State | |||||
| Misericordia | MAC-Freedom | Wilkes | |||||
| Endicott | Commonwealth Coast | Salve Regina | |||||
| Albertus Magnus | Great Northeast | Anna Maria | |||||
| Becker | New England | Elms | |||||
| Castleton State | North Atlantic | Colby-Sawyer College | |||||
| Messiah | MAC-Commonwealth | Lycoming | |||||
| Medaille | Allegheny Mountain | Penn State-Behrend | |||||
| Ithaca | Empire 8 | Nazareth | |||||
| Skidmore | Liberty | Hobart | |||||
| Edgewood | Northern | Lakeland | |||||
| York (Pa.) | Capital | Mary Washington | |||||
| Carroll | Midwest | St. Norbert | |||||
| Oswego State | SUNYAC | Cortland State | |||||
| Staten Island | CUNYAC | Medgar Evers | |||||
| Eastern Connecticut | Little East | Rhode Island College | |||||
| Christopher Newport | USA South | Greensboro | |||||
| Scranton | Landmark | Juniata | |||||
| Franklin and Marshall | Centennial | Muhlenberg College | |||||
| Rose-Hulman | Heartland | Transylvania | |||||
| Wooster | North Coast | Denison | |||||
| Farmingdale State | Skyline | SUNY Purchase | |||||
| Westminster (Mo.) | SLIAC | MacMurray | |||||
| Hope | Michigan | Adrian | |||||
| Capital | Ohio | Wilmington (Ohio) | |||||
| Bethany | Presidents' | Thomas More | |||||
| Northwestern (Minn.) | Upper Midwest | Bethany Lutheran | |||||
| UW-River Falls | Wisconsin | UW-Whitewater | |||||
| North Central (Ill.) | CCIW | Wheaton (Ill.) | |||||
| Whitworth | Northwest | Puget Sound | |||||
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | SCIAC | Pomona-Pitzer | |||||
| Amherst | NESCAC | Middlebury | |||||
| MIT | NEWMAC | Springfield | |||||
| Morrisville State | North Eastern | Penn State-Harrisburg | |||||
| McMurry | American Southwest | Hardin-Simmons | |||||
| Buena Vista | Iowa | Coe | |||||
| St. Thomas | Minnesota | Gustavus Adolphus | |||||
| Virginia Wesleyan | Old Dominion | Randolph | |||||
| Trinity (Texas) | SCAC | Centre | |||||
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 |