2013 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams
This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2013 NCAA Men's Division III 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 post-season 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 | Rochester | |||||
| Qualifying School | Record (Conf.) | Last app. | Conference | Seed | Conf. Finals Runner-Up |
Runner-Up Record (Conf.) |
Runner-Up Seed |
| Cabrini | Colonial States | Keystone | |||||
| Ramapo | New Jersey | Rutgers-Newark | |||||
| Fitchburg State | MASCAC | Mass. College | |||||
| Delaware Valley | MAC-Freedom | DeSales | |||||
| Curry | Commonwealth Coast | Gordon | |||||
| Albertus College | Great Northeast | Anna Maria | |||||
| Elms | New England | Regis | |||||
| Husson | North Atlantic | Castleton State | |||||
| Alvernia | MAC-Commonwealth | Lycoming | |||||
| Penn State-Behrend | Allegheny Mountain | Medaille | |||||
| Ithaca | Empire 8 | Stevens | |||||
| Hobart | Liberty | RPI | |||||
| Aurora | Northern | Lakeland | |||||
| St. Mary's (Md.) | Capital | Wesley | |||||
| St. Norbert | Midwest | Carroll | |||||
| Cortland State | SUNYAC | Plattsburgh State | |||||
| Staten Island | CUNYAC | John Jay | |||||
| Rhode Island College | Little East | Keene State | |||||
| Christopher Newport | USA South | Greensboro | |||||
| Catholic | Landmark | Juniata | |||||
| Dickinson | Centennial | Franklin and Marshall | |||||
| Rose-Hulman | Heartland | Hanover | |||||
| Ohio Wesleyan | North Coast | Wooster | |||||
| SUNY-Purchase | Skyline | Farmingdale State | |||||
| Spalding | SLIAC | Eureka | |||||
| Calvin | Michigan | Hope | |||||
| Marietta | Ohio | Mount Union | |||||
| St. Vincent | Presidents' | Thomas More | |||||
| Northwestern (Minn.) | Upper Midwest | Bethany Lutheran | |||||
| UW-Whitewater | Wisconsin | UW-Platteville | |||||
| North Central (Ill.) | CCIW | Augustana | |||||
| Whitworth | Northwest | Whitman | |||||
| Redlands | SCIAC | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | |||||
| Amherst | NESCAC | Williams | |||||
| WPI | NEWMAC | Springfield | |||||
| Morrisville State | North Eastern | Wells | |||||
| Concordia (Texas) | American Southwest | Mary Hardin-Baylor | |||||
| Dubuque | Iowa | Wartburg | |||||
| St. Thomas | Minnesota | Augsburg | |||||
| Randolph-Macon | Old Dominion | Virginia Wesleyan | |||||
| Trinity (Texas) | SCAC | Colorado College | |||||
At-large Bids
| Conference | School | Appearance | Last Bid | Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern | Centre | 15th | 2011 | Pool B |
| UAA | Emory | 2nd | 1990 | Pool C |
| Old Dominion | Hampden-Sydney | 14th | 2007 | Pool C |
| CCIW | Illinois Wesleyan | 22nd | 2012 | Pool C |
| American Southwest | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6th | 2012 | Pool C |
| NESCAC | Middlebury | 6th | 2012 | Pool C |
| NEWMAC | MIT | 5th | 2012 | Pool C |
| SUNYAC | Plattsburgh State | 7th | 2010 | Pool C |
| Old Dominion | Randolph | 1st | Never | Pool C |
| UAA | Rochester | 14th | 2011 | Pool C |
| New Jersey | Rutgers-Newark | 2nd | 2010 | Pool C |
| NEWMAC | Springfield | 6th | 2005 | Pool C |
| Empire 8 | Stevens | 2nd | 2007 | Pool C |
| Heartland | Transylvania | 9th | 2012 | Pool C |
| Wisconsin | UW-Stevens Point | 12th | 2012 | Pool C |
| Old Dominion | Virginia Wesleyan | 13th | 2012 | Pool C |
| Capital | Wesley | 3rd | 2010 | Pool C |
| CCIW | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9th | 2012 | Pool C |
| NESCAC | Williams | 13th | 2011 | Pool C |
| North Coast | Wooster | 22nd | 2012 | Pool C |
Conferences with multiple bids
| Bids | Conference | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Old Dominion | Randolph-Macon, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia Wesleyan, Randolph |
| 3 | CCIW | Illinois Wesleyan, North Central (Ill.), Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 3 | NESCAC | Amherst, Middlebury, Williams |
| 3 | NEWMAC | WPI, MIT, Springfield |
| 3 | UAA | Washington U., Brandeis, Emory |
| 2 | American Southwest | Concordia (Texas), Mary Hardin-Baylor |
| 2 | Capital | St. Mary's (Md.), Wesley |
| 2 | Empire 8 | Ithaca, Stevens |
| 2 | Heartland | Rose-Hulman, Transylvania |
| 2 | New Jersey Athletic Conference | Ramapo, Rutgers-Newark |
| 2 | North Coast | Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster |
| 2 | SUNYAC | Cortland State, Plattsburgh State |
| 2 | Wisconsin | UW-Whitewater, UW-Stevens Point |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Massachusetts | Amherst, Curry, Fitchburg State, MIT, Springfield, Stevens, Wesley, Williams |
| 8 | New York | Cortland State, Hobart, Ithaca, Morrisville State, Plattsburgh State, Rochester, Staten Island, SUNY-Purchase |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | Alvernia, Cabrini, Delaware Valley, Dickinson, Penn State-Behrend, St. Vincent |
| 5 | Virginia | Christopher Newport, Hampden-Sydney, Randolph, Randolph-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan |
| 4 | Illinois | Aurora, Illinois Wesleyan, North Central (Ill.), Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 3 | Kentucky | Centre, Spalding, Transylvania |
| 3 | New Jersey | Ramapo, Rutgers-Newark, Stevens |
| 3 | Ohio | Marietta, Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster |
| 3 | Texas | Concordia (Texas), Mary Hardin-Baylor, Trinity (Texas) |
| 3 | Wisconsin | St. Norbert, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater |
| 2 | Minnesota | Northwestern (Minn.), St. Thomas |
| 1 | California | Redlands |
| 1 | Connecticut | Albertus Magnus |
| 1 | Delaware | Wesley |
| 1 | District of Columbia | Catholic |
| 1 | Georgia | Emory |
| 1 | Iowa | Dubuque |
| 1 | Indiana | Rose-Hulman |
| 1 | Maine | Husson |
| 1 | Maryland | St. Mary's (Md.) |
| 1 | Michigan | Calvin |
| 1 | Missouri | Washington U. |
| 1 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island College |
| 1 | Vermont | Middlebury |
| 1 | Washington | Whitworth |