2005 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2005 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	48
Finals site	Salem, Virginia
Champions	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (2nd title)
Runner-up	Rochester (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Calvin (4th Final Four) York (PA) (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Jack Bennett (UWSP)
MOP	Jason Kalsow (UWSP)
Attendance	47,640
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «2004 2006»

The 2005 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 31st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

The field contained forty-eight teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Defending champions Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Rochester (NY), 73–49, in the championship, clinching their first national title. Stevens Point were the first men's Division III program to defend their national title since Wisconsin–Platteville in 1999.

The Pointers (29–3) were again coached by Jack Bennett.

Jason Kalsow, also from Stevens Point, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Illinois Wesleyan	76
					Hanover	81
	Hanover	69
	Blackburn	49
									Hanover	65
									Trinity (TX)	73
	Trinity (TX)	72
	Texas–Dallas	66
					Trinity (TX)	65
					Pomona–Pitzer	53
													Trinity (TX)	55
													UW–Stevens Point	61
					Puget Sound	85
					Buena Vista	82
	Buena Vista	91
	Edgewood	74
									Puget Sound	63
									UW–Stevens Point	81
	Gustavus Adolphus	56
	Lawrence	70
					Lawrence	45
					UW–Stevens Point	79

Bottom left sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Ramapo	105
					City Tech	60
	Ursinus	66
	City Tech	68
									Ramapo	78
									King's (PA)	85
	Albright	94
	Mount St. Mary (NY)	84
					Albright	55
					King's (PA)	57
													King's (PA)	58
													York (PA)	70
					WPI	79
					Western Connecticut	77
	Western Connecticut	73
	Endicott	62
									WPI	80
									York (PA)	99
	Virginia Wesleyan	76
	New Jersey City	57
					Virginia Wesleyan	80
					York (PA)	90

Top right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Amherst	81
					Springfield	68
	Springfield	71
	Norwich	56
									Amherst	62
									Rochester	69
	Gwynedd–Mercy	70
	Union (NY)	84
					Union (NY)	61
					Rochester	79
													Rochester	67
													Potsdam State	51
					Potsdam State	74*
					Salem State	73
	Salem State	74
	Elms	71
									Potsdam State	67
									St. John Fisher	43
	Lebanon Valley	71
	Penn State Behrend	53
					Lebanon Valley	58
					St. John Fisher	66

Bottom right sectional

	First round				Second round				Sectional semifinals				Sectional finals
					Wittenberg	68
					John Carroll	75**
	John Carroll	76
	Bethany (WV)	48
									John Carroll	79
									Albion	80
	Wooster	94
	Baldwin Wallace	78
					Wooster	58
					Albion	59
													Albion	52
													Calvin	60
					Aurora	59
					Calvin	71
	Wheaton (IL)	74
	Calvin	75
									Calvin	79
									Mississippi College	60
	Maryville (TN)	79
	Methodist	64
					Maryville (TN)	62
					Mississippi College	68

Final Four

• Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia

	National semifinals				National championship
	UW–Stevens Point	81
	York (PA)	58
					UW–Stevens Point	73
					Rochester	49
	Rochester	65
	Calvin	62			National third-place
					York (PA)	84
					Calvin	98

See also

• 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2005 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament