2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2016 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams	62
Finals site	Salem Civic Center; Salem, Virginia
Champions	St. Thomas (MN) (2nd title)
Runner-up	Benedictine (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Amherst (7th Final Four); Christopher Newport (1st Final Four);
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2015	2017»

The 2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 62 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament took place during March 2016, with the national semifinal and championship rounds taking place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

St. Thomas (MN) defeated Benedictine (IL), 82–76, to win their second Division III national championship.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).^[1]

Automatic bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
Allegheny Mountain	Pitt–Greensburg	19–9 (13–5)	1st	Never
American Southwest	Hardin–Simmons	18–10 (8–6)	1st	Never
Capital	Christopher Newport	26–1 (18–0)	20th	2013
Centennial	Franklin & Marshall	22–5 (15–3)	24th	2012
CUNYAC	Brooklyn	22–6 (11–5)	4th	2010
CCIW	Augustana (IL)	26–1 (13–1)	15th	2015
Colonial States	Gwynedd Mercy	21–6 (17–1)	5th	2011
Commonwealth Coast	Endicott	18–10 (12–6)	7th	2015
Empire 8	Hartwick	19–8 (12–4)	8th	2014
Great Northeast	Johnson & Wales (RI)	26–2 (17–1)	3rd	2011
Heartland	Mount St. Joseph	18–9 (13–5)	1st	Never
Iowa	Central (IA)	19–9 (7–7)	11th	2014
Landmark	Catholic	22–5 (13–3)	14th	2015
Liberty	Skidmore	18–8 (11–5)	4th	2015
Little East	Keene State	18–10 (8–6)	4th	2015
MAC Commonwealth	Lycoming	19–9 (8–8)	6th	2010
MAC Freedom	Delaware Valley	20–7 (9–5)	3rd	2013
MASCAC	Fitchburg State	18–9 (9–3)	2nd	2013
Michigan	Alma	21–6 (12–2)	1st	Never
Midwest	St. Norbert	26–2 (18–0)	8th	2015
Minnesota	St. Olaf	18–9 (14–6)	3rd	2015
NECC	Southern Vermont	24–3 (16–0)	2nd	2003
NESCAC	Middlebury	17–10 (6–4)	7th	2013
NEWMAC	Babson	21–5 (13–1)	8th	2015
New Jersey	Stockton	21–6 (14–4)	16th	2015
North Atlantic	Husson	21–6 (15–3)	5th	2014
North Coast	Denison	17–11 (9–9)	2nd	1997
NEAC	Lancaster Bible	27–0 (18–0)	1st	Never
Northern Athletics	Benedictine (IL)	27–0 (20–0)	7th	2011
Northwest	Whitworth	26–1 (15–1)	11th	2015
Ohio	John Carroll	25–3 (15–3)	14th	2015
Old Dominion	Lynchburg	22–6 (12–4)	3rd	1979
Presidents'	Saint Vincent	22–6 (15–3)	4th	2015
Skyline	Old Westbury	19–8 (16–4)	2nd	2004
Southern	Birmingham–Southern	22–6 (14–0)	2nd	2012
SCIAC	Chapman	20–6 (12–4)	4th	2014
SCAC	Texas Lutheran	21–6 (11–3)	2nd	2015
SLIAC	Westminster (MO)	12–15 (10–8)	4th	2012
SUNYAC	SUNY Cortland	20–7 (12–6)	6th	2013
UAA	Emory	18–7 (11–3)	5th	2015
Upper Midwest	Northwestern–St. Paul	22–5 (12–4)	6th	2015
USA South	Covenant	18–9 (10–4)	1st	Never
Wisconsin	UW–Oshkosh	18–9 (9–5)	6th	2003

At-large bids (19)

The following 19 teams were awarded qualification for the 2016 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.^[1] 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.

At-large bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
NESCAC	Amherst	22–5 (8–2)	18th	2015
CCIW	Elmhurst	21–6 (10–4)	5th	2015
Michigan	Hope	23–3 (13–1)	25th	2014
USA South	LaGrange	20–9 (9–5)	3rd	2015
Ohio	Marietta	25–3 (17–1)	5th	2015
CCIW	North Central (IL)	19–7 (12–2)	8th	2013
UAA	NYU	20–5 (9–5)	10th	2012
North Coast	Ohio Wesleyan	23–4 (15–3)	7th	2015
SUNYAC	Oswego State	20–8 (11–7)	4th	2015
SUNYAC	Plattsburgh State	21–5 (16–2)	9th	2014
Minnesota	St. Thomas (MN)	24–3 (18–2)	17th	2015
Capital	Salisbury	21–6 (13–5)	7th	2015
Landmark	Scranton	19–7 (11–5)	27th	2015
Landmark	Susquehanna	23–4 (13–3)	6th	1994
NESCAC	Trinity (CT)	19–7 (9–1)	9th	2015
NESCAC	Tufts	20–6 (7–3)	4th	2006
Northwest	Whitman	22–4 (14–2)	1st	Never
North Coast	Wooster	21–7 (15–3)	25th	2015
NEWMAC	WPI	20–6 (10–4)	12th	2015

Tournament bracket

Top-left - Lisle, Illinois

First round March 3–4 Campus Sites		Second round March 5 Campus Sites		Third round March 11 Lisle, IL		Regional finals March 12 Lisle, IL

		Benedictine (IL)	85
Seguin, TX / Lisle, IL
		Hardin–Simmons	64
Texas Lutheran	81

Hardin–Simmons	97
				Benedictine (IL)	97

				Ohio Wesleyan	84
Ohio Wesleyan	114

Pitt–Greensburg	68
		Ohio Wesleyan	97
Delaware, OH^[2]
		Lynchburg	94
Lynchburg	82

Scranton	55
						Benedictine (IL)	93

						Alma	73
St. Norbert	77

Northwestern–St. Paul	58
		St. Norbert	63
De Pere, WI
		St. Olaf	61
North Central (IL)	78

St. Olaf	80
				St. Norbert	64

				Alma	70
John Carroll	99

Saint Vincent	85
		John Carroll	83
University Heights, OH
		Alma	90
Alma	74

Denison	60

Bottom-left - Medford, Massachusetts

First round March 3–4 Campus Sites		Second round March 5 Campus Sites		Third round March 11 Medford, MA		Regional finals March 12 Medford, MA

Amherst	74

Husson	72
		Amherst	69
Amherst, MA
		SUNY Cortland	68
WPI	50

SUNY Cortland	69
				Amherst	88

				Babson	76
Susquehanna	77

Old Westbury	73
		Susquehanna	67
Selinsgrove, PA
		Babson	70
Babson	80

Hartwick	69
						Amherst	86

						Tufts	73
Plattsburgh State	81

Fitchburg State	84
		Fitchburg State	74
Plattsburgh, NY
		Johnson & Wales (RI)	86
Trinity (CT)	73

Johnson & Wales (RI)	75
				Johnson & Wales (RI)	85

				Tufts	101
Tufts	78

Southern Vermont	76
		Tufts	88
Medford, MA
		Skidmore	80
Franklin & Marshall	72

Skidmore	83

Top-right - Rock Island, Illinois

First round March 3–4 Campus Sites		Second round March 5 Campus Sites		Third round March 11 Rock Island, IL		Regional finals March 12 Rock Island, IL

Augustana (IL)	105

Westminster (MO)	52
		Augustana (IL)	96
Rock Island, IL^[3]
		Hope	80
Hope	98

Mount St. Joseph	87
				Augustana (IL)	88

				Emory	65
Emory	76

Covenant	61
		Emory	84*
Atlanta, GA^[4]
		Birmingham–Southern	78
LaGrange	88

Birmingham–Southern	93
						Augustana (IL)	76

						St. Thomas (MN)	86
St. Thomas (MN)	78

Central (IA)	66
		St. Thomas (MN)	94
Saint Paul, MN
		Elmhurst	81
Elmhurst	73

UW–Oshkosh	63
				St. Thomas (MN)	99

				Whitman	73
Whitman	91

Chapman	84
		Whitman	88
Walla Walla, WA / Spokane, WA
		Whitworth	86

* – Denotes overtime period

Bottom-right - Oswego, New York

First round
March 3–4
Campus Sites

Second round
March 5
Campus Sites

Third round
March 11
Oswego, NY

Regional finals
March 12
Oswego, NY

Christopher Newport

79

Lycoming

71

Christopher Newport

67

Newport News, VA^[5]

NYU

64

Brooklyn

67

NYU

86

Christopher Newport

74

Keene State

62

Stockton

71

Keene State

72*

Keene State

72

Galloway Township, NJ

Middlebury

71

Salisbury

73

Middlebury

75

Christopher Newport

81

Wooster

61

Marietta

85

Gwynedd Mercy

86

Gwynedd Mercy

77

Marietta, OH

Oswego State

78

Oswego State

88*

Delaware Valley

78

Oswego State

65

Wooster

66

Catholic

76

Endicott

84

Endicott

83

Washington, D.C.

Wooster

91*

Wooster

96

Lancaster Bible

83

* – Denotes overtime period

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

Semifinals Friday, March 18		National championship Saturday, March 19

Benedictine (IL)	63

Amherst	60
		Benedictine (IL)	76

		St. Thomas (MN)	82
St. Thomas (MN)	66

Christopher Newport	62

Bracket:^[6]
Records Book:^[7]

All-Tournament Team

Taylor Montero - St. Thomas (MN) (Most Outstanding Player)
Ryan Saarela - St. Thomas (MN)
Grant Schafer - St. Thomas (MN)
Luke Johnson - Benedictine
Connor Green - Amherst

References

^ ^a ^b "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 27, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^ "2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament". Ohio Wesleyan University Athletics.
^ "2016 NCAA® Division III Men's Basketball First & Second Rounds". Augustana College Athletics.
^ "2016 NCAA® Division III Men's Basketball Championships - First & Second Rounds". Emory. March 1, 2016.
^ "2016 NCAA men's basketball tournament". Christopher Newport University Athletics.
^ "2016 Division III Men's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
^ "Stats" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

[d3hoops-1] "Who's in the men's tournament?". D3Sports.com. February 27, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

[2] "2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament". Ohio Wesleyan University Athletics.

[3] "2016 NCAA® Division III Men's Basketball First & Second Rounds". Augustana College Athletics.

[4] "2016 NCAA® Division III Men's Basketball Championships - First & Second Rounds". Emory. March 1, 2016.

[5] "2016 NCAA men's basketball tournament". Christopher Newport University Athletics.

[6] "2016 Division III Men's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

[7] "Stats" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)

At-large bids (19)

Tournament bracket

Top-left - Lisle, Illinois

Bottom-left - Medford, Massachusetts

Top-right - Rock Island, Illinois

Bottom-right - Oswego, New York

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

All-Tournament Team

See also

References