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2014 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

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2014 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams62
Finals siteSalem Civic Center
Salem, Virginia
ChampionsWisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks (4th title)
Runner-upWilliams Ephs (4th title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2013 2015»

The 2014 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 62 teams held to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. It began on March 6, 2014, and concluded with the championship game on March 22, 2014, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks defeated the Williams Ephs in the championship game, 75–73, to win their fourth national championship, their first since 2012.[1] The two remaining semifinalists were the Illinois Wesleyan Titans and the Amherst Lord Jeffs.

Qualifying teams

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Automatic bids (42)

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The following 42 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2014 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).[2]

Automatic bids
Conference Team Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bid
Allegheny Mountain Penn State Behrend 23–4 (15–3) 7th 2013
American Southwest Texas–Dallas 25–3 (20–2) 5th 2011
Capital Mary Washington 22–5 (12–4) 2nd 2003
Centennial Johns Hopkins 17–10 (12–6) 9th 2007
CUNYAC York (NY) 21–7 (13–3) 6th 2007
CCIW Wheaton (IL) 19–8 (10–4) 10th 2013
Colonial States Cabrini 25–1 (17–1) 12th 2013
Commonwealth Coast Gordon 17–10 (12–6) 3rd 2010
Empire 8 Hartwick 18–9 (10–4) 7th 2012
Great Northeast Albertus Magnus 26–2 (17–1) 4th 2013
Heartland Rose–Hulman 22–5 (15–3) 11th 2013
Iowa Central (IA) 20–7 (11–3) 10th 2010
Landmark Scranton 24–3 (12–2) 25th 2012
Liberty Hobart 21–6 (13–3) 4th 2013
Little East Rhode Island College 20–8 (11–3) 11th 2013
MAC Commonwealth Alvernia 20–7 (13–5) 9th 2013
MAC Freedom DeSales 18–9 (10–4) 4th 2010
MASCAC Bridgewater State 16–11 (8–4) 7th 2011
Michigan Calvin 22–5 (12–2) 19th 2013
Midwest St. Norbert 24–1 (18–0) 6th 2013
Minnesota St. Olaf 22–5 (17–3) 1st Never
NECC Mitchell 19–7 (12–4) 1st Never
NESCAC Amherst 24–3 (9–1) 16th 2013
NEWMAC MIT 20–8 (8–6) 6th 2013
New Jersey Richard Stockton 23–4 (15–3) 14th 2010
North Atlantic Husson 26–2 (17–1) 4th 2013
North Coast Wooster 25–3 (16–2) 23rd 2013
NEAC Morrisville State 19–8 (13–5) 3rd 2013
Northern Athletics Marian (WI) 22–6 (17–3) 2nd 2001
Northwest Whitworth 22–5 (14–2) 9th 2013
Ohio Wilmington (OH) 19–8 (13–5) 2nd 2010
Old Dominion Virginia Wesleyan 22–6 (12–4) 14th 2013
Presidents' Saint Vincent 22–6 (12–4) 2nd 2013
Skyline SUNY Purchase 25–2 (17–1) 4th 2013
SCIAC Chapman 18–9 (10–6) 3rd 2011
SCAC Trinity (TX) 19–9 (11–3) 10th 2013
SLIAC Webster 20–7 (15–3) 4th 2011
SUNYAC Brockport State 24–3 (16–2) 10th 2009
UAA Washington–St. Louis 23–2 (14–0) 18th 2013
Upper Midwest Northwestern–St. Paul 16–11 (11–3) 4th 2013
USA South LaGrange 18–10 (9–5) 1st Never
Wisconsin UW–Stevens Point 26–1 (15–1) 13th 2013

At-large bids (20)

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The following 20 teams were awarded qualification for the 2014 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.[2] 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. By rule, one bid is reserved for teams in Pool B if there are enough teams that qualify for it. Pool B is for teams that are either independents or whose conference does not yet qualify for an automatic bid.

At-large bids
Conference Team Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bid Pool
CCIW Augustana (IL) 19–7 (9–5) 13th 2011 C
NEWMAC Babson 20–6 (11–3) 6th 2004 C
NESCAC Bowdoin 19–5 (6–4) 4th 2008 C
Southern Centre 23–4 (13–1) 16th 2013 B
Centennial Dickinson 21–6 (15–3) 6th 2013 C
Little East Eastern Connecticut 22–6 (14–0) 5th 2012 C
UAA Emory 17–8 (9–5) 3rd 2013 C
Michigan Hope 20–7 (13–1) 24th 2012 C
CCIW Illinois Wesleyan 23–4 (12–2) 23rd 2013 C
North Coast Ohio Wesleyan 20–7 (13–5) 5th 2013 C
SUNYAC Plattsburgh State 22–5 (15–3) 8th 2013 C
Old Dominion Randolph–Macon 20–6 (14–2) 14th 2013 C
Minnesota St. Thomas (MN) 22–5 (18–2) 15th 2013 C
NEWMAC Springfield 20–7 (10–4) 7th 2013 C
SUNYAC SUNY Geneseo 21–6 (14–4) 8th 1999 C
Wisconsin UW–Whitewater 23–4 (13–3) 19th 2013 C
Capital Wesley 22–3 (14–2) 4th 2013 C
NESCAC Williams 23–4 (9–1) 14th 2013 C
North Coast Wittenberg 21–7 (13–5) 27th 2012 C
NEWMAC WPI 22–4 (12–2) 10th 2013 C

Tournament bracket

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* – Denotes overtime period

First round
March 6–7
Campus Sites
Second round
March 8
Campus Sites
Third round
March 14
Stevens Point, WI
Regional finals
March 15
Stevens Point, WI
            
Emory 72
Danville, KY / Atlanta, GA
Centre 62
Centre 78
LaGrange 71
Emory 76
UW–Stevens Point 73
UW–Stevens Point 66
Marian (WI) 64
UW–Stevens Point 76
Stevens Point, WI
Central (IA) 71
St. Olaf 72
Central (IA) 85
Emory 51
UW–Whitewater 74
Texas–Dallas 85
Chapman 70
Texas–Dallas 78
Richardson, TX
Whitworth 77
Whitworth 75
Trinity (TX) 73
Texas–Dallas 63
UW–Whitewater 81
UW–Whitewater 79
Northwestern–St. Paul 55
UW–Whitewater 87
Whitewater, WI
Augustana (IL) 68
St. Thomas (MN) 77
Augustana (IL) 88
First round
March 6–7
Campus Sites
Second round
March 8
Campus Sites
Third round
March 14
Bloomington, IL
Regional finals
March 15
Bloomington, IL
            
Wooster 76
Saint Vincent 67
Wooster 64
Wooster, OH
Dickinson 67
Dickinson 83
SUNY Geneseo 76
Dickinson 81
Wheaton (IL) 71
Hope 66
Penn State Behrend 70
Penn State Behrend 40
Holland, MI
Wheaton (IL) 68
Rose–Hulman 57
Wheaton (IL) 64
Dickinson 66
Illinois Wesleyan 79
Washington–St. Louis 100
Wilmington (OH) 69
Washington–St. Louis 75
St. Louis, MO
Calvin 83
Calvin 66
Wittenberg 51
Calvin 64
Illinois Wesleyan 78
Illinois Wesleyan 71
Webster 70
Illinois Wesleyan 84
Bloomington, IL
St. Norbert 68
St. Norbert 87
Ohio Wesleyan 79
First round
March 6–7
Campus Sites
Second round
March 8
Campus Sites
Third round
March 14
Amherst, MA
Regional finals
March 15
Amherst, MA
            
Amherst 87
Providence, RI / Amherst, MA
York (NY) 51
York (NY) 79
Rhode Island College 54
Amherst 87
Plattsburgh State 63
Plattsburgh State 76
MIT 53
Plattsburgh State 70
Plattsburgh, NY
Eastern Connecticut 60
Husson 75
Eastern Connecticut 81
Amherst 84
Morrisville State 74
Cabrini 100
Bridgewater State 69
Cabrini 76
Radnor, PA
Richard Stockton 85
Richard Stockton 72
Bowdoin 66
Richard Stockton 81
Morrisville State 88
Brockport State 80
Morrisville State 83
Morrisville State 86
Brockport, NY
Hobart 75
Scranton 81
Hobart 94
First round
March 6–7
Campus Sites
Second round
March 8
Campus Sites
Third round
March 14
Fredericksburg, VA
Regional finals
March 15
Fredericksburg, VA
            
SUNY Purchase 97
Hartwick 71
SUNY Purchase 79
Purchase, NY
Albertus Magnus 87
Albertus Magnus 68
WPI 66
Albertus Magnus 92
Williams 110
Williams 81
Mitchell 66
Williams 81
Williamstown, MA
Gordon 63
Babson 68
Gordon 76
Williams 79
Mary Washington 46
Randolph–Macon 70
DeSales 76
DeSales 49
Ashland, VA
Mary Washington 77
Mary Washington 78
Springfield 58
Mary Washington 74
Virginia Wesleyan 70
Virginia Wesleyan 84
Johns Hopkins 72
Virginia Wesleyan 79
Virginia Beach, VA
Wesley 74
Alvernia 78
Wesley 83

Final Four - Salem, Virginia

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Semifinals
Friday, March 21
National championship
Saturday, March 22
      
UW–Whitewater 71
Illinois Wesleyan 63
UW–Whitewater 75
Williams 73
Amherst 69
Williams 98

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2022 Division III Men's Basketball Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  2. ^ a b "2014 men's basketball conference tourney tracker". D3Sports.com. March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2023.