INDIANAPOLIS --The NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 62 teams for the 2016 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship.
Forty-three conferences have been granted automatic qualification for the 2016 championship, while 19 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic-qualifying conferences who did not receive their conference automatic qualification (Pool C) were selected by using specific selection criteria approved by the Division III Championships Committee.
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Two first-round games will be conducted Thursday, March 3 with the winners advancing to play Saturday, March 5 against teams that received first-round byes. Fourteen sites will host four teams for first and second-round competition Friday-Saturday, March 4-5. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional-round sites March 11-12. Winners of the four sectional games will advance to the semi-finals and finals March 18 and 19. All games, except the semi-finals and finals, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. The semi-finals and finals will be conducted at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
| Conference | Automatic Qualifier |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | Pittsburg-Greensburg (19-9) |
| American Southwest Conference | Hardin-Simmons (18-10) |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport (26-1) |
| Centennial Conference | Franklin & Marshall (22-5) |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference College | Brooklyn (22-6) |
| Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Augustana (Illinois) (26-1) |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Gwynedd Mercy (21-5) |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Endicott (18-10) |
| Empire 8 | Hartwick (19-8) |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) (26-2) |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Mount St. Joseph (18-9) |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Central (Iowa) (19-9) |
| Landmark Conference | Catholic (22-5) |
| Liberty League | Skidmore (18-8) |
| Little East Conference | Keene State (18-10) |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Fitchburg State (18-9) |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Alma (21-6) |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Lycoming (19-9) |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Delaware Valley (20-7) |
| Midwest Conference | St. Norbert (23-2) |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | St. Olaf (17-9) |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Southern Vermont (24-3) |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Middlebury (17-10) |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | Babson (21-5) |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference North Atlantic Conference | Stockton (21-6) |
| North Atlantic Conference | Husson (21-6) |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Denison (17-11) |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Lancaster Bible (27-0) |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Benedictine (Illinois) (27-0) |
| Northwest Conference | Whitworth (26-1) |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | John Carroll (25-3) |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Lynchburg (22-6) |
| Presidents’ Athletic Conference | Saint Vincent (22-6) |
| Skyline Conference | Old Westbury (19-8) |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Westminster (Missouri) (12-15) |
| Southern Athletic Association | Birmingham-Southern (22-6) |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Chapman (20-6) |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Texas Lutheran (21-6) |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY Cortland (20-7) |
| University Athletic Association | Emory (18-7) |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | Northwestnern-St. Paul (22-5) |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Covenant (18-9) |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (18-9) |
