2025 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2025 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Champions	Trinity (CT) (1st title, 1st title game, 3rd Final Four)
Runner-up	NYU (2nd title game, 2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Wesleyan (CT) (1st Final Four) Washington–St. Louis (4th Final Four)
Winning coach	James Cosgrove (1st title)
MOP	Henry Vetter (Trinity (CT))
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «2024 2026»

The 2025 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States, the culmination of the 2024–25 NCAA Division III men's basketball season.

The tournament again featured sixty-four teams, with teams placed into one of four sixteen-team regionals. The first four rounds were played on campus sites while the national and semifinal championship rounds were held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana from March 20–22, 2025.

Trinity (CT) won their first national championship, defeating NYU 64–60. Trinity were the seventh consecutive first-time national champion, a streak dating back to Babson in 2017. Four teams made their NCAA Division III tournament debut: Bryn Athyn, Drew, Huntingdon, and Pfeiffer.

Tournament schedule and venues

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Chicago

La Crosse

St. Louis

Platteville

Hampden Sydney

Medford

Houston

York

Newport News

Lancaster

Montclair

Hartford

Mahwah

Atlanta

Worcester

Middletown

   

2025 first and second round host sites

First and second rounds

First and second round games were played at campus sites on March 7 and March 8.

On the basis of team strength and geography, these locations were chosen to host first and second round games in the 2025 tournament:

• Silloway Gymnasium, Middletown, Connecticut (Host: Wesleyan University)
• Harrington Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
• Woodruff Physical Education Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Emory University)
• Bradley Center, Mahwah, New Jersey (Host: Ramapo College)
• Ray Oosting Gymnasium, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: Trinity College)
• Panzer Athletic Center, Montclair, New Jersey (Host: Montclair State University)
• Mayser Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Host: Franklin & Marshall College)
• Freeman Center, Newport News, Virginia (Host: Christopher Newport University)
• Wolf Gymnasium, York, Pennsylvania (Host: York College of Pennsylvania)
• Jerabeck Activity and Athletic Center, Houston, Texas (Host: University of St. Thomas)
• Cousens Gymnasium, Medford, Massachusetts (Host: Tufts University)
• Kirby Field House, Hampden Sydney, Virginia (Host: Hampden–Sydney College)
• Williams Fieldhouse, Platteville, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–Platteville)
• Washington University Field House, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Washington University in St. Louis)
• Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–La Crosse)
• Ratner Athletics Center, Chicago, Illinois (Host: University of Chicago)

Qualifying teams

A total of sixty-four bids will be available for the tournament: 43 automatic bids—awarded to the champions of the forty-three NCAA-recognized Division III conference tournaments—and 21 at-large bids.

There will be a net increase of one automatic bid this year, due to the Collegiate Conference of the South getting an automatic bid.

Automatic bids (43)

The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Automatic bids
Conference	Team	Record (Conf.)	Appearance	Last bid
Allegheny Mountain	Pittsburgh–Bradford	23–3 (14–2)	3rd	2003
American Rivers	Central (IA)	17–11 (9–7)	12th	2016
American Southwest	Hardin–Simmons	18–9 (8–0)	3rd	2017
Atlantic East	Neumann	20–7 (9–3)	4th	2022
Centennial	Franklin & Marshall	21–6 (11–2)	26th	2018
CUNYAC	John Jay	19–8 (11–3)	2nd	2008
Coast to Coast	Mary Washington	13–14 (3–2)	4th	2023
CCIW	Illinois Wesleyan	22–5 (12–4)	27th	2022
CCS	Huntingdon	22–6 (8–4)	1st	Never
CNE	Western New England	21–6 (15–3)	4th	2001
Empire 8	Utica	21–7 (12–4)	4th	2024
Great Northeast	St. Joseph's (ME)	24–4 (14–1)	3rd	2009
Heartland	Franklin	21–7 (14–4)	7th	2022
Landmark	Drew	24–3 (18–0)	1st	Never
Liberty	Ithaca	18–9 (13–5)	12th	2020
Little East	Keene State	22–5 (14–2)	10th	2024
MAC Commonwealth	York (PA)	21–6 (12–2)	8th	2020
MAC Freedom	Delaware Valley	15–12 (8–6)	4th	2016
MASCAC	Westfield State	21–6 (9–3)	6th	2022
Michigan	Calvin	21–6 (14–0)	24th	2024
Midwest	Grinnell	20–7 (11–5)	3rd	2001
Minnesota	St. John's (MN)	24–3 (15–1)	13th	2022
NESCAC	Trinity (CT)	24–3 (8–2)	11th	2024
NEWMAC	Clark (MA)	18–9 (12–4)	17th	2010
New Jersey	Montclair State	21–6 (14–4)	8th	2023
North Atlantic	Husson	21–7 (12–1)	10th	2024
North Coast	Denison	24–3 (14–2)	3rd	2016
Northern Athletics	St. Norbert	22–6 (15–3)	11th	2023
Northwest	Lewis & Clark	15–12 (9–7)	4th	2002
Ohio	John Carroll	22–5 (15–3)	18th	2024
Old Dominion	Guilford	22–6 (12–4)	8th	2024
Presidents'	Chatham	23–4 (18–2)	3rd	2023
Skyline	Yeshiva	18–10 (12–4)	4th	2022
Southern	Berry	19–8 (10–2)	4th	2024
SCIAC	Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	20–7 (12–4)	16th	2024
SCAC	St. Thomas (TX)	25–2 (15–1)	3rd	2024
SLIAC	Greenville	20–7 (16–2)	2nd	2018
SUNYAC	SUNY Cortland	17–11 (13–5)	7th	2016
United East	Bryn Athyn	20–8 (15–1)	1st	Never
UAA	NYU	24–1 (13–1)	13th	2024
Upper Midwest	Bethany Lutheran	14–13 (9–5)	5th	2024
USA South	Pfeiffer	18–7 (12–2)	1st	Never
Wisconsin	UW–Platteville	25–2 (13–1)	16th	2024

At-large bids (21)

The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the tournament field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. 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
SCIAC	Cal Lutheran	22–5 (14–2)	7th	2024
CCIW	Carthage	21–6 (14–2)	5th	2010
Landmark	Catholic	22–5 (16–2)	16th	2024
UAA	Chicago	18–7 (9–5)	7th	2008
Coast to Coast	Christopher Newport	22–5 (5–0)	28th	2024
UAA	Emory	20–5 (10–4)	12th	2023
Centennial	Gettysburg	20–7 (10–3)	6th	2009
NESCAC	Hamilton	20–6 (7–3)	13th	2023
Old Dominion	Hampden–Sydney	21–5 (14–2)	17th	2024
New Jersey	Ramapo	20–7 (13–5)	10th	2019
Old Dominion	Randolph–Macon	23–4 (15–1)	21st	2024
SCIAC	Redlands	22–4 (14–2)	4th	2013
Old Dominion	Roanoke	23–5 (14–2)	14th	2001
New Jersey	Stockton	19–8 (13–5)	20th	2024
New Jersey	TCNJ	20–7 (12–6)	9th	2024
NESCAC	Tufts	21–5 (8–2)	9th	2024
Wisconsin	UW–La Crosse	22–5 (12–2)	4th	2022
UAA	Washington–St. Louis	19–6 (9–5)	26th	2024
NESCAC	Wesleyan (CT)	26–1 (10–0)	5th	2022
Northern Athletics	Wisconsin Lutheran	25–3 (16–2)	3rd	2024
NEWMAC	WPI	24–3 (15–1)	15th	2022

Tournament bracket

Top-left

	First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites				Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites				Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025				Sectional finals March 16, 2025
	Wesleyan (CT)	72
	Delaware Valley	50
					Wesleyan (CT)	82
	Middletown, CT
					Gettysburg	60
	Chatham	68
	Gettysburg	84
									Wesleyan (CT)	66
									WPI	50
	WPI	81
	Husson	71
					WPI	79
	Worcester, MA
					Ithaca	71
	Stockton	69
	Ithaca	80
													Wesleyan (CT)	61*
													Emory	58
	Emory	83
	Huntingdon	68
					Emory	84
	Atlanta, GA
					Berry	68
	Guilford	77
	Berry	80
									Emory	80
									Mary Washington	78
	Drew	58
	Mary Washington	73
					Mary Washington	86
	Mahwah, NJ
					Ramapo	81
	Ramapo	89**
	Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	84

Bottom-left

	First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites				Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites				Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025				Sectional finals March 16, 2025
	Trinity (CT)	76
	Neumann	60
					Trinity (CT)	93
	Hartford, CT
					Keene State	78
	Keene State	77
	Clark (MA)	68
									Trinity (CT)	79
									Western New England	42
	Montclair State	79
	Utica	57
					Montclair State	61
	Montclair, NJ
					Western New England	79
	Hamilton	73
	Western New England	83
													Trinity (CT)	86
													Catholic	63
	Randolph–Macon	82
	Westfield State	48
					Randolph–Macon	67
	Lancaster, PA
					Catholic	79
	Franklin & Marshall	50
	Catholic	84
									Catholic	95*
									Roanoke	91
	Christopher Newport	101
	John Jay	75
					Christopher Newport	75
	Newport News, VA
					Roanoke	77
	Roanoke	71
	Pfeiffer	70

Top-right

	First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites				Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites				Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025				Sectional finals March 16, 2025
	NYU	72
	SUNY Cortland	36
					NYU	62
	York, PA
					York (PA)	52
	John Carroll	69
	York (PA)	71
									NYU	91
									Hardin–Simmons	59
	St. Thomas (TX)	67
	Lewis & Clark	50
					St. Thomas (TX)	72
	Houston, TX
					Hardin–Simmons	74
	Cal Lutheran	65
	Hardin–Simmons	70
													NYU	75
													Redlands	65
	Tufts	83
	Yeshiva	66
					Tufts	93
	Medford, MA
					Redlands	95*
	St. Joseph's (ME)	79
	Redlands	89
									Redlands	83
									Hampden-Sydney	72
	Hampden–Sydney	102
	Bryn Athyn	66
					Hampden–Sydney	81
	Hampden Sydney, VA
					Pittsburgh–Bradford	75
	TCNJ	96
	Pittsburgh–Bradford	98

Bottom-right

	First round March 7, 2025 Campus Sites				Second round March 8, 2025 Campus Sites				Sectional semifinals March 15, 2025				Sectional finals March 16, 2025
	UW–Platteville	125
	Grinnell	97
					UW–Platteville	73
	Platteville, WI
					Wisconsin Lutheran	75*
	Wisconsin Lutheran	73
	Calvin	61
									Wisconsin Lutheran	56
									Washington–St. Louis	59
	Washington–St. Louis	82
	Central (IA)	75
					Washington–St. Louis	83
	St. Louis, MO
					Franklin	54
	Denison	64
	Franklin	67*
													Washington–St. Louis	80
													UW–La Crosse	66
	UW–La Crosse	120
	Greenville	93
					UW–La Crosse	77
	La Crosse, WI
					St. Norbert	67
	Carthage	89
	St. Norbert	92
									UW–La Crosse	72
									Illinois Wesleyan	65
	Illinois Wesleyan	101
	Bethany Lutheran	67
					Illinois Wesleyan	75
	Chicago, IL
					St. John's (MN)	73
	St. John's (MN)	72
	Chicago	71

Final Four

	National semifinals March 20 Fort Wayne, IN				National championship March 22 Fort Wayne, IN
	Wesleyan (CT)	69
	Trinity (CT)	73
					Trinity (CT)	64
					NYU	60
	NYU	72
	Washington–St. Louis	60

Record by conference

Conference	Record	Win %	R64	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
NESCAC	11–3	.786	4	3	2	2	2	1	1
UAA	12–4	.750	4	3	3	3	2	1	–
Wisconsin	4–2	.667	2	2	1	1	–	–	–
Landmark	3–2	.600	2	1	1	1	–	–	–
SCIAC	3–3	.500	3	1	1	1	–	–	–
Old Dominion	5–4	.556	4	3	2	–	–	–	–
American Southwest	2–1	.667	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
CNE	2–1	.667	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
Coast to Coast	3–2	.600	2	2	1	–	–	–	–
Northern Athletics	3–2	.600	2	2	1	–	–	–	–
CCIW	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
NEWMAC	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
New Jersey	2–4	.333	4	2	–	–	–	–	–
Allegheny Mountain	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Heartland	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Liberty	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Little East	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAC Commonwealth	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Minnesota	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
SAA	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
SCAC	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Centennial	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–	–

• The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
• The American Rivers, Atlantic East, CUNYAC, CCS, Empire 8, Great Northeast, MAC Freedom, MASCAC, Michigan, Midwest, North Atlantic, North Coast, Northwest, Ohio, Presidents', Skyline, SLIAC, SUNYAC, United East, Upper Midwest, and USA South each had one representative, eliminated in the Round of 64 with a record of 0–1.

See also

• 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2025 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2025 NAIA men's basketball tournament
• 2025 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament