2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

2007 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament
Teams	59
Finals site	Salem, Virginia
Champions	Amherst (1st title)
Runner-up	Virginia Wesleyan (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Washington–St. Louis (1st Final Four); Wooster (2nd Final Four);
Winning coach	David Hixon (Amherst)
MOP	Andrew Olson (Amherst)
Attendance	60,619
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«2006	2008»

The 2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. It began on March 1, 2007, and concluded on March 17, 2007, with a championship game in the Salem Civic Center of Salem, Virginia, which was won by Amherst College over Virginia Wesleyan 80-67.

Qualifying teams

The Division III Championships Committee selected 59 schools to participate in the 2007 tournament. Thirty-seven teams earned automatic qualification by winning their respective conferences. Additionally, four independent (not affiliated with a conference with an automatic bid) teams and 18 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic qualifying conferences — who did not receive their conference automatic qualification—were selected.

School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
Lake Erie	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Mississippi College	American Southwest Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Catholic	Capital Athletic Conference	22-5	Conference Champion
Johns Hopkins	Centennial Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
York	City University of New York Athletic Conference	18-10	Conference Champion
Augustana (IL)	College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin	22-5	Conference Champion
Widener	Commonwealth Conference	14-12	Conference Champion
Wentworth Tech	Commonwealth Coast Conference	17-11	Conference Champion
St. John Fisher	Empire 8	22-5	Conference Champion
King's (PA)	Freedom Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Rivier	Great Northeast Athletic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Transylvania	Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Loras	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	21-6	Conference Champion
St. Lawrence	Liberty League	22-5	Conference Champion
Rhode Island College	Little East Conference	24-3	Conference Champion
Salem State	Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference	24-2	Conference Champion
Calvin	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	18-9	Conference Champion
Carroll (WI)	Midwest Conference	16-8	Conference Champion
St. Thomas (MN)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	24-3	Conference Champion
Williams	New England Small College Athletic Conference	16-11	Conference Champion
Coast Guard	New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference	14-13	Conference Champion
Ramapo	New Jersey Athletic Conference	21-7	Conference Champion
Elms	North Atlantic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Wooster	North Coast Athletic Conference	25-3	Conference Champion
Villa Julie	North Eastern Athletic Conference	20-7	Conference Champion
Whitworth	Northwest Conference	23-3	Conference Champion
Capital	Ohio Athletic Conference	19-8	Conference Champion
Hampden-Sydney	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	18-10	Conference Champion
Alvernia	Pennsylvania Athletic Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
Manhattanville	Skyline Conference	23-5	Conference Champion
Fontbonne	St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	16-11	Conference Champion
Occidental	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	19-5	Conference Champion
Centre	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	23-4	Conference Champion
SUNY-Plattsburgh	State University of New York Athletic Conference	20-8	Conference Champion
Washington (MO)	University Athletic Association	20-4	Conference Champion
Averett	USA South Athletic Conference	20-6	Conference Champion
Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	25-2	Conference Champion
Aurora	Independent	25-2	Independent selection
Lincoln (PA)	Independent	18-8	Independent selection
Maryville (TN)	Independent	21-6	Independent selection
Westminster (PA)	Independent	18-8	Independent selection
Amherst	New England Small College Athletic Conference	25-2	At-large
Brandeis	University Athletic Association	22-5	At-large
Chicago	University Athletic Association	20-5	At-large
DePauw	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	22-5	At-large
Guilford	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	21-4	At-large
Hood	Capital Athletic Conference	21-7	At-large
Hope	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	23-4	At-large
John Carroll	Ohio Athletic Conference	19-9	At-large
Keene State	Little East Conference	23-5	At-large
Mary Hardin-Baylor	American Southwest Conference	22-5	At-large
Messiah	Commonwealth Conference	19-6	At-large
Rochester	University Athletic Association	18-7	At-large
St. John's (MN)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	20-7	At-large
SUNY-Brockport	State University of New York Athletic Conference	23-5	At-large
Stevens Tech	Empire 8	21-6	At-large
Trinity (CT)	New England Small College Athletic Conference	21-4	At-large
Virginia Wesleyan	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	23-4	At-large
Worcester Poly	Liberty League	22-3	At-large

Bracket

Top left sectional

First round		Second round		Sectional semifinals		Sectional finals

		UW–Stevens Point	93

		St. John's (MN)	76
St. John's (MN)	85*

Loras	82
				UW–Stevens Point	66

				Washington–St. Louis	78
Washington–St. Louis	77

Fontbonne	58
		Washington–St. Louis	63

		Whitworth	61
Whitworth	62*

DePauw	59
						Washington–St. Louis	58

						Hope	55
Aurora	68

Calvin	69
		Calvin	64

		Hope	80
Hope	76

Chicago	54
				Hope	89

				Carroll (WI)	77
Augustana (IL)	69

Carroll (WI)	73
		Carroll (WI)	86

		St. Thomas (MN)	80

Bottom left sectional

First round		Second round		Sectional semifinals		Sectional finals

Catholic	58

Messiah	37
		Catholic	70

		Lincoln (PA)	81
Alvernia	76

Lincoln (PA)	91
				Lincoln (PA)	128

				Guilford	129***
Johns Hopkins	84

Villa Julie	72
		Johns Hopkins	73

		Guilford	80
Guilford	101

Manhattanville	81
						Guilford	71

						Virginia Wesleyan	81
Virginia Wesleyan	63

Averett	60
		Virginia Wesleyan	61

		Hampden–Sydney	51
Hampden–Sydney	68

Hood	65
				Virginia Wesleyan	81

				Mississippi College	55
Mississippi College	68

Occidental	51
		Mississippi College	76

		Maryville (TN)	56
Mary Hardin–Baylor	62

Maryville (TN)	73

Top right sectional

First round		Second round		Sectional semifinals		Sectional finals

		Amherst	87

		Widener	70
King's (PA)	63

Widener	76
				Amherst	97

				Stevens	74
Ramapo	77

York (NY)	68
		Ramapo	61

		Stevens	69
WPI	57

Stevens	68
						Amherst	81

						Rhode Island College	69
Rhode Island College	64

Coast Guard	60
		Rhode Island College	70

		Brandeis	67
Trinity (CT)	70

Brandeis	77*
				Rhode Island College	75

				Keene State	73
Keene State	81

Rivier	47
		Keene State	76

		Salem State	75

Bottom right sectional

First round		Second round		Sectional semifinals		Sectional finals

St. John Fisher	98

Wentworth	72
		St. John Fisher	95

		Plattsburgh State	87
Rochester	60

Plattsburgh State	61
				St. John Fisher	91

				Brockport State	105
St. Lawrence	85

Elms	79
		St. Lawrence	49

		Brockport State	74
Brockport State	74

Williams	66
						Brockport State	87

						Wooster	94*
Wooster	92

Transylvania	66
		Wooster	73

		Centre	56
Centre	69

Capital	55
				Wooster	83

				John Carroll	73
John Carroll	87

Westminster (PA)	83
		John Carroll	79

		Lake Erie	77

Final Four

Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia

National Semifinals		National Championship

Washington–St. Louis	65

Virginia Wesleyan	67
		Virginia Wesleyan	67

		Amherst	80
Amherst	67

Wooster	60	National Third-place


		Washington–St. Louis	92

		Wooster	84