DIII men's basketball: 2025 selection show
The 2025 DIII men's basketball championship kicked off with the selection show on Monday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. ET on krikya18.com. The NCAA released the full list of qualifiers here.
The 64-team, single-elimination tournament consists of 43 automatic qualifiers and 21 at-large bids. The semifinals and championship will be held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on March 20 and 22.
2025 DIII men's basketball championship bracket
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2025 DIII men's basketball championship schedule
All times in Eastern:
- Selection show | Monday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. ET
- First round | Friday, March 7 | Watch live on krikya18.com
- Tufts vs. Yeshiva, 1:15 p.m.
- Stockton vs. Ithaca, 3:00 p.m.
- Hamilton vs. Western New Eng., 3:15 p.m.
- Randolph-Macon vs. Westfield St., 3:30 p.m.
- Drew vs. Mary Washington, 3:45 p.m.
- Roanoke vs. Pfeiffer, 4:00 p.m.
- St. Joseph's (ME) vs. Redlands, 4:05 p.m.
- TCNJ vs. Pitt.-Bradford, 4:10 p.m.
- Guilford vs. Berry, 4:20 p.m.
- Chatham vs. Gettysburg, 4:30 p.m.
- Keene St. vs. Clark (MA), 4:40 p.m.
- NYU vs. Cortland, 4:50 p.m.
- Ill. Wesleyan vs. Bethany Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.
- Denison vs. Franklin, 5:10 p.m.
- Carthage vs. St. Norbert, 5:20 p.m.
- WPI vs. Husson, 5:30 p.m.
- Wis. Lutheran vs. Calvin, 5:40 p.m.
- Montclair St. vs. Utica, 6:00 p.m.
- Franklin & Marshall vs. Catholic, 6:00 p.m.
- Cal Lutheran vs. Hardin-Simmons, 6:05 p.m.
- Ramapo vs. Claremont-M-S, 6:15 p.m.
- Chris. Newport vs. John Jay, 6:30 p.m.
- Hampden-Sydney vs. Bryn Athyn, 6:40 p.m.
- Emory vs. Huntingdon, 6:50 p.m.
- Wesleyan (CT) vs. Delaware Valley, 7:00 p.m.
- Trinity (CT) vs. Neumann, 7:10 p.m.
- John Carroll vs. York (PA), 7:20 p.m.
- Saint John's (MN) vs. UChicago, 7:30 p.m.
- WashU vs. Central (IA), 7:40 p.m.
- Wis.-La Crosse vs. Greenville, 7:50 p.m.
- Wis.-Platteville vs. Grinnell, 8:10 p.m.
- St. Thomas (TX) vs. Lewis & Clark, 8:35 p.m.
- Second round | Saturday, March 8
- Sectionals | March 14-15
- Semifinals | Thursday, March 20
- National championship | Saturday, March 22
2025 DIII men's basketball championship history
Here is every DIII men's basketball champion and runner-up from the last decade:
| ear | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Trine (29-4) | Brooks Miller | 69-61 | Hampden-Sydney | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 2023 | Christopher Newport (30-3) | John Krikorian | 74-72 | Mount Union | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 2022 | Randolph-Macon (33-1) | Josh Merkel | 75-45 | Elmhurst | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 2021 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (29-3) | Matt Lewis | 96-82 | Swarthmore | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 2018 | Nebraska Wesleyan (30-3) | Dale Wellman | 78-72 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Salem, Va. |
| 2017 | Stephen Brennan | 79-78 | Augustana (Ill.) | Salem, Va. | |
| 2016 | St. Thomas (MN) (30-3) | John Tauer | 82-76 | Benedictine (Ill.) | Salem, Va. |
| 2015 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point (27-5) | Bob Semling | 70-54 | Augustana (Ill.) | Salem, Va. |
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