The 2025 DIII men's basketball championship kicked off with the selection show on Monday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.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:
- Sectionals | March 14-15 — Watch live on NCAA.com
- Roanoke vs. Catholic, 4:15 p.m. ET
- Hampden-Sydney vs. Redlands, 4:30 p.m. ET
- Mary Washington vs. Emory, 4:45 p.m. ET
- Wis. Lutheran vs. WashU, 5:00 p.m. ET
- Trinity (CT) vs. Western New Eng., 7:15 p.m. ET
- NYU vs. Hardin-Simmons, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Wesleyan (CT) vs. WPI, 7:45 p.m. ET
- Ill. Wesleyan vs. Wis.-La Crosse, 8:00 p.m. ET
- Semifinals | Thursday, March 20
- National championship | Saturday, March 22
- Selection show | Monday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. ET
- First round | Friday, March 7
- Tufts 83, Yeshiva 66
- Ithaca 80, Stockton 69
- Western New Eng. 83, Hamilton 73
- Randolph-Macon 82, Westfield St. 48
- Mary Washington 73, Drew 58
- Roanoke 71, Pfeiffer 70
- Redlands 89, St. Joseph's (ME) 79
- Pitt.-Bradford 98, TCNJ 96
- Berry 80, Guilford 77
- Gettysburg 84, Chatham 68
- Keene St. 77, Clark (MA) 68
- NYU 72, Cortland 36
- Ill. Wesleyan 101, Bethany Lutheran 67
- Franklin 67, Denison 64 (OT)
- Norbert 92, Carthage 89
- WPI 81, Husson 71
- Wis. Lutheran 73, Calvin 61
- Montclair St. 79, Utica 57
- Catholic 84, Franklin & Marshall 50
- Hardin-Simmons 70, Cal Luthern 65
- Ramapo 89, Claremont-M-S 84 (2OT)
- Emory 83, Huntingdon 68
- Wesleyan (CT) 72, Delaware Valley 50
- Chris. Newport 101, John Jay 75
- Hampden-Sydney 102, Bryn Athyn 66
- Trinity (CT) 76, Neumann 60
- York (PA) 71, John Carroll 69
- Saint John's (MN) 72, UChicago 71
- WashU 82, Central (IA) 75
- Wis.-La Crosse 120, Greenville 93
- Wis.-Platteville 125, Grinnell 97
- St. Thomas (TX) 67, Lewis & Clark 50
- Second round | Saturday, March 8
- Redlands 95, Tufts, 93 (OT)
- WPI 97, Ithaca 91
- Western New Eng. 79, Montclair St., 61
- Catholic 79, Randolph-Macon 67
- Mary Washington 86, Ramapo 81
- Roanoke 77, Chris. Newport 75
- Hampden-Sydney 81, Pitt.-Bradford 75
- Emory 84, Berry 68
- Wesleyan (CT) 82, Gettysburg 60
- Trinity (CT) 93, Keene 78
- NYU 62, York (PA) 52
- Ill. Wesleyan 75, Saint John's (MN) 73
- WashU 83, Franklin 54
- Wis.-La Crosse 77, St. Norbet 67
- Wis. Lutheran 75, Wis.-Platteville 73 (OT)
- Hardin-Simmons 74, St. Thomas (TX) 72
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 | Babson (31-2) | 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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