# 2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 2012 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 involved 62 teams, beginning on March 1, 2012 and concluded with the championship game on March 17, 2012, at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
The UW-Whitewater Warhawks won their third Division III title, defeating the Cabrini Cavaliers in the championship game by a score of 63-60.

## Tournament schedule and venues

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2012 tournament:

### First and second rounds

* Coles Center, New York, NY (Host: New York University)
* O'Brien Center, St. Mary's City, MD (Host: St. Mary's College of Maryland)
* Washington University Field House, St. Louis, MO (Host: Washington University in St. Louis)
* Beck Center, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: Transylvania University)
* DeVos Fieldhouse, Holland, MI (Host: Hope College)
* Timken Gymnasium, Wooster, OH (Host: The College of Wooster)
* Dixon Center, Radnor, PA (Host: Cabrini College)
* Max Ziel Gymnasium, Oswego, NY (Host: State University of New York at Oswego)
* Recreation Center, Wayne, NJ (Host: William Paterson University)
* Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, VT (Host: Middlebury College)
* Binder Physical Education Center, Oneonta, NY (Host: Hartwick College)
* Sports and Recreation Center, Staten Island, NY (Host: College of Staten Island)
* Mayser Center, Lancaster, PA (Host: Franklin & Marshall College)
* Karges Center, River Falls, WI (Host: UW-River Falls)
* Williams Center, Whitewater, WI (Host: UW-Whitewater)
* Mayborn Campus Center, Belton, TX (Host: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor)
* LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, MA (Host: Amherst College)
* Batten Student Center, Virginia Beach, VA (Host: Virginia Wesleyan College)

### Sectional sites

* Pepin Gymnasium, Middlebury, VT (Host: Middlebury College)
* Timken Gymnasium, Wooster, OH (Host: The College of Wooster)
* Mayser Center, Lancaster, PA (Host: Franklin & Marshall College)
* LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, MA (Host: Amherst College)

### Final Four - Salem

* Salem Civic Center (Host: Old Dominion Athletic Conference)

## Qualified teams
### Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2013 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).
| Conference | School | Appearance | Last Bid |
| Allegheny Mountain | Medaille | 3rd | 2010 |
| American Southwest | McMurry | 4th | 2011 |
| Capital | York (Pa.) | 3rd | 2006 |
| Centennial | Franklin and Marshall | 23rd | 2011 |
| CUNYAC | Staten Island | 10th | 2002 |
| CCIW | North Central (Ill.) | 6th | 2006 |
| Colonial States | Cabrini | 10th | 2011 |
| Commonwealth Coast | Endicott | 5th | 2006 |
| Empire 8 | Ithaca | 9th | 2011 |
| Great Northeast | Albertus Magnus | 2nd | 2010 |
| Heartland | Rose-Hulman | 9th | 1999 |
| Iowa | Buena Vista | 9th | 2008 |
| Landmark | Scranton | 24th | 2011 |
| Liberty | Skidmore | 2nd | 2011 |
| Little East | Eastern Connecticut | 4th | 2000 |
| MASCAC | Salem State | 23rd | 2009 |
| Michigan | Hope | 23rd | 2011 |
| MAC-Commonwealth | Messiah | 3rd | 2007 |
| MAC-Freedom | Misericordia | 1st | Never |
| Midwest | Carroll | 2nd | 2006 |
| Minnesota | St. Thomas | 13th | 2011 |
| New England | Becker | 2nd | 2011 |
| NESCAC | Amherst | 14th | 2011 |
| NEWMAC | MIT | 4th | 2011 |
| New Jersey | William Paterson | 15th | 2010 |
| North Atlantic | Castleton State | 2nd | 2004 |
| North Coast | Wooster | 21st | 2011 |
| North Eastern | Morrisville State | 1st | Never |
| Northern | Edgewood | 3rd | 2005 |
| Northwest | Whitworth | 7th | 2011 |
| Ohio | Capital | 9th | 2009 |
| Old Dominion | Virginia Wesleyan | 12th | 2011 |
| Presidents' | Bethany | 8th | 2011 |
| Skyline | Farmingdale State | 4th | 2009 |
| SCIAC | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 11th | 2010 |
| SCAC | Trinity (Texas) | 6th | 2008 |
| SLIAC | Westminster (Mo.) | 3rd | 2010 |
| SUNYAC | Oswego State | 2nd | 2011 |
| UAA | Washington U. | 16th | 2010 |
| Upper Midwest | Northwestern (Minn.) | 2nd | 2011 |
| USA South | Christopher Newport | 18th | 2010 |
| Wisconsin | UW-River Falls | 2nd | 2011 |

### At-large qualifiers

The NCAA Selection Committee, by rule, must select one team from the conferences without automatic berths and non-affiliated schools (Pool B). The Selection Committee makes the remaining 19 selections at-large from all conferences (Pool C).
| Conference | School | Appearance | Last Bid | Pool |
| Great South | Maryville (Tenn.) | 15th | 2010 | Pool B |
| SCAC | Birmingham-Southern | 1st | Never | Pool C |
| Minnesota | Gustavus Adolphus | 13th | 2005 | Pool C |
| Empire 8 | Hartwick | 6th | 2011 | Pool C |
| Liberty | Hobart | 2nd | 2001 | Pool C |
| CCIW | Illinois Wesleyan | 21st | 2011 | Pool C |
| American Southwest | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 5th | 2011 | Pool C |
| NESCAC | Middlebury | 5th | 2011 | Pool C |
| UAA | NYU | 26th | 2006 | Pool C |
| North Coast | Ohio Wesleyan | 3rd | 2008 | Pool C |
| Old Dominion | Randolph-Macon | 12th | 2011 | Pool C |
| Little East | Rhode Island College | 9th | 2011 | Pool C |
| Skyline | St. Joseph's-Long Island | 2nd | 2009 | Pool C |
| Capital | St. Mary's (Md.) | 4th | 2011 | Pool C |
| Heartland | Transylvania | 8th | 2009 | Pool C |
| Wisconsin | UW-Stevens Point | 11th | 2011 | Pool C |
| Wisconsin | UW-Whitewater | 17th | 2011 | Pool C |
| Little East | Western Connecticut | 12th | 2011 | Pool C |
| CCIW | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8th | 2010 | Pool C |
| North Coast | Wittenberg | 26th | 2011 | Pool C |

## Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period
Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

### Middlebury, VT Sectional

| First round March 2 | First round March 2 | Second round March 3 | Second round March 3 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | | Sectional Finals March 10 | Sectional Finals March 10 |
| Cabrini | 104 | | | | | | | |
| Castleton State | 87 | | | | | | | |
| Castleton State | 87 | Cabrini | 90* | | | | | |
| Radnor, PA | Radnor, PA | Cabrini | 90* | | | | | |
| Radnor, PA | Radnor, PA | Hobart | 88 | | | | | |
| Hobart | 64 | Hobart | 88 | | | | | |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 60 | | | | | | | |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 60 | | | Cabrini | 72 | | | |
| | | | | E. Connecticut | 65 | | | |
| Oswego State | 72* | | | | | E. Connecticut | 65 | | | |
| Endicott | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Endicott | 71 | Oswego State | 69 | | | | | |
| Oswego, NY | Oswego, NY | Oswego State | 69 | | | | | |
| Oswego, NY | Oswego, NY | E. Connecticut | 70** | | | | | |
| E. Connecticut | 69 | E. Connecticut | 70** | | | | | |
| Medaille | 51 | | | | | | | |
| Medaille | 51 | | | | | | Cabrini | 78 |
| | | | | | | | Scranton | 58 |
| Middlebury | 75 | | | | | | | | Scranton | 58 |
| Morrisville State | 49 | | | | | | | |
| Morrisville State | 49 | Middlebury | 89 | | | | | |
| Middlebury, VT | Middlebury, VT | Middlebury | 89 | | | | | |
| Middlebury, VT | Middlebury, VT | Albertus Magnus | 73 | | | | | |
| Albertus Magnus | 87 | Albertus Magnus | 73 | | | | | |
| St. Joseph's-L.I. | 84 | | | | | | | |
| St. Joseph's-L.I. | 84 | | | Middlebury | 55 | | | |
| | | | | Scranton | 58 | | | |
| William Paterson | 53 | | | | | Scranton | 58 | | | |
| Becker | 69 | | | | | | | |
| Becker | 69 | Becker | 41 | | | | | |
| Wayne, NJ | Wayne, NJ | Becker | 41 | | | | | |
| Wayne, NJ | Wayne, NJ | Scranton | 69 | | | | | |
| Messiah | 67 | Scranton | 69 | | | | | |
| Scranton | 70* | | | | | | | |

### Wooster, OH Sectional

| First round March 2 | First round March 2 | Second round March 3 | Second round March 3 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | | Sectional Finals March 10 | Sectional Finals March 10 |
| Washington U. | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Buena Vista | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Buena Vista | 59 | Washington U. | 68 | | | | | |
| St. Louis, MO | St. Louis, MO | Washington U. | 68 | | | | | |
| St. Louis, MO | St. Louis, MO | North Central (Ill.) | 72 | | | | | |
| North Central (Ill.) | 74 | North Central (Ill.) | 72 | | | | | |
| Rose-Hulman | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Rose-Hulman | 71 | | | North Central | 55 | | | |
| | | | | Wittenberg | 58 | | | |
| Transylvania | 74 | | | | | Wittenberg | 58 | | | |
| Carroll | 84 | | | | | | | |
| Carroll | 84 | Carroll | 70 | | | | | |
| Lexington, KY | Lexington, KY | Carroll | 70 | | | | | |
| Lexington, KY | Lexington, KY | Wittenberg | 87 | | | | | |
| Wittenberg | 63 | Wittenberg | 87 | | | | | |
| Birmingham-Southern | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Birmingham-Southern | 56 | | | | | | Wittenberg | 49 |
| | | | | | | | Illinois Wesleyan | 70 |
| Wooster | 70 | | | | | | | | Illinois Wesleyan | 70 |
| Maryville (Tenn.) | 63 | | | | | | | |
| Maryville (Tenn.) | 63 | Wooster | 92 | | | | | |
| Wooster, OH | Wooster, OH | Wooster | 92 | | | | | |
| Wooster, OH | Wooster, OH | Capital | 79 | | | | | |
| Randolph-Macon | 60 | Capital | 79 | | | | | |
| Capital | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Capital | 68 | | | Wooster | 67 | | | |
| | | | | Illinois Wesleyan | 69 | | | |
| Hope | 79 | | | | | Illinois Wesleyan | 69 | | | |
| Westminster (Mo.) | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Westminster (Mo.) | 65 | Hope | 101 | | | | | |
| Holland, MI | Holland, MI | Hope | 101 | | | | | |
| Holland, MI | Holland, MI | Illinois Wesleyan | 108** | | | | | |
| UW-Stevens Point | 61 | Illinois Wesleyan | 108** | | | | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 69 | | | | | | | |

### Lancaster, PA Sectional

| First round March 1/March 2 | First round March 1/March 2 | Second round March 3 | Second round March 3 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | | Sectional Finals March 10 | Sectional Finals March 10 |
| | | Amherst | 80 | | | | | |
| New York, NY / Amherst, MA | New York, NY / Amherst, MA | Amherst | 80 | | | | | |
| New York, NY / Amherst, MA | New York, NY / Amherst, MA | NYU | 56 | | | | | |
| NYU | 84 | NYU | 56 | | | | | |
| Misericordia | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Misericordia | 65 | | | Amherst | 71 | | | |
| | | | | Franklin & Marshall | 80 | | | |
| Franklin & Marshall | 72 | | | | | Franklin & Marshall | 80 | | | |
| York (Pa.) | 50 | | | | | | | |
| York (Pa.) | 50 | Franklin & Marshall | 82 | | | | | |
| Lancaster, PA | Lancaster, PA | Franklin & Marshall | 82 | | | | | |
| Lancaster, PA | Lancaster, PA | W. Connecticut | 72 | | | | | |
| W. Connecticut | 94 | W. Connecticut | 72 | | | | | |
| Christopher Newport | 84 | | | | | | | |
| Christopher Newport | 84 | | | | | | Franklin & Marshall | 54 |
| | | | | | | | MIT | 69 |
| Hartwick | 88 | | | | | | | | MIT | 69 |
| Farmingdale State | 98* | | | | | | | |
| Farmingdale State | 98* | Farmingdale State | 63 | | | | | |
| Oneonta, NY | Oneonta, NY | Farmingdale State | 63 | | | | | |
| Oneonta, NY | Oneonta, NY | MIT | 83 | | | | | |
| MIT | 62 | MIT | 83 | | | | | |
| Skidmore | 55 | | | | | | | |
| Skidmore | 55 | | | MIT | 83 | | | |
| | | | | Staten Island | 67 | | | |
| Staten Island | 98 | | | | | Staten Island | 67 | | | |
| Ithaca | 73 | | | | | | | |
| Ithaca | 73 | Staten Island | 77 | | | | | |
| Staten Island, NY | Staten Island, NY | Staten Island | 77 | | | | | |
| Staten Island, NY | Staten Island, NY | Rhode Island C. | 67 | | | | | |
| Rhode Island C. | 77 | Rhode Island C. | 67 | | | | | |
| Salem State | 60 | | | | | | | |

### Whitewater, WI Sectional

| First round March 1/March 2 | First round March 1/March 2 | Second round March 3 | Second round March 3 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | Sectional Semifinals March 9 | | Sectional Finals March 10 | Sectional Finals March 10 |
| | | Virginia Wesleyan | 70 | | | | | |
| St. Mary's City, MD / Virginia Beach, VA | St. Mary's City, MD / Virginia Beach, VA | Virginia Wesleyan | 70 | | | | | |
| St. Mary's City, MD / Virginia Beach, VA | St. Mary's City, MD / Virginia Beach, VA | St. Mary's (Md.) | 57 | | | | | |
| St. Mary's (Md.) | 69 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 57 | | | | | |
| Bethany | 57 | | | | | | | |
| Bethany | 57 | | | Virginia Wesleyan | 74* | | | |
| | | | | Whitworth | 71 | | | |
| Mary Hardin-Baylor | 66 | | | | | Whitworth | 71 | | | |
| Trinity (Texas) | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Trinity (Texas) | 68 | Trinity (Texas) | 53 | | | | | |
| Belton, TX | Belton, TX | Trinity (Texas) | 53 | | | | | |
| Belton, TX | Belton, TX | Whitworth | 64 | | | | | |
| Whitworth | 90 | Whitworth | 64 | | | | | |
| McMurry | 79 | | | | | | | |
| McMurry | 79 | | | | | | Virginia Wesleyan | 62 |
| | | | | | | | UW-Whitewater | 76 |
| UW-River Falls | 67 | | | | | | | | UW-Whitewater | 76 |
| Edgewood | 75 | | | | | | | |
| Edgewood | 75 | Edgewood | 62 | | | | | |
| River Falls, WI | River Falls, WI | Edgewood | 62 | | | | | |
| River Falls, WI | River Falls, WI | Wheaton (Ill.) | 73 | | | | | |
| Wheaton (Ill.) | 68 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 73 | | | | | |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 60 | | | | | | | |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 60 | | | Wheaton (Ill.) | 56 | | | |
| | | | | UW-Whitewater | 67 | | | |
| UW-Whitewater | 83 | | | | | UW-Whitewater | 67 | | | |
| Northwestern (Minn.) | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Northwestern (Minn.) | 68 | UW-Whitewater | 91 | | | | | |
| Whitewater, WI | Whitewater, WI | UW-Whitewater | 91 | | | | | |
| Whitewater, WI | Whitewater, WI | St. Thomas | 62 | | | | | |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 74 | St. Thomas | 62 | | | | | |
| St. Thomas | 76* | | | | | | | |

### Final Four - Salem, Virginia

| Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | national championship March 17 | national championship March 17 |
| Cabrini | 81 | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 78 | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 78 | Cabrini | 60 |
| | | UW-Whitewater | 63 |
| MIT | 56 | UW-Whitewater | 63 |
| UW-Whitewater | 71 | | |

## Record by conference

| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | R62 | R32 | S16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 6-2 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CSAC | 1 | 5–1 | .833 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| CCIW | 3 | 8–3 | .727 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| NEWMAC | 1 | 4–1 | .800 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| North Coast | 3 | 5–3 | .625 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Centennial | 1 | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Landmark | 1 | 3–1 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| ODAC | 2 | 2–2 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| NESCAC | 2 | 3–2 | .600 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Little East | 3 | 4–3 | .571 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| CUNYAC | 1 | 2–1 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Northwest | 1 | 2–1 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| UAA | 2 | 2–2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Capital | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Liberty League | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Michigan | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| SCAC | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Skyline | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Great Northeast | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Michigan | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Midwest | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| New England | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Northern | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ohio | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| SUNYAC | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
* The R62, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 62 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
* The NESCAC and ODAC each had one representative which earned a bye to the second round.
* The AMCC, CCC, IIAC, MASCAC, MAC Commonwealth, MAC Freedom, NJAC, North Atlantic, NEAC, Presidents' Athletic Conference, SCIAC, SLIAC, UMAC, and USA South each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1.
* The American Southwest, Empire 8, Heartland had two representatives, eliminated in the first round, with a record of 0–2.