# 2006 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

The 2006 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 32nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The field contained sixty-four teams, and each program was allocated to one of four sectionals. All sectional games were played on campus sites, while the national semifinals, third-place final, and championship finals were contested at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
Virginia Wesleyan defeated Wittenberg, 59–56, in the championship, clinching their first national title.
The Marlins (30–3) were coached by David Macedo.
Ton Ton Balenga, also from Virginia Wesleyan, was named Most Outstanding Player.

## Bracket
### Top left sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Lawrence | 63 | | | | | |
| | | St. Thomas (MN) | 59 | | | | | |
| St. Thomas (MN) | 76 | St. Thomas (MN) | 59 | | | | | |
| North Central (IL) | 68 | | | | | | | |
| North Central (IL) | 68 | | | Lawrence | 68 | | | |
| | | | | Illinois Wesleyan | 71 | | | |
| UW–Whitewater | 76 | | | | | Illinois Wesleyan | 71 | |
| DePauw | 68 | | | | | | | |
| DePauw | 68 | UW–Whitewater | 71 | | | | | |
| | | Illinois Wesleyan | 85 | | | | | |
| Carroll (WI) | 68 | Illinois Wesleyan | 85 | | | | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 81 | | | | | | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 81 | | | | | | Illinois Wesleyan | 113 |
| | | | | | | | Puget Sound | 99 |
| | | Puget Sound | 89 | | | | | |
| | | Occidental | 81 | | | | | |
| Occidental | 48 | Occidental | 81 | | | | | |
| Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | 41 | | | | | | | |
| Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | 41 | | | Puget Sound | 92 | | | |
| | | | | Augustana (IL) | 86 | | | |
| Augustana (IL) | 71 | | | | | Augustana (IL) | 86 | |
| Buena Vista | 66 | | | | | | | |
| Buena Vista | 66 | Augustana (IL) | 77 | | | | | |
| | | UW–Stout | 70 | | | | | |
| UW–Stout | 66 | UW–Stout | 70 | | | | | |
| Carleton | 64 | | | | | | | |

### Bottom left sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Virginia Wesleyan | 71 | | | | | |
| | | Farmingdale State | 63 | | | | | |
| Ursinus | 82 | Farmingdale State | 63 | | | | | |
| Farmingdale State | 93 | | | | | | | |
| Farmingdale State | 93 | | | Virginia Wesleyan | 72 | | | |
| | | | | Lincoln (PA) | 71 | | | |
| Lincoln (PA) | 102 | | | | | Lincoln (PA) | 71 | | | |
| Christopher Newport | 96 | | | | | | | |
| Christopher Newport | 96 | Lincoln (PA) | 100 | | | | | |
| | | Messiah | 80 | | | | | |
| Alvernia | 77 | Messiah | 80 | | | | | |
| Messiah | 83* | | | | | | | |
| Messiah | 83* | | | | | | Virginia Wesleyan | 46 |
| | | | | | | | William Paterson | 35 |
| Baruch | 71 | | | | | | | | William Paterson | 35 |
| Villa Julie | 86 | | | | | | | |
| Villa Julie | 86 | Villa Julie | 48 | | | | | |
| | | William Paterson | 72 | | | | | |
| Scranton | 45 | William Paterson | 72 | | | | | |
| William Paterson | 70 | | | | | | | |
| William Paterson | 70 | | | William Paterson | 52 | | | |
| | | | | Widener | 45 | | | |
| York (PA) | 87 | | | | | Widener | 45 | | | |
| York (NY) | 67 | | | | | | | |
| York (NY) | 67 | York (PA) | 69 | | | | | |
| | | Widener | 71 | | | | | |
| Catholic | 59 | Widener | 71 | | | | | |
| Widener | 61 | | | | | | | |

### Top right sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| | | Amherst | 83 | | | | | |
| | | Hamilton | 59 | | | | | |
| Hamilton | 66* | Hamilton | 59 | | | | | |
| Plattsburgh State | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Plattsburgh State | 65 | | | Amherst | 90* | | | |
| | | | | Tufts | 85 | | | |
| Cortland State | 68 | | | | | Tufts | 85 | | | |
| UMass Boston | 54 | | | | | | | |
| UMass Boston | 54 | Cortland State | 65 | | | | | |
| | | Tufts | 68 | | | | | |
| Tufts | 83 | Tufts | 68 | | | | | |
| Endicott | 60 | | | | | | | |
| Endicott | 60 | | | | | | Amherst | 93 |
| | | | | | | | St. John Fisher | 70 |
| WPI | 79 | | | | | | | | St. John Fisher | 70 |
| Bridgewater State | 62 | | | | | | | |
| Bridgewater State | 62 | WPI | 58 | | | | | |
| | | Utica | 76 | | | | | |
| Gordon | 66 | Utica | 76 | | | | | |
| Utica | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Utica | 71 | | | Utica | 78 | | | |
| | | | | St. John Fisher | 94 | | | |
| Norwich | 82 | | | | | St. John Fisher | 94 | | | |
| Elms | 70 | | | | | | | |
| Elms | 70 | Norwich | 50 | | | | | |
| | | St. John Fisher | 71 | | | | | |

### Bottom right sectional

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Sectional semifinals | Sectional semifinals | | Sectional finals | Sectional finals |
| Mississippi College | 88 | | | | | | | |
| Maryville (MO) | 58 | | | | | | | |
| Maryville (MO) | 58 | Mississippi College | 69 | | | | | |
| | | Maryville (TN) | 51 | | | | | |
| Trinity (TX) | 64 | Maryville (TN) | 51 | | | | | |
| Maryville (TN) | 83 | | | | | | | |
| Maryville (TN) | 83 | | | Mississippi College | 64 | | | |
| | | | | Transylvania | 76 | | | |
| Transylvania | 75 | | | | | Transylvania | 76 | | | |
| Bethany (WV) | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Bethany (WV) | 56 | Transylvania | 91 | | | | | |
| | | Wooster | 88 | | | | | |
| Wooster | 84 | Wooster | 88 | | | | | |
| Randolph–Macon | 70 | | | | | | | |
| Randolph–Macon | 70 | | | | | | Transylvania | 61 |
| | | | | | | | Wittenberg | 74 |
| Hope | 93 | | | | | | | | Wittenberg | 74 |
| Wisconsin Lutheran | 51 | | | | | | | |
| Wisconsin Lutheran | 51 | Hope | 70 | | | | | |
| | | Calvin | 67 | | | | | |
| Calvin | 79 | Calvin | 67 | | | | | |
| UW–La Crosse | 71 | | | | | | | |
| UW–La Crosse | 71 | | | Hope | 49 | | | |
| | | | | Wittenberg | 56 | | | |
| Wittenberg | 76 | | | | | Wittenberg | 56 | | | |
| Lake Erie | 40 | | | | | | | |
| Lake Erie | 40 | Wittenberg | 78 | | | | | |
| | | Baldwin Wallace | 60 | | | | | |
| Carnegie Mellon | 71 | Baldwin Wallace | 60 | | | | | |
| Baldwin Wallace | 79 | | | | | | | |

## Final Four

* Site: Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia
| National Semifinals | National Semifinals | National Semifinals | National Championship | National Championship | National Championship |
| Illinois Wesleyan | Illinois Wesleyan | 79 | | | |
| Virginia Wesleyan | Virginia Wesleyan | 81 | | | |
| Virginia Wesleyan | Virginia Wesleyan | 81 | Virginia Wesleyan | Virginia Wesleyan | 59 |
| | | | Wittenberg | Wittenberg | 56 |
| Amherst | Amherst | 60 | Wittenberg | Wittenberg | 56 |
| Wittenberg | Wittenberg | 64 | National Third-place | National Third-place | National Third-place |
| | | | Illinois Wesleyan | Illinois Wesleyan | 71 |
| | | | Amherst | Amherst | 68 |