The 2011 NCAA Mens Division III Basketball Tournament is a single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 to determine the national champions of men's NCAA Division III Basketball. The tournament began on March 3, 2011. The tournament consists of 61 teams arranged in four sections. The top three teams earn a bye to the second round. The other 58 teams compete in the first round. The first two rounds in each section are held at campus location: four sites per section. The third and fourth rounds take place at the sectional location. The national semifinals and national championship will be held at the Salem Civic Center

Salem Civic Center

The Salem Civic Center is a 6,820-seat multi-purpose arena in Salem, Virginia. It was built in 1967 and is part of the James E. Taliaferro Sports and Entertainment Complex , which also includes the Salem Football Stadium and the Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium...

 in Salem, Virginia

Salem, Virginia

Salem is an independent city in Virginia, USA, bordered by the city of Roanoke to the east but otherwise adjacent to Roanoke County. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,802 according to 2010 U.S. Census...

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Forty-two teams were granted automatic bids as the champion of their conference. One independent team was selected, and 18 teams were selected as at-large participants.

Qualified teams

School	Conference	Record	Qualification
La Roche La Roche College La Roche College is a private college in McCandless, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. It was founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Divine Providence as a Roman Catholic college and now sits on an campus in McCandless. The current president, Sister Candace Introcaso, CDP, Ph.D., was installed in...	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Maryland, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.-Current members:The league currently has...	25–2	Automatic
McMurry McMurry University McMurry University, founded in 1923, is a private co-educational university in Abilene, Texas. It is a liberal arts school offering forty-one majors in the fields of fine arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, education, business, and religion, and nine pre-professional programs, including...	American Southwest American Southwest Conference The American Southwest Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1996, whose member schools compete in the NCAA's Division III. The schools are located in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi...	21–7	Automatic
St. Mary's (Md.) St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's College of Maryland, established in 1840, is a public, secular liberal arts college located in St. Mary's City, Maryland. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and designated as a Public Honors College . St. Mary's College is a small college, with about 2,000...	Capital Athletic Capital Athletic Conference The Capital Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware....	22–5	Automatic
Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational residential national liberal arts college in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States....	Centennial Centennial Conference The Centennial Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in Maryland and Pennsylvania....	22–5	Automatic
Medgar Evans	CUNY Athletic	17–11	Automatic
Augustana (Ill.)	Illinois and Wisconsin	24–3	Automatic
Cabrini	Colonial States Athletic	22–5	Automatic
Alvernia	Commonwealth	18–6	Automatic
Salve Regina	Commonwealth Coast	17–10	Automatic
Hartwick	Empire 8	17–10	Automatic
Delaware Valley	Freedom	17–10	Automatic
Johnson & Wales (R.I.)	Great Northeast Athletic	20–8	Automatic
Manchester	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	21–6	Automatic
Luther	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic	18–8	Automatic
Scranton	Landmark	20–5	Automatic
Skidmore	Liberty League	18–9	Automatic
Rhode Island College	Little East	19–7	Automatic
Bridgewater State	Massachusetts State College Athletic	19–9	Automatic
Hope	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	22–6	Automatic
St. Norbert	Midwest	20–5	Automatic
St. Thomas (Minn.)	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	24–3	Automatic
Elms	New England Collegiate	20–7	Automatic
Middlebury	New England Small College Athletic	25–1	Automatic
MIT	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	19–8	Automatic
New Jersey City	New Jersey Athletic	19–9	Automatic
Husson	North Atlantic	21–6	Automatic
Wooster	North Coast Athletic	26–2	Automatic
Wells	North Eastern Athletic	16–11	Automatic
Benedictine (Ill.)	Northern Athletics	21–7	Automatic
Whitworth	Northwest	26–1	Automatic
Marietta	Ohio Athletic	25–3	Automatic

School	Conference	Record	Qualification
Randolph–Macon	Old Dominion Athletic	24–4	Automatic
Bethany (W.Va.)	Presidents' Athletic	21–7	Automatic
Purchase	Skyline	23–4	Automatic
Webster	St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic	20–6	Automatic
Redlands	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	16–11	Automatic
Centre	Southern Collegiate Athletic	21–5	Automatic
Buffalo State	SUNY Athletic	21–6	Automatic
Rochester (N.Y.)	University Athletic Association	20–5	Automatic
Northwestern (Minn.)	Upper Midwest Athletic	21–6	Automatic
North Carolina Wesleyan	USA South Athletic	21–6	Automatic
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic	24–3	Automatic
Chapman	Independent	24–3	At-large
Amherst	New England Small College Athletic	22–3	At-large
Becker	North Atlantic	23–4	At-large
Concordia (Wis.)	Northern Athletics	23–4	At-large
Gwynedd–Mercy	Colonial States Athletic	21–6	At-large
Hanover	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	19–7	At-large
Illinois Wesleyan	Illinois & Wisconsin	19–8	At-large
Ithaca	Empire 8	20–6	At-large
Mary Hardin-Baylor	Southwest	21–7	At-large
Oswego State	SUNY Athletic	23–4	At-large
Penn State–Behrend	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate	23–4	At-large
Ramapo	New Jersey Athletic	20–6	At-large
Texas–Dallas	American Southwest	21–6	At-large
Virginia Wesleyan	Old Dominion Athletic	23–4	At-large
Western Connecticut State	Little East	21–5	At-large
Williams	New England Small College Athletic	25–2	At-large
Wisconsin–River Falls	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic	20–7	At-large
Wittenberg	North Coast Athletic	19–8	At-large
WPI	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	22–5	At-large

Wooster, Ohio

Wooster, Ohio

Wooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately SSW of Cleveland and SW of Akron. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster...

 Sectional

Williamstown, Massachusetts

Williamstown, Massachusetts

Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It shares a border with Vermont to the north and New York to the west. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,754 at the 2010 census...

 Sectional

Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island is the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,884 at the 2010 census. Located on the Mississippi River, it is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring Moline, East Moline, and the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf. The Quad Cities...

 Sectional

Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...

 Sectional

Semifinals and National championship – Salem, Virginia

Salem, Virginia

Salem is an independent city in Virginia, USA, bordered by the city of Roanoke to the east but otherwise adjacent to Roanoke County. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,802 according to 2010 U.S. Census...