2011 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
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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...

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