Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1975 |
No. of teams | 64. |
Country | NCAA Division III (USA) |
Most recent champion(s) |
Babson (1) |
TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship is an annual tournament to determine NCAA Division III national champion.
Since 1996, the NCAA Division III men's basketball championship has been held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. The event has been hosted by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem. Since 2017, the tournament is a 64-team single-elimination tournament, with teams advancing from four regionals to the semifinals and final in Salem.
For 2013, as part of the celebration of the 75th NCAA Division I tournament, the championship games in both the Division II and Division III NCAA tournaments were played at Philips Arena in Atlanta. Since 2014, the final game returned to Salem.
As of 2017, a total of 64 bids are available for each tournament: