The Trinity (CT) Bantams took down NYU, winning 64-60, to win the 2025 DIII men’s basketball championship on Saturday, March 22. It was the program’s first-ever national title. The Bantams went on a 14-5 run with less than four minutes left to win the program’s first national title.
Here is everything you need to know for the 2025 DIII men’s basketball championship. It was a 64-team, single-elimination tournament consisting of 43 automatic qualifiers and 21 at-large bids.
The championship kicked off with the selection show on Monday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. The first round began on March 7.
2025 DIII men’s basketball championship bracket
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2025 DIII men’s basketball championship schedule
All times in Eastern:
- Selection show | Monday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. ET
- Watch selection show here
- First round |March 7
- Tufts 83, Yeshiva 66
- Ithaca 80, Stockton 69
- Western New Eng. 83, Hamilton 73
- Randolph-Macon 82, Westfield St. 48
- Mary Washington 73, Drew 58
- Roanoke 71, Pfeiffer 70
- Redlands 89, St. Joseph’s (ME) 79
- Pitt.-Bradford 98, TCNJ 96
- Berry 80, Guilford 77
- Gettysburg 84, Chatham 68
- Keene St. 77, Clark (MA) 68
- NYU 72, Cortland 36
- Ill. Wesleyan 101, Bethany Lutheran 67
- Franklin 67, Denison 64 (OT)
- Norbert 92, Carthage 89
- WPI 81, Husson 71
- Wis. Lutheran 73, Calvin 61
- Montclair St. 79, Utica 57
- Catholic 84, Franklin & Marshall 50
- Hardin-Simmons 70, Cal Luthern 65
- Ramapo 89, Claremont-M-S 84 (2OT)
- Emory 83, Huntingdon 68
- Wesleyan (CT) 72, Delaware Valley 50
- Chris. Newport 101, John Jay 75
- Hampden-Sydney 102, Bryn Athyn 66
- Trinity (CT) 76, Neumann 60
- York (PA) 71, John Carroll 69
- Saint John’s (MN) 72, UChicago 71
- WashU 82, Central (IA) 75
- Wis.-La Crosse 120, Greenville 93
- Wis.-Platteville 125, Grinnell 97
- St. Thomas (TX) 67, Lewis & Clark 50
- Second round | March 8
- Redlands 95, Tufts, 93 (OT)
- WPI 97, Ithaca 91
- Western New Eng. 79, Montclair St., 61
- Catholic 79, Randolph-Macon 67
- Mary Washington 86, Ramapo 81
- Roanoke 77, Chris. Newport 75
- Hampden-Sydney 81, Pitt.-Bradford 75
- Emory 84, Berry 68
- Wesleyan (CT) 82, Gettysburg 60
- Trinity (CT) 93, Keene 78
- NYU 62, York (PA) 52
- Ill. Wesleyan 75, Saint John’s (MN) 73
- WashU 83, Franklin 54
- Wis.-La Crosse 77, St. Norbet 67
- Wis. Lutheran 75, Wis.-Platteville 73 (OT)
- Hardin-Simmons 74, St. Thomas (TX) 72
- Sectionals | March 14
- Sectionals | March 15
- Semifinals | March 20
- Trinity (CT) 73, Wesleyan (CT) 69
- NYU 72, WashU 60
- National championship | Saturday, March 22
2025 DIII men’s basketball championship history
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