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2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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The 2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 62 teams to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament took place during March 2015, with the national semifinal and championship rounds taking place at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.
Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Augustana (IL), 70–54, to win their fourth Division III national championship.
The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2015 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid (except for the UAA, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).
| Automatic bids | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Medaille | 19–7 (14–4) | 4th | 2012 |
| East Texas Baptist | 23–5 (15–5) | 1st | Never |
| Salisbury | 20–7 (14–4) | 6th | 1997 |
| Dickinson | 22–5 (13–5) | 7th | 2014 |
| Baruch | 21–6 (14–2) | 4th | 2009 |
| Augustana (IL) | 23–4 (11–3) | 14th | 2014 |
| Neumann | 17–10 (12–6) | 1st | Never |
| Endicott | 23–5 (16–2) | 6th | 2012 |
| St. John Fisher | 23–4 (14–2) | 15th | 2010 |
| Albertus Magnus | 27–1 (18–0) | 5th | 2014 |
| Defiance | 21–6 (14–4) | 5th | 2010 |
| Dubuque | 23–5 (10–4) | 6th | 2013 |
| Scranton | 22–5 (14–2) | 26th | 2014 |
| Skidmore | 19–7 (14–2) | 3rd | 2012 |
| Keene State | 20–8 (8–6) | 3rd | 2007 |
| Alvernia | 18–9 (10–6) | 10th | 2014 |
| Misericordia | 21–6 (11–3) | 2nd | 2012 |
| Westfield State | 20–6 (11–1) | 3rd | 1993 |
| Calvin | 21–6 (12–2) | 20th | 2014 |
| St. Norbert | 24–1 (18–0) | 7th | 2014 |
| St. Thomas (MN) | 24–3 (17–3) | 16th | 2014 |
| Regis (MA) | 19–8 (12–4) | 1st | Never |
| Wesleyan (CT) | 19–8 (5–5) | 1st | Never |
| Babson | 25–2 (13–1) | 7th | 2014 |
| Stockton | 22–5 (14–4) | 15th | 2014 |
| Colby–Sawyer | 19–6 (15–3) | 4th | 2003 |
| DePauw | 19–9 (9–9) | 13th | 2007 |
| SUNY Cobleskill | 17–10 (13–4) | 1st | Never |
| Concordia (WI) | 19–9 (14–6) | 3rd | 2011 |
| Whitworth | 24–3 (15–1) | 10th | 2014 |
| Mount Union | 22–6 (15–3) | 2nd | 1997 |
| Randolph–Macon | 26–2 (16–0) | 15th | 2014 |
| Saint Vincent | 22–6 (14–2) | 3rd | 2014 |
| Sage | 23–4 (15–3) | 1st | Never |
| Hendrix | 12–16 (4–10) | 3rd | 1996 |
| Claremont–Mudd–Scripps | 21–6 (12–4) | 12th | 2012 |
| Texas Lutheran | 18–9 (11–3) | 1st | Never |
| Spalding | 18–9 (13–5) | 2nd | 2013 |
| Oswego State | 19–9 (12–6) | 3rd | 2012 |
| Emory | 20–5 (10–4) | 4th | 2014 |
| Northwestern–St. Paul | 18–9 (14–0) | 5th | 2014 |
| LaGrange | 17–11 (7–7) | 2nd | 2014 |
| UW–Whitewater | 24–3 (15–1) | 20th | 2014 |
The following 19 teams were awarded qualification for the 2015 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.
| At-large bids | |||
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| Amherst | 20–7 (6–4) | 17th | 2014 |
| Bates | 19–6 (7–3) | 1st | Never |
| Catholic | 22–5 (15–1) | 13th | 2013 |
| Eastern Connecticut | 22–5 (13–1) | 6th | 2014 |
| Elmhurst | 19–7 (9–5) | 4th | 2009 |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 19–8 (10–4) | 24th | 2014 |
| John Carroll | 20–6 (15–3) | 13th | 2010 |
| Johns Hopkins | 23–4 (16–2) | 10th | 2014 |
| Marietta | 25–3 (16–2) | 4th | 2013 |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 22–5 (16–2) | 6th | 2014 |
| St. Olaf | 21–5 (16–4) | 2nd | 2014 |
| Springfield | 19–8 (10–4) | 8th | 2014 |
| Trinity (CT) | 20–6 (9–1) | 8th | 2008 |
| UW–Stevens Point | 21–5 (15–1) | 14th | 2014 |
| Virginia Wesleyan | 23–5 (13–3) | 15th | 2014 |
| Washington–St. Louis | 20–5 (9–5) | 19th | 2014 |
| William Paterson | 20–7 (13–5) | 16th | 2012 |
| Wooster | 22–6 (14–4) | 24th | 2014 |
| WPI | 21–5 (11–3) | 11th | 2014 |
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| SemifinalsFriday, March 20 | National championshipSaturday, March 21 | ||||||||
| Augustana (IL) | 68 | ||||||||
| Babson | 48 | ||||||||
| Augustana (IL) | 54 | ||||||||
| UW–Stevens Point | 70 | ||||||||
| Virginia Wesleyan | 59 | ||||||||
| UW–Stevens Point | 68 |
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