Men's Basketball

Four Teams Secure NCAA Men’s Basketball Bids

Official NCAA Release

INDIANAPOLIS--For the first time since 1997, four teams from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) will participate in the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship after University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, UW-Platteville, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater secured bids into this year’s 64-team field.
 
UW-La Crosse (22-6) received an automatic bid after winning the WIAC Tournament (presented by Culver’s). It is the fifth NCAA appearance in program history. UW-La Crosse will host first and second round action and face Hope College (Mich.) (18-9) in the first round. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (Calif.) (22-4) and Aurora University (Ill.) (23-5) will square off in their opening contests.
 
UW-Platteville (18-9), UW-Stevens Point (19-7) and UW-Whitewater (20-7) earned three of the 21 at-large spots into the national field.
 
UW-Platteville is making its 17th NCAA appearance and will travel to Chicago, Ill. The Pioneers will face Otterbein University (Ohio) (22-5) in the first round. University of Chicago (21-4), the host institution, will take on Penn St.-Behrend (20-7) in its opening contest.
 
UW-Stevens Point will travel to St. Peter, Minn., for its 16th NCAA tournament and first since the 2018 campaign. The Pointers will play University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) (20-7) in the first round. Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) (25-2), the host institution, and Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) (16-11) will meet in their opening games.
 
UW-Whitewater will travel for St. Louis, Mo., for its 23rd NCAA appearance. The Warhawks will face Loras College (Iowa) (20-8) in the first round. Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) (18-7), the host institution, and Transylvania University (Ky.) (20-8) will play in the other first round game.

First and second round competition will be held March 6-7. Second round winners will advance to one of eight third-round sites March 13-14. Both weekends’ games will be played on campuses of competing institutions. The tournament then shifts to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind., for the quarterfinals March 19, and semifinals March 21. Semifinal winners advance to the championship game, which will be staged at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 5.
 
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