The 2007

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to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of

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(NCAA) Division III. It began on March 1, 2007, and concluded on March 17, 2007, with a championship game in the

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, which was won by Amherst College over Virginia Wesleyan 80-67.

Qualifying teams

The Division III Championships Committee selected 59 schools to participate in the 2007 tournament. Thirty-seven teams earned automatic qualification by winning their respective conferences. Additionally, four independent (not affiliated with a conference with an automatic bid) teams and 18 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic qualifying conferences — who did not receive their conference automatic qualification—were selected.

Qualifying teams

See also