NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament

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NCAA championship college basketball tournament

The NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament is an annual single-elimination championship that determines the national title among U.S. colleges competing at the Division III level.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship	2
1996 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament	1
1997 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship	1
1997 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament	1
2001 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament	1
2006 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament	1
2014 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament	1
Division III men’s basketball championship	1
NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament	1
NCAA Division III men’s basketball national champion	1
NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament canonical	1
NCAA Division III national championships in men's basketball	1
NCAA Division III national tournament (for qualifiers)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2663676 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament
Context triple: [NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament, relatedCompetition, NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament]

A. NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament
The NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament is the annual national championship event that determines the top women’s basketball team among NCAA Division III colleges in the United States.
B. NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament that determines the collegiate basketball champion among NCAA Division II schools in the United States.
C. NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament
The NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament is an annual national championship event that determines the top women’s college basketball team among NCAA Division II programs in the United States.
D. NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top men's ice hockey team among U.S. colleges competing at the NCAA Division III level.
E. NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament
Target entity description: The NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament is an annual single-elimination championship that determines the national title among U.S. colleges competing at the Division III level.

A. NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament
The NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament is the annual national championship event that determines the top women’s basketball team among NCAA Division III colleges in the United States.
B. NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament that determines the collegiate basketball champion among NCAA Division II schools in the United States.
C. NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament
The NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament is an annual national championship event that determines the top women’s college basketball team among NCAA Division II programs in the United States.
D. NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top men's ice hockey team among U.S. colleges competing at the NCAA Division III level.
E. NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA championship ⓘ college basketball tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Division III men’s basketball championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament
bracketSize	64-team bracket ⓘ
championshipCategory	team sport championship ⓘ
competitionLevel	college ⓘ
confersTitle	NCAA Division III men’s basketball national champion ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	NCAA Division III men’s basketball national champion ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament
division	NCAA Division III ⓘ
eligibility	NCAA Division III member institutions ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division III
eliminationCondition	single loss ⓘ
format	single-elimination ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	NCAA Division III ⓘ
governingRules	NCAA men’s basketball rules ⓘ linked to: NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee
governsSeason	postseason ⓘ
hasOutcome	national champion crowned ⓘ
inception	1975 ⓘ
levelOfPlay	non-scholarship athletics ⓘ
numberOfTeams	64 ⓘ
organizer	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
participantType	men’s college basketball teams ⓘ
regionStructure	geographically based brackets ⓘ
regulates	national postseason competition for Division III men’s basketball ⓘ
relatedCompetition	NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament NCAA Division II men’s basketball tournament ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
seasonTiming	early spring ⓘ late winter ⓘ
selectionMethod	at-large bids ⓘ automatic bids ⓘ
sponsor	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
sport	basketball ⓘ
stage	first round ⓘ national championship game ⓘ national semifinals ⓘ second round ⓘ sectional finals ⓘ sectional semifinals ⓘ
teamLimitPerGame	two teams ⓘ
tournamentType	knockout tournament ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament → relatedCompetition → NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament ⓘ

Calvin Knights → notableAchievement → NCAA Division III national championships in men's basketball ⓘ