NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1957
No. of teams	64; (reduced to 48 for 2021 only)
Country	NCAA Division II (USA)
Most recent; champion(s)	Minnesota State; (1st title) ; (2024)
Most titles	Kentucky Wesleyan (8 titles)
TV partner(s)	CBS (Finals) ; CBS Sports Network (Semifinals)
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament (officially styled by the NCAA as a "Championship" instead of a "Tournament") is an annual championship tournament for colleges and universities that are members of NCAA Division II, a grouping of schools in the United States (plus one school in Canada) that are generally smaller than the higher-profile institutions grouped in Division I. The tournament, originally known as the NCAA College Division Basketball Championship, was established in 1957, immediately after the NCAA subdivided its member schools into the University Division (today's Division I) and College Division. It became the Division II championship in 1974, when the NCAA split the College Division into the limited-scholarship Division II and the non-scholarship Division III, and added the "Men's" designation in 1982 when the NCAA began sponsoring a Division II women's championship.

Like all other NCAA basketball divisions for men and women, the champion is decided in a single-elimination tournament. The Division II tournament normally involves 64 teams. The Division II tournaments for men and women differ in a major respect from those in Divisions I and III. The finals of both Division II tournaments consist of eight teams, instead of the four in the other two divisions. The eight survivors of regional play meet in the Elite Eight at a predetermined site.

Qualification

A total of 64 bids are normally available for each tournament: 23 automatic bids (awarded to the champion of each Division II all-sports conference) and 41 at-large bids. Due to COVID-19 issues, the 2020 tournament was canceled, and the 2021 tournament was reduced to 48 teams when nine all-sports conferences chose not to compete in men's basketball in 2020–21.

The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), all but one of which contain three of the 23 Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. The South Central region contains only two conferences. Each regional tournament involves an appropriate number of automatic qualifiers (teams that won their respective conference tournaments), with the remaining participants entering via at-large bids (which are awarded regardless of conference affiliation).

Conference tournaments

Schools in italics are, as of the upcoming 2024–25 Division II basketball season, no longer members of that specific conference.

Region	Conference	Tournament	Debut	Most Championships	Current Champion (2024)
Atlantic^[a]	CIAA	Tournament	1946	Virginia Union (17)	Lincoln (PA) (1st)
	Mountain East	Tournament	2014	West Liberty (4)	Charleston (2nd)
	PSAC	Tournament	1981	Cheyney (15)	Gannon (3rd)
Central	Great American	Tournament	2012	Arkansas Tech (3)	Arkansas Tech (3rd)
	MIAA	Tournament	1981	NW Missouri State (12)	NW Missouri State (12th)
	NSIC	Tournament	2010	Northern State (SD) (6)	Minnesota State (3rd)
East	CACC	Tournament	2002	Bloomfield (6) Jefferson (6)	Jefferson (6th)
	East Coast	Tournament	1990	St. Thomas Aquinas (8)	St. Thomas Aquinas (8th)
	Northeast-10	Tournament	1981	Saint Anselm (10)	Southern New Hampshire (3rd)
Midwest	GLIAC	Tournament	1991	Findlay (8)	Ferris State (6th)
	GLVC	Tournament	1981	Bellarmine (5) Kentucky Wesleyan (5)	William Jewell (1st)
	G-MAC	Tournament	2013	Walsh (4)	Walsh (4th)
South^[b]	Gulf South	Tournament	1981	Delta State (6) North Alabama (6)	West Georgia (4th)
	SIAC	Tournament	1934	Florida A&M (12)	Clark Atlanta (6th)
	Sunshine State	Tournament	1978	Florida Southern (25)	Nova Southeastern (3rd)
South Central	Lone Star	Tournament	1975	West Texas A&M (12)	Eastern New Mexico (2nd)
South Central	RMAC	Tournament	1993	Metro State (11)	Fort Lewis (6th)
Southeast	Carolinas	Tournament	1936	High Point (12)	UNC Pembroke (6th)
	Peach Belt	Tournament	1992	Augusta (7)	North Georgia (1st)
	SAC	Tournament	1992	Catawba (9)	Catawba (9th)
West	CCAA	Tournament	1986	Cal State Bakersfield (5) UC San Diego (5)	Cal State Los Angeles (1st)
	GNAC	Tournament	2011	Seattle Pacific (4)	Central Washington (2nd)
	Pacific West	Tournament	2013	Point Loma (3)	Azusa Pacific (1st)

^ Also includes D-II independent Salem
^ Also includes D-II independents UPR Bayamón, UPR Mayagüez, and UPR Río Piedras

Results

NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
Year	Finals Site	Host Arena	# Teams		Championship Game			Tournament MVP/MOP	Ref
Year	Finals Site	Host Arena	# Teams		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Tournament MVP/MOP	Ref
1957	Evansville, IN	Roberts Municipal Stadium	32		Wheaton (IL)	89–65	Kentucky Wesleyan	Mel Peterson (Wheaton)
1958			32		South Dakota	75–53	St. Michael's	Ed Smallwood (Evansville)
1959			32		Evansville	83–67	Southwest Missouri State	Hugh Ahlering (Evansville)
1960			32		Evansville (2)	90–69	Chapman	Ed Smallwood (Evansville)
1961			32		Wittenberg	42–38	Southeast Missouri State	Don Jacobson (South Dakota State)
1962			32		Mount St. Mary's	58–57 (OT)	Sacramento State	Ron Rohrer (Sacramento State)
1963			32		South Dakota State	44–42	Wittenberg	Wayne Rasmussen (South Dakota State)
1964			32		Evansville (3)	72–59	Akron	Jerry Sloan (Evansville)
1965			32		Evansville (4)	85–82 (OT)	Southern Illinois	Jerry Sloan (Evansville)
1966			36		Kentucky Wesleyan	54–51	Southern Illinois	Sam Smith (Kentucky Wesleyan)
1967			36		Winston-Salem State	77–74	Southwest Missouri State	Earl Monroe (Winston-Salem State)
1968			36		Kentucky Wesleyan (2)	63–52	Indiana State	Jerry Newsom (Indiana State)
1969			32		Kentucky Wesleyan (3)	75–71	Southwest Missouri State	George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan)
1970			32		Philadelphia Textile	76–65	Tennessee State	Ted McClain (Tennessee State)
1971			32		Evansville (5)	97–82	Old Dominion	Don Buse (Evansville)
1972			36		Roanoke	84–72	Akron	Hal Johnston (Roanoke)
1973			42		Kentucky Wesleyan (4)	78–76	Tennessee State	Mike Williams (Kentucky Wesleyan)
1974			44		Morgan State	67–52	Southwest Missouri State	Marvin Webster (Morgan State)
1975			32		Old Dominion	76–74	New Orleans	Wilson Washington (Old Dominion)
1976			32		Puget Sound	83–74	Chattanooga	Curt Peterson (Puget Sound)
1977	Springfield, MA	Springfield Civic Center	32		Chattanooga	71–62	Randolph-Macon	Wayne Golden (Chattanooga)
1978	Springfield, MO	Hammons Student Center	32		Cheyney State	47–40	Wisconsin–Green Bay	Andrew Fields (Cheyney)
1979	Springfield, MO	Hammons Student Center	32		North Alabama	64–50	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Perry Oden (North Alabama)
1980	Springfield, MA	Springfield Civic Center	32		Virginia Union	80–74	New York Tech	Keith Valentine (Virginia Union)
1981			32		Florida Southern	73–68	Mount St. Mary's	John Ebeling (Florida Southern)
1982			32		District of Columbia	73–63	Florida Southern	Michael Britt (District of Columbia)
1983			32		Wright State	92–73	District of Columbia	Gary Monroe (Wright State)
1984			32		Central Missouri State	81–77	St. Augustine's	Ron Nunnelly (Central Missouri)
1985			32		Jacksonville State	74–73	South Dakota State	Mark Tetzlaff (South Dakota State)
1986			32		Sacred Heart	93–87	Southeast Missouri State	Roger Younger (Sacred Heart)
1987			32		Kentucky Wesleyan (5)	92–74	Gannon	Sam Smith (Kentucky Wesleyan)
1988			32		Lowell	75–72	Alaska–Anchorage	Leo Parent (Lowell)
1989			32		North Carolina Central	73–46	Southeast Missouri State	Miles Clarke (North Carolina Central)
1990			32		Kentucky Wesleyan (6)	93–79	CSU Bakersfield	Wade Green (CSU Bakersfield)
1991			32		North Alabama (2)	79–72	Bridgeport	Lambert Shell (Bridgeport)
1992			32		Virginia Union (2)	100–75	Bridgeport	Derrick Johnson (Virginia Union)
1993			32		CSU Bakersfield	85–72	Troy State	Tyrone Davis (CSU Bakersfield)
1994			48		CSU Bakersfield (2)	92–86	Southern Indiana	Stan Gouard (Southern Indiana)
1995	Louisville, KY	Commonwealth Convention Center	48		Southern Indiana	71–63	UC Riverside	William Wilson (UC Riverside)
1996			48		Fort Hays State	70–63	Northern Kentucky	Sherick Simpson (Fort Hays State)
1997			48		CSU Bakersfield (3)	57–56	Northern Kentucky	Kebu Stewart (CSU Bakersfield)
1998			48		UC Davis	83–77	Kentucky Wesleyan	Antonio Garcia (Kentucky Wesleyan)
1999			48		Kentucky Wesleyan (7)	75–60	Metro State	Antonio Garcia (Kentucky Wesleyan)
2000			48		Metro State	97–79	Kentucky Wesleyan	DeMarcos Anzures (Metro State)
2001	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Arena	48		Kentucky Wesleyan (8)	72–63	Washburn	Lorio Duncan (Kentucky Wesleyan)
2002	Evansville, IN	Roberts Municipal Stadium	48		Metro State (2)	80–72	Kentucky Wesleyan	Patrick Mutombo (Metro State)
2003	Lakeland, FL	Lakeland Center	64		Northeastern State	75–64	Kentucky Wesleyan^{[n 1]}	Darnell Hinson (Northeastern State)
2004	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Arena	64		Kennesaw State	84–59	Southern Indiana	Terrence Hill (Kennesaw State)
2005	Grand Forks, ND	Ralph Engelstad Arena	64		Virginia Union (3)	63–58	Bryant	Antwan Walton (Virginia Union)
2006	Springfield, MA	MassMutual Center	64		Winona State	73–61	Virginia Union	John Smith (Winona State)
2007			64		Barton	77–75	Winona State	Anthony Atkinson (Barton)
2008			64		Winona State (2)	87–76	Augusta State	Jonte Flowers (Winona State)
2009			64		Findlay	56–53 (OT)	Cal Poly Pomona	Josh Bostic (Findlay)
2010			64		Cal Poly Pomona	65–53	Indiana (PA)	Austin Swift (Cal Poly Pomona)
2011			64		Bellarmine	71–68	BYU–Hawaii	Jet Chang (BYU–Hawaii)	^[2]
2012	Highland Heights, KY	The Bank of Kentucky Center	64		Western Washington	72–65	Montevallo	D. J. Rivera (Montevallo)
2013	Atlanta, GA^{[n 2]}	Philips Arena	64		Drury	74–73	Metro State	Alex Hall (Drury)	^[3]
2014	Evansville, IN	Ford Center	64		Central Missouri (2)	84–77	West Liberty	Daylen Robinson (Central Missouri)
2015	Evansville, IN	Ford Center	64		Florida Southern (2)	77–62	Indiana (PA)	Kevin Capers (Florida Southern)	^[4]
2016	Frisco, TX	Dr Pepper Arena	64		Augustana (SD)	90–81	Lincoln Memorial	Alex Richter (Augustana (SD))	^[5]
2017	Sioux Falls, SD	Sanford Pentagon	64		Northwest Missouri State	71–61	Fairmont State	Justin Pitts (Northwest Missouri State)	^[6]
2018	Sioux Falls, SD	Sanford Pentagon	64		Ferris State	71–69	Northern State	Zach Hankins (Ferris State)	^[7]
2019	Evansville, IN	Ford Center	64	Northwest Missouri State (2)	64–58	Point Loma	Trevor Hudgins (Northwest Missouri State)
2020	Atlanta, GA^{[n 3]}	State Farm Arena	64	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Evansville, IN	Ford Center	48	Northwest Missouri State (3)	80–54	West Texas A&M	Ryan Hawkins (Northwest Missouri State)
2022			64	Northwest Missouri State (4)	67–58	Augusta	Trevor Hudgins (Northwest Missouri State)
2023			64	Nova Southeastern	111–101	West Liberty	Will Yoakum & RJ Sunahara (Nova Southeastern)
2024			64	Minnesota State	88–85	Nova Southeastern	Malik Willingham (Minnesota State)
2025
2026	Pittsburgh, PA	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse

Source:^[8]^[9]

^ Kentucky Wesleyan subsequently forfeited its 2003 runner-up status after it was revealed they had let two ineligible transfer players play.^[1]
^ Philips Arena in Atlanta, now known as State Farm Arena, was the site of the championship game only. The rest of the Elite Eight was played at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.
^ State Farm Arena was scheduled as the site of the championship game only. The Elite Eight quarterfinals and semifinals would have been played at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

Records and statistics

Championships by school

School	Titles	Years
Kentucky Wesleyan	8	1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, 1990, 1999, 2001
Evansville	5	1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1971
NW Missouri State	4	2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Virginia Union	3	1980, 1992, 2005
Cal State Bakersfield	3	1993, 1994, 1997
Florida Southern	2	1981, 2015
Central Missouri	2	1984, 2014
Winona State	2	2006, 2008
Metropolitan State	2	2000, 2002
North Alabama	2	1979, 1991
Minnesota State	1	2024
Nova Southeastern	1	2023
Ferris State	1	2018
Augustana (SD)	1	2016
Drury	1	2013
Western Washington	1	2012
Bellarmine	1	2011
Cal Poly Pomona	1	2010
Findlay	1	2009
Barton	1	2007
Kennesaw State	1	2004
Northeastern State	1	2003
UC Davis	1	1998
Fort Hays State	1	1996
Southern Indiana	1	1995
North Carolina Central	1	1989
UMass Lowell ^{[a 1]}	1	1988
Sacred Heart	1	1986
Jacksonville State	1	1985
Wright State	1	1983
District of Columbia	1	1982
Cheyney	1	1978
Chattanooga ^{[a 2]}	1	1977
Puget Sound	1	1976
Old Dominion	1	1975
Morgan State	1	1974
Roanoke	1	1972
Jefferson ^{[a 3]}	1	1970
Winston-Salem State	1	1967
South Dakota State	1	1963
Mount Saint Mary's	1	1962
Wittenberg	1	1961
South Dakota	1	1958
Wheaton (IL)	1	1957

^ Championship won as Lowell.
^ Championship won as Tennessee–Chattanooga.
^ Championship won as Philadelphia Textile.

Team appearances

WWU

Puget
Sound

UC Davis

Cal Poly Pomona

Augustana

SDSU

South Dakota

FHSU

Northeastern
State

KSU

JSU

Chatt.

Barton

NCCU

WSSU

Findlay

ODU

Ferris
State

Drury

Wheaton

UMass
Lowell

SHU

Jefferson

Cheyney

UDC

Morgan

Roa.

MSMU

So. Ind.

Wright

Witt.

Bell.

Florida Southern

Nova Southeastern

Minnesota State

CMU

Winona
State

Metro
State

No. Ala.

VUU

CSUB

NW Missouri

Evans.

Ky. Wes.

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Schools that have won the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Former Division II champions now in other classes

Division I

Source:^[10]

School	Championship(s)	Year moved	Current Conference
South Dakota	1958	2006	The Summit League
Evansville	1959 • 1960 • 1964 • 1965 • 1971	1977	Missouri Valley Conference
Mount St. Mary's	1962	1989	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
South Dakota State	1963	2005	The Summit League
Morgan State	1974	1985	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Old Dominion	1975	1976	Sun Belt Conference
Chattanooga	1977	1977	Southern Conference
North Alabama	1979 • 1991	2018	Atlantic Sun Conference
Wright State	1983	1988	Horizon League
Jacksonville State	1985	1996	Conference USA
Sacred Heart	1986	1999	Northeast Conference
UMass Lowell	1988	2013	America East Conference
North Carolina Central	1989	2008	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Bakersfield	1993 • 1994 • 1997	2007	Big West Conference
Southern Indiana	1995	2022	Ohio Valley Conference
UC Davis	1998	2004	Big West Conference
Kennesaw State	2004	2006	Atlantic Sun Conference (Conference USA in 2024–25)
Bellarmine	2011	2020	Atlantic Sun Conference

Division III

Source:^[11]

School	Championship(s)	Year moved	Current Conference
Wheaton (IL)	1957	1974	College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Wittenberg	1961	1974	North Coast Athletic Conference
Roanoke	1972	1976	Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Puget Sound	1976	1996	Northwest Conference

Broadcasting

CBS Sports holds rights to the semi-final and final rounds of the Division II tournament, with the semi-final games broadcast on CBS Sports Network and the final on CBS (covered as part of the NCAA March Madness package). In 2015, CBS Sports reached a long-term deal to continue broadcasting the Division II men's semi-final on CBS Sports Network through 2024.^[12]

References

^ "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Kentucky Wesleyan Forfeits an Honor". The New York Times. August 7, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
^ "Ballarmine wins national championship". The Courier-Journal. March 26, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
^ "Calm, cool and collected". April 7, 2013. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013.
^ Bowker, Paul D. (March 28, 2015). "Gutsy championship". NCAA.com. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
^ "Augustana wins 2016 NCAA Division II men's basketball championship". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 26, 2016.
^ "DII basketball: Northwest Missouri State handles Fairmont State to win first championship". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 25, 2017.
^ "DII men's basketball championship: Ferris State wins program's first title in thriller over Northern State". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 24, 2018.
^ "Division II Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA.
^ "Men's Basketball DII History - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
^ "Division I Men's Basketball Institutions". NCAA Directory.
^ "Division III Men's Basketball Institutions". NCAA Directory.
^ "CBS Sports Network to televise Division II basketball semifinals through 2024". NCAA. October 22, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

External links

[1] Also includes D-II independent Salem

[2] Also includes D-II independents UPR Bayamón, UPR Mayagüez, and UPR Río Piedras

[4] Kentucky Wesleyan subsequently forfeited its 2003 runner-up status after it was revealed they had let two ineligible transfer players play.^[1]

[2013_final-6] Philips Arena in Atlanta, now known as State Farm Arena, was the site of the championship game only. The rest of the Elite Eight was played at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

[2020_final-12] State Farm Arena was scheduled as the site of the championship game only. The Elite Eight quarterfinals and semifinals would have been played at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

[15] Championship won as Lowell.

[16] Championship won as Tennessee–Chattanooga.

[17] Championship won as Philadelphia Textile.

[3] "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Kentucky Wesleyan Forfeits an Honor". The New York Times. August 7, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

[5] "Ballarmine wins national championship". The Courier-Journal. March 26, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

[7] "Calm, cool and collected". April 7, 2013. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013.

[8] Bowker, Paul D. (March 28, 2015). "Gutsy championship". NCAA.com. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

[9] "Augustana wins 2016 NCAA Division II men's basketball championship". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 26, 2016.

[10] "DII basketball: Northwest Missouri State handles Fairmont State to win first championship". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 25, 2017.

[11] "DII men's basketball championship: Ferris State wins program's first title in thriller over Northern State". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 24, 2018.

[13] "Division II Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA.

[14] "Men's Basketball DII History - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.

[18] "Division I Men's Basketball Institutions". NCAA Directory.

[19] "Division III Men's Basketball Institutions". NCAA Directory.

[20] "CBS Sports Network to televise Division II basketball semifinals through 2024". NCAA. October 22, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

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Qualification

Conference tournaments

Results

Records and statistics

Championships by school

Team appearances

Former Division II champions now in other classes

Division I

Division III

Broadcasting

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References

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