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.
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 next Division II basketball season in 2023–24, no longer members of that specific conference.
^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
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
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
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]
^"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.
^. 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.
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Coaching records through 2020-2021 ()
Attendance records through 2020-2021 ()
August 20, 2023
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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 NCAA Division II men s basketball tournamentCurrent season competition or edition 2023 NCAA Division II men s basketball tournamentSportBasketballFounded1957No of teams64 reduced to 48 for 2021 only CountryNCAA Division II USA Most recentchampion s Nova Southeastern 1st title Most titlesKentucky Wesleyan 8 titles TV partner s CBS Finals CBS Sports Network Semifinals Official websiteNCAA comLike 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 Contents 1 Qualification 1 1 Conference tournaments 2 Results 3 Records and statistics 3 1 Championships by school 3 2 Team appearances 3 3 Former Division II champions now in Division I 3 4 Former Division II champions now in Division III 4 Statistical Leaders 5 Broadcasting 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksQualification EditA 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 Edit Schools in italics are as of the next Division II basketball season in 2023 24 no longer members of that specific conference Region Conference Tournament Most Championships Current Champion 2023 Atlantic a CIAA CIAA men s basketball tournament Virginia Union 17 Winston Salem State 13th Mountain East Mountain East Conference men s basketball tournament West Liberty 4 West Liberty 4th PSAC PSAC men s basketball tournament Cheyney 15 Indiana 13th Central Great American Great American Conference men s basketball tournament Arkansas Tech 2 Ouachita Baptist 2 Southern Nazarene 2 Southern Arkansas 1st MIAA MIAA men s basketball tournament NW Missouri State 10 NSIC Northern Sun men s basketball tournament Northern State 6 Minnesota State Moorhead 2nd East CACC Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference men s basketball tournament Bloomfield 6 Caldwell 3rd East Coast East Coast Conference men s basketball tournament LIU Post 7 St Thomas Aquinas 7 St Thomas Aquinas 7th Northeast 10 Northeast 10 Conference men s basketball tournament Saint Anselm 10 Saint Anselm 10th Midwest GLIAC GLIAC men s basketball tournament Findlay 8 Northern Michigan 2nd GLVC Great Lakes Valley Conference men s basketball tournament Bellarmine 5 Kentucky Wesleyan 5 McKendree 1st G MAC Great Midwest Athletic Conference men s basketball tournament Walsh 3 Ashland 1st South b Gulf South Gulf South Conference men s basketball tournament Delta State 6 North Alabama 6 West Alabama 2nd SIAC SIAC men s basketball tournament Florida A amp M 12 Miles 3rd Sunshine State Sunshine State Conference men s basketball tournament Florida Southern 25 Nova Southeastern 2nd South Central Lone Star Lone Star Conference men s basketball tournament West Texas A amp M 12 West Texas A amp M 12th RMAC RMAC Men s Basketball Tournament Metro State 11 Fort Lewis 5th Southeast Carolinas Conference Carolinas men s basketball tournament Belmont Abbey 6 Belmont Abbey 6th Peach Belt Peach Belt Conference men s basketball tournament Augusta 7 Augusta 7th SAC South Atlantic Conference men s basketball tournament Catawba 8 Catawba 8th West CCAA CCAA men s basketball tournament Cal State Bakersfield 5 UC San Diego 5 Cal State San Bernardino 3rd GNAC Great Northwest Athletic Conference men s basketball tournament Seattle Pacific 4 Northwest Nazarene 1st Pacific West Pacific West Conference men s basketball tournament Point Loma Nazarene 3 Point Loma Nazarene 3rd Also includes D II independent Salem Also includes D II independents UPR Bayamon UPR Mayaguez and UPR Rio PiedrasResults EditNCAA Division II Men s Basketball ChampionshipYear Finals Site Host Arena Teams Championship Game Tournament MVP MOP RefWinner Score Runner up1957 Evansville IN Roberts Municipal Stadium 32 Wheaton 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 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 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 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 pandemic2021 Evansville IN Ford Center 48 Northwest Missouri State 3 80 54 West Texas A amp 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 amp RJ Sunahara Nova Southeastern 202420252026 Pittsburgh PA UPMC Cooper FieldhouseSource 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 Edit WWU PugetSound UC Davis Cal Poly Pomona Augustana SDSU South Dakota FHSU NortheasternState KSU JSU Chatt Barton NCCU WSSU Findlay ODU FerrisState Drury Wheaton UMassLowell SHU Jefferson Cheyney UDC Morgan Roa MSMU So Ind Wright Witt Bell Florida Southern Nova Southeastern CMU WinonaState MetroState No Ala VUU CSUB NW Missouri Evans Ky Wes class notpageimage Schools that have won the NCAA Division II Men s Basketball Championship 8 5 4 3 2 1 Championships by school Edit School Titles YearsKentucky Wesleyan 8 1966 1968 1969 1973 1987 1990 1999 2001Evansville 5 1959 1960 1964 1965 1971NW Missouri State 4 2017 2019 2021 2022Virginia Union 3 1980 1992 2005Cal State Bakersfield 3 1993 1994 1997Florida Southern 2 1981 2015Central Missouri 2 1984 2014Winona State 2 2006 2008Metropolitan State 2 2000 2002North Alabama 2 1979 1991Nova Southeastern 1 2023Ferris State 1 2018Augustana SD 1 2016Drury 1 2013Western Washington 1 2012Bellarmine 1 2011Cal Poly Pomona 1 2010Findlay 1 2009Barton 1 2007Kennesaw State 1 2004Northeastern State 1 2003UC Davis 1 1998Fort Hays State 1 1996Southern Indiana 1 1995North Carolina Central 1 1989UMass Lowell a 1 1 1988Sacred Heart 1 1986Jacksonville State 1 1985Wright State 1 1983District of Columbia 1 1982Cheyney 1 1978Chattanooga a 2 1 1977Puget Sound 1 1976Old Dominion 1 1975Morgan State 1 1974Roanoke 1 1972Jefferson a 3 1 1970Winston Salem State 1 1967South Dakota State 1 1963Mount Saint Mary s 1 1962Wittenberg 1 1961South Dakota 1 1958Wheaton 1 1957 Championship won as Lowell Championship won as Tennessee Chattanooga Championship won as Philadelphia Textile Team appearances Edit See also List of NCAA Division II men s basketball tournament bids by school and NCAA Division II men s basketball tournament Elite Eight appearances by school Former Division II champions now in Division I Edit Source 10 School Championship s Year moved Current ConferenceSouth Dakota 1958 2006 The Summit LeagueEvansville 1959 1960 1964 1965 1971 1977 Missouri Valley ConferenceMount St Mary s 1962 1989 Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceSouth Dakota State 1963 2005 The Summit LeagueMorgan State 1974 1985 Mid Eastern Athletic ConferenceOld Dominion 1975 1976 Sun Belt ConferenceChattanooga 1977 1977 Southern ConferenceNorth Alabama 1979 1991 2018 ASUN ConferenceWright State 1983 1988 Horizon LeagueJacksonville State 1985 1996 ASUN Conference Conference USA in 2023 24 Sacred Heart 1986 1999 Northeast ConferenceUMass Lowell 1988 2013 America East ConferenceNorth Carolina Central 1989 2008 Mid Eastern Athletic ConferenceCSU Bakersfield 1993 1994 1997 2007 Big West ConferenceSouthern Indiana 1995 2022 Ohio Valley ConferenceUC Davis 1998 2004 Big West ConferenceKennesaw State 2004 2006 ASUN Conference Conference USA in 2024 25 Bellarmine 2011 2020 ASUN ConferenceFormer Division II champions now in Division III Edit Source 11 School Championship s Year moved Current ConferenceWheaton IL 1957 1974 College Conference of Illinois and WisconsinWittenberg 1961 1974 North Coast Athletic ConferenceRoanoke 1972 1976 Old Dominion Athletic ConferencePuget Sound 1976 1996 Northwest ConferenceStatistical Leaders EditNCAA Division II season scoring leadersBroadcasting EditCBS 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 See also EditNCAA Division II women s basketball tournament NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament NCAA Division III men s basketball tournament NAIA Division I men s basketball tournament NAIA Division II men s basketball tournamentReferences Edit 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 EditAwards history through 2020 2021 Archived Coaching records through 2020 2021 Archived Attendance records through 2020 2021 Archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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