NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
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 of 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.
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1957 |
| No. of teams | 64 |
| Country | NCAA Division II (USA) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Northwest Missouri State (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Kentucky Wesleyan (8 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | CBS (Finals) CBS Sports Network (Semifinals) |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
Like all other NCAA basketball divisions for men and women, the champion is decided in a single-elimination tournament. The Division II tournament has 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
As of 2017, a total of 64 bids are available for each tournament: 24 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-four Division II conferences) and 40 at-large bids.
The sixty-four bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains three of the twenty-four Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. Each region consists of three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and five at-large bids (which are awarded regardless of conference affiliation).
Conference tournaments
- The Heartland Conference disbanded after the 2018–19 season, with seven of its nine members moving to the Lone Star Conference and the other two joining the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Its tournament was discontinued.
Results
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| Year | Finals Site | Host Arena | Championship Game | Tournament MVP/MOP | Ref | ||||
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| 1957 | Evansville, IN | Roberts Municipal Stadium | Wheaton | 89–65 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Mel Peterson (Wheaton) |
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| 1958 | South Dakota | 75–53 | St. Michael's | Ed Smallwood (Evansville) |
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| 1959 | Evansville | 83–67 | Southwest Missouri State | Hugh Ahlering (Evansville) |
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| 1960 | Evansville (2) |
90–69 | Chapman | Ed Smallwood (Evansville) |
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| 1961 | Wittenberg | 42–38 | Southeast Missouri State | Don Jacobson (South Dakota State) |
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| 1962 | Mount St. Mary's | 58–57 (OT) |
Sacramento State | Ron Rohrer (Sacramento State) |
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| 1963 | South Dakota State | 44–42 | Wittenberg | Wayne Rasmussen (South Dakota State) |
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| 1964 | Evansville (3) |
72–59 | Akron | Jerry Sloan (Evansville) |
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| 1965 | Evansville (4) |
85–82 (OT) |
Southern Illinois | Jerry Sloan (Evansville) |
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| 1966 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 54–51 | Southern Illinois | Sam Smith (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
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| 1967 | Winston-Salem State | 77–74 | Southwest Missouri State | Earl Monroe (Winston-Salem State) |
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| 1968 | Kentucky Wesleyan (2) |
63–52 | Indiana State | Jerry Newsom (Indiana State) |
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| 1969 | Kentucky Wesleyan (3) |
75–71 | Southwest Missouri State | George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
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| 1970 | Philadelphia Textile | 76–65 | Tennessee State | Ted McClain (Tennessee State) |
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| 1971 | Evansville (5) |
97–82 | Old Dominion | Don Buse (Evansville) |
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| 1972 | Roanoke | 84–72 | Akron | Hal Johnston (Roanoke) |
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| 1973 | Kentucky Wesleyan (4) |
78–76 | Tennessee State | Mike Williams (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
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| 1974 | Morgan State | 67–52 | Southwest Missouri State | Marvin Webster (Morgan State) |
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| 1975 | Old Dominion | 76–74 | New Orleans | Wilson Washington (Old Dominion) |
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| 1976 | Puget Sound | 83–74 | Chattanooga | Curt Peterson (Puget Sound) |
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| 1977 | Springfield, MA | Springfield Civic Center | Chattanooga | 71–62 | Randolph-Macon | Wayne Golden (Chattanooga) |
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| 1978 | Springfield, MO | Hammons Student Center | Cheyney State | 47–40 | Wisconsin–Green Bay | Andrew Fields (Cheyney) |
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| 1979 | North Alabama | 64–50 | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Perry Oden (North Alabama) |
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| 1980 | Springfield, MA | Springfield Civic Center | Virginia Union | 80–74 | New York Tech | Keith Valentine (Virginia Union) |
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| 1981 | Florida Southern | 73–68 | Mount St. Mary's | John Ebeling (Florida Southern) |
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| 1982 | District of Columbia | 73–63 | Florida Southern | Michael Britt (District of Columbia) |
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| 1983 | Wright State | 92–73 | District of Columbia | Gary Monroe (Wright State) |
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| 1984 | Central Missouri State | 81–77 | St. Augustine's | Ron Nunnelly (Central Missouri) |
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| 1985 | Jacksonville State | 74–73 | South Dakota State | Mark Tetzlaff (South Dakota State) |
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| 1986 | Sacred Heart | 93–87 | Southeast Missouri State | Roger Younger (Sacred Heart) |
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| 1987 | Kentucky Wesleyan (5) |
92–74 | Gannon | Sam Smith (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
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| 1988 | Lowell | 75–72 | Alaska–Anchorage | Leo Parent (Lowell) |
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| 1989 | North Carolina Central | 73–46 | Southeast Missouri State | Miles Clarke (North Carolina Central) |
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| 1990 | Kentucky Wesleyan (6) |
93–79 | CSU Bakersfield | Wade Green (CSU Bakersfield) |
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| 1991 | North Alabama (2) |
79–72 | Bridgeport | Lambert Shell (Bridgeport) |
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| 1992 | Virginia Union (2) |
100–75 | Bridgeport | Derrick Johnson (Virginia Union) |
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| 1993 | CSU Bakersfield | 85–72 | Troy State | Tyrone Davis (CSU Bakersfield) |
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| 1994 | CSU Bakersfield (2) |
92–86 | Southern Indiana | Stan Gouard (Southern Indiana) |
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| 1995 | Louisville, KY | Commonwealth Convention Center | Southern Indiana | 71–63 | UC Riverside | William Wilson (UC Riverside) |
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| 1996 | Fort Hays State | 70–63 | Northern Kentucky | Sherick Simpson (Fort Hays State) |
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| 1997 | CSU Bakersfield (3) |
57–56 | Northern Kentucky | Kebu Stewart (CSU Bakersfield) |
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| 1998 | UC Davis | 83–77 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Antonio Garcia (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
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| 1999 | Kentucky Wesleyan (7) |
75–60 | Metro State | Antonio Garcia (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
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| 2000 | Metro State | 97–79 | Kentucky Wesleyan | DeMarcos Anzures (Metro State) |
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| 2001 | Bakersfield, CA | Rabobank Arena | Kentucky Wesleyan (8) |
72–63 | Washburn | Lorio Duncan (Kentucky Wesleyan) |
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| 2002 | Evansville, IN | Roberts Municipal Stadium | Metro State (2) |
80–72 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Patrick Mutombo (Metro State) |
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| 2003 | Lakeland, FL | Lakeland Center | Northeastern State | 75–64 | Kentucky Wesleyan[n 1] | Darnell Hinson (Northeastern State) |
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| 2004 | Bakersfield, CA | Rabobank Arena | Kennesaw State | 84–59 | Southern Indiana | Terrence Hill (Kennesaw State) |
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| 2005 | Grand Forks, ND | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Virginia Union (3) |
63–58 | Bryant | Antwan Walton (Virginia Union) |
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| 2006 | Springfield, MA | MassMutual Center | Winona State | 73–61 | Virginia Union | John Smith (Winona State) |
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| 2007 | Barton | 77–75 | Winona State | Anthony Atkinson (Barton) |
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| 2008 | Winona State (2) |
87–76 | Augusta State | Jonte Flowers (Winona State) |
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| 2009 | Findlay | 56–53 (OT) |
Cal Poly Pomona | Josh Bostic (Findlay) |
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| 2010 | Cal Poly Pomona | 65–53 | Indiana (PA) | Austin Swift (Cal Poly Pomona) |
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| 2011 | Bellarmine | 71–68 | BYU–Hawaii | Jet Chang (BYU–Hawaii) |
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| 2012 | Highland Heights, KY | The Bank of Kentucky Center | Western Washington | 72–65 | Montevallo | D. J. Rivera (Montevallo) |
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| 2013 | Atlanta, GA[n 2] | Philips Arena | Drury | 74–73 | Metro State | Alex Hall (Drury) |
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| 2014 | Evansville, IN | Ford Center | Central Missouri (2) |
84–77 | West Liberty | Daylen Robinson (Central Missouri) |
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| 2015 | Florida Southern (2) |
77–62 | Indiana (PA) | Kevin Capers (Florida Southern) |
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| 2016 | Frisco, TX | Dr Pepper Arena | Augustana (SD) | 90–81 | Lincoln Memorial | Alex Richter (Augustana (SD)) |
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| 2017 | Sioux Falls, SD | Sanford Pentagon | Northwest Missouri State | 71–61 | Fairmont State | Justin Pitts (Northwest Missouri State) |
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| 2018 | Ferris State | 71–69 | Northern State | Zach Hankins (Ferris State) |
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| 2019 | Evansville, IN | Ford Center | Northwest Missouri State (2) |
64–58 | Point Loma | Trevor Hudgins (Northwest Missouri State) |
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| 2020 | Atlanta, GA[n 3] | State Farm Arena | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | ||||||
- 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
- Championship won as Lowell.
- Championship won as Tennessee–Chattanooga.
- Championship won as Philadelphia Textile.
Team appearances
Former Division II champions now in Division I
Source: [9]
| School | Championship(s) | Year moved | Current Conference |
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| South Dakota | 1958 | 2006 | The Summit League |
| Evansville | 1959 • 1960 • 1964 • 1965 • 1971 | 1978 | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Mount St. Mary's | 1962 | 1989 | Northeast Conference |
| South Dakota State | 1963 | 2005 | The Summit League |
| Morgan State | 1974 | 1985 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Old Dominion | 1975 | 1977 | Conference USA |
| Chattanooga | 1977 | 1978 | Southern Conference |
| Wright State | 1983 | 1988 | Horizon League |
| Jacksonville State | 1985 | 1996 | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Sacred Heart | 1986 | 1999 | Northeast Conference |
| UMass Lowell | 1988 | 2013 | America East Conference |
| North Carolina Central | 1989 | 2008 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| CSU Bakersfield | 1993 • 1994 • 1997 | 2007 | Western Athletic Conference (Big West Conference in 2020) |
| UC Davis | 1998 | 2004 | Big West Conference |
| Kennesaw State | 2004 | 2006 | Atlantic Sun Conference |
| North Alabama | 1979 • 1991 | 2018 | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Former Division II champions now in Division III
Source: [10]
| School | Championship(s) | Year moved | Current Conference |
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| Wheaton (IL) | 1957 | 1973 | College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin |
| Wittenberg | 1961 | 1973 | 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.[11]
See also
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.
- "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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