Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Nova Southeastern Sharks (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | West Liberty Hilltoppers (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Jim Crutchfield (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Will Yoakum & RJ Sunahara (Nova Southeastern) | ||||
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The 2023 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the single-elimination tournament to determine the annual national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
The championship rounds were held from March 21–25, 2023 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Nova Southeastern won their first ever national championship, beating West Liberty 111–101 in the championship game. The Sharks also completed a perfect 36–0 season, the first team to do so since Northwest Missouri State in 2019.
McKendree and North Georgia participated in the tournament for the first time, with both winning tournament games, and the former making it to the Regional Final.
First, second, and third-round games (the last of which doubles as a regional championship), will take place on campus sites from March 11–14, 2023. The top-seeded team in each regional serves as host.
The national quarterfinals quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals will be held at a predetermined site, the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, from March 21–25, 2023.
A total of sixty-four bids are available for the tournament: 23 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-three Division II conferences) and 41 at-large bids.
The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains either two or three of the twenty-three Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and either five or six at-large bids, awarded regardless of conference affiliation.
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Region (Bids) | School | Conference | Record (Conf.) | Appearance | Last bid |
Atlantic (5) | East Stroudsburg | PSAC | 23–8 | 8th | 2019 |
Fairmont State | Mountain East | 24–7 | 14th | 2022 | |
Mercyhurst | PSAC | 24–5 | 7th | 2022 | |
Pittsburgh–Johnstown | PSAC | 20–10 | 5th | 2009 | |
Virginia Union | CIAA | 23–7 | 30th | 2018 | |
Central (5) | Central Oklahoma | MIAA | 26–5 | 14th | 2022 |
Emporia State | MIAA | 22–8 | 3rd | 2007 | |
Minnesota–Duluth | Northern Sun | 23–9 | 7th | 2022 | |
Northern State | Northern Sun | 24–6 | 15th | 2021 | |
Southern Nazarene | Great American | 25–4 | 4th | 2020 | |
East (5) | Bentley | Northeast–10 | 21–6 | 20th | 2022 |
Dominican (NY) | CACC | 21–8 | 6th | 2022 | |
New Haven | Northeast–10 | 20–10 | 10th | 2022 | |
Pace | Northeast–10 | 20–10 | 6th | 2022 | |
Southern New Hampshire | Northeast–10 | 20–8 | 21st | 2017 | |
Midwest (5) | Ferris State | GLIAC | 23–8 | 16th | 2022 |
Hillsdale | Great Midwest | 23–6 | 8th | 2022 | |
Indianapolis | GLVC | 26–4 | 13th | 2020 | |
UMSL | GLVC | 21–10 | 5th | 2022 | |
Wisconsin–Parkside | GLIAC | 21–8 | 7th | 2017 | |
South (5) | Alabama–Huntsville | Gulf South | 25–7 | 15th | 2022 |
Embry–Riddle | Sunshine State | 19–11 | 3rd | 2022 | |
Lee | Gulf South | 20–7 | 3rd | 2021 | |
Tuskegee | SIAC | 20–8 | 5th | 2014 | |
West Georgia | Gulf South | 20–8 | 18th | 2021 | |
South Central (6) | Angelo State | Lone Star | 25–6 | 10th | 2022 |
Black Hills State | RMAC | 25–5 | 2nd | 2022 | |
Colorado Mesa | RMAC | 25–5 | 10th | 2022 | |
Colorado Mines | RMAC | 26–5 | 12th | 2021 | |
Lubbock Christian | Lone Star | 19–11 | 5th | 2022 | |
Texas A&M–Kingsville | Lone Star | 22–10 | 8th | 2022 | |
Southeast (5) | Lander | Peach Belt | 22–9 | 6th | 2020 |
Lincoln Memorial | South Atlantic | 27–4 | 12th | 2022 | |
North Georgia | Peach Belt | 20–7 | 1st | Never | |
UNC Pembroke | Carolinas | 26–3 | 9th | 2022 | |
USC Aiken | Peach Belt | 22–8 | 9th | 2019 | |
West (5) | Academy of Art | PacWest | 21–9 | 2nd | 2022 |
Azusa Pacific | PacWest | 22–7 | 6th | 2022 | |
Cal State San Marcos | CCAA | 19–10 | 2nd | 2022 | |
Montana State Billings | Great Northwest | 20–9 | 11th | 2012 | |
St. Martin's | Great Northwest | 24–6 | 3rd | 2019 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional Finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indiana (PA) | 52 | ||||||||||||
8 | Winston–Salem State | 50 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indiana (PA) | 60 | ||||||||||||
4 | Virginia Union | 45 | ||||||||||||
5 | Fairmont State | 64 | ||||||||||||
4 | Virginia Union | 66 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indiana (PA) | 53 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Mercyhurst | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | East Stroudsburg | 66 | ||||||||||||
3 | Mercyhurst | 72 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 86 | ||||||||||||
7 | Pittsburgh–Johnstown | 88 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 112 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional Finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northwest Missouri State | 94 | ||||||||||||
8 | Southern Arkansas | 69 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northwest Missouri State | 57 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Nazarene | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Nazarene | 67* | ||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota State–Moorhead | 64 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Nazarene | 52 | ||||||||||||
6 | Minnesota–Duluth | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | Central Oklahoma | 56 | ||||||||||||
6 | Minnesota–Duluth | 62 | ||||||||||||
6 | Minnesota–Duluth | 84 | ||||||||||||
7 | Emporia State | 79 | ||||||||||||
7 | Emporia State | 72 | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern State | 51 |
* – Denotes overtime period
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional Finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | St. Anselm | 71 | ||||||||||||
8 | Caldwell | 80 | ||||||||||||
8 | Caldwell | 56 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Haven | 77 | ||||||||||||
5 | Pace | 57 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Haven | 83 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Haven | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bentley | 60 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern New Hampshire | 78 | ||||||||||||
6 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern New Hampshire | 46 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bentley | 73 | ||||||||||||
7 | Dominican (NY) | 67 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bentley | 77 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional Finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indianapolis | 63 | ||||||||||||
8 | McKendree | 77 | ||||||||||||
8 | McKendree | 93 | ||||||||||||
5 | Northern Michigan | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | Northern Michigan | 86 | ||||||||||||
4 | Hillsdale | 81 | ||||||||||||
8 | McKendree | 60 | ||||||||||||
2 | Missouri–St. Louis | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ashland | 70 | ||||||||||||
6 | Ferris State | 71 | ||||||||||||
6 | Ferris State | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Missouri–St. Louis | 82 | ||||||||||||
7 | Wisconsin–Parkside | 60 | ||||||||||||
2 | Missouri–St. Louis | 85 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional Finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 97 | ||||||||||||
8 | Miles | 55 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 105 | ||||||||||||
5 | West Georgia | 74 | ||||||||||||
5 | West Georgia | 74 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lee | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 87 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alabama–Huntsville | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alabama–Huntsville | 76 | ||||||||||||
6 | Embry–Riddle | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alabama–Huntsville | 72 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Alabama | 56 | ||||||||||||
7 | Tuskegee | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Alabama | 70 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional Finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 78 | ||||||||||||
8 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 56 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 69 | ||||||||||||
4 | Angelo State | 59 | ||||||||||||
5 | Colorado Mesa | 57 | ||||||||||||
4 | Angelo State | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 67 | ||||||||||||
6 | Black Hills State | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | Colorado School of Mines | 48 | ||||||||||||
6 | Black Hills State | 68 | ||||||||||||
6 | Black Hills State | 81 | ||||||||||||
2 | Fort Lewis | 66 | ||||||||||||
7 | Lubbock Christian | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Fort Lewis | 97 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional Finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Augusta | 83 | ||||||||||||
8 | Emmanuel (GA) | 74 | ||||||||||||
1 | Augusta | 77 | ||||||||||||
4 | South Carolina–Aiken | 84 | ||||||||||||
5 | Catawba | 79 | ||||||||||||
4 | South Carolina–Aiken | 88 | ||||||||||||
4 | South Carolina–Aiken | 83 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lincoln Memorial | 89 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lincoln Memorial | 76 | ||||||||||||
6 | Lander | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lincoln Memorial | 84 | ||||||||||||
7 | North Georgia | 74 | ||||||||||||
7 | North Georgia | 76 | ||||||||||||
2 | UNC Pembroke | 58 |
First round March 10 | Regional semifinals March 11 | Regional Finals March 13 | ||||||||||||
1 | Point Loma | 78 | ||||||||||||
8 | Northwest Nazarene | 64 | ||||||||||||
1 | Point Loma | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | Academy of Art | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Academy of Art | 93* | ||||||||||||
4 | St. Martin's | 89 | ||||||||||||
1 | Point Loma | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cal State San Bernardino | 89 | ||||||||||||
3 | Azusa Pacific | 62 | ||||||||||||
6 | Cal State San Marcos | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | Cal State San Marcos | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cal State San Bernardino | 67 | ||||||||||||
7 | Montana State Billings | 57 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cal State San Bernardino | 63 |
* – Denotes overtime period
Elite Eight March 21, 2023 | Final Four March 23, 2023 | National championship March 25, 2023 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 82 | ||||||||||||
8 | Missouri–St. Louis | 75 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 94 | ||||||||||||
4 | Cal State San Bernardino | 87 | ||||||||||||
4 | Cal State San Bernardino | 88 | ||||||||||||
5 | Lincoln Memorial | 70 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 111 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 101 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 95 | ||||||||||||
7 | New Haven | 58 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 87 | ||||||||||||
3 | Black Hills State | 82 | ||||||||||||
3 | Black Hills State | 86 | ||||||||||||
6 | Minnesota–Duluth | 68 |
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