2018 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

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2018 NCAA Division II
men's basketball tournament
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Teams64
Finals site Sanford Pentagon
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions Ferris State Bulldogs (1st title)
Runner-up Northern State Wolves (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Andy Bronkema (1st title)
MOP Zach Hankins (Ferris State)
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The 2018 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament is the 62nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 9, and concluded with the championship game on March 24.

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The eight regional winners met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. For the second consecutive year, the Elite Eight was held at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Ferris State defeated Northern State, 71–69, to win the first national championship in the school's history. [1]

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Qualification

A total of 64 bids are available for each tournament: 24 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-two 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).

Six teams qualified for their first NCAA Division II tournament in 2018: Lees–McRae, Ohio Dominican, Point Loma Nazarene, Saint Martin's, Southern Nazarene, and West Florida.

Regionals

Atlantic – Petersburg, Virginia

Location: VSU Multi-Purpose Center

First round
Round of 64
March 10
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 11
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 13
         
1 Virginia State (24–4) 81
8 Virginia Union (18–14) 76
1 Virginia State 58
5Shippensburg77
5 Shippensburg (23–7) 98
4 West Liberty (26–3) 66
5 Shippensburg 72
2East Stroudsburg84
3 Wheeling Jesuit (26–5) 77
6 West Chester (21–6) 82
6 West Chester 76
2East Stroudsburg90
7 Gannon (22–9) 69
2 East Stroudsburg (24–5) 78

Central – Maryville, Missouri

Location: Bearcat Arena

First round
Round of 64
March 10
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 11
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 13
         
1 NW Missouri State (27–3) 50
8 Minnesota State (22–9) 60
8Minnesota State74
4 SW Minnesota State 70
5 Missouri So. State (20–9) 77
4 SW Minnesota State (24–8) 81
8 Minnesota State 83
2Northern State90
3 Southern Nazarene (27–2) 68
6 St. Cloud State (23–8) 81
6 St. Cloud State 61
2Northern State68
7 Washburn (22–9) 73
2 Northern State (31–3) 93

East – DeWitt, New York

Location: Le Moyne Events Center

First round
Round of 64
March 10
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 11
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 13
         
1 Le Moyne (24–6) 75
8 Jefferson (21–13) 57
1Le Moyne67
5 Saint Rose 63
5 Saint Rose (20–9) 83
4 Saint Anselm (22–8) 71
1Le Moyne75
7 Bloomfield 59
3 Bridgeport (25–5) 70
6 Merrimack (19–11) 85
6 Merrimack 91
7Bloomfield109
7 Bloomfield (22–7) 91
2 St. Thomas Aquinas (26–6) 78

Midwest – Big Rapids, Michigan

Location: Jim Wink Arena

First round
Round of 64
March 10
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 11
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 13
         
1 Ferris State (32–1) 75
8 Ohio Dominican (20–10) 57
1Ferris State94
4 Lake Superior State 71
5 Hillsdale (21–9) 67
4 Lake Superior State (24–7) 81
1Ferris State80
3 Findlay 65
3 Findlay (26–4) 84
6 Drury (21–7) 65
3Findlay74
2 Bellarmine 73
7 Truman (20–10) 65
2 Bellarmine (28–2) 82

South – Atlanta, Georgia

Location: Forbes Arena

First round
Round of 64
March 10
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 11
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 13
         
1 Morehouse (25–2) 97
8 Florida Southern (20–10) 98*
8 Florida Southern 77
4Eckerd90
5 Valdosta State (26–4) 81
4 Eckerd (24–6) 85
4 Eckerd 72
7Barry79
3 Claflin (25–6) 72
6 Clark Atlanta (24–5) 61
3 Claflin 64
7Barry89
7 Barry (20–8) 90
2 West Florida (28–3) 73

* – Denotes overtime period

Southeast – Harrogate, Tennessee

Location: B. Frank "Tex" Turner Arena

First round
Round of 64
March 10
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 11
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 13
         
1 Lincoln Memorial (30–1) 90
8 King (19–10) 78
1Lincoln Memorial87
4 Clayton State 61
5 Carson–Newman (23–7) 69
4 Clayton State (23–6) 75
1 Lincoln Memorial 57
2Queens69
3 UNC Pembroke (26–5) 75
6 Francis Marion (20–9) 72
3 UNC Pembroke 63
2Queens75
7 Lees–McRae (23–8) 69
2 Queens (28–3) 90

South Central – Canyon, Texas

Location: First United Bank Center

First round
Round of 64
March 10
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 11
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 13
         
1 West Texas A&M (27–4) 79
8 Colorado Mines (22–8) 65
1West Texas A&M93
4 Texas A&M–Commerce 70
5 Fort Lewis (21–8) 62
4 Texas A&M–Commerce (24–6) 78
1West Texas A&M95
2 UT Permian Basin 87
3 Regis (26–5) 87
6 Dallas Baptist (26–5) 82
3 Regis 124
2UT Permian Basin130****
7 Arkansas–Fort Smith (24–5) 69
2 UT Permian Basin (25–5) 87

* – Denotes overtime period

West – Monmouth, Oregon

Location: WOU Physical Education Building

First round
Round of 64
March 9
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 10
Regional final
Sweet 16
March 12
         
1 Western Oregon (29–1) 73
8 Point Loma (21–9) 66
1 Western Oregon 77
5 Saint Martin's 55
5 Saint Martin's (24–8) 66
4 Cal Poly Pomona (23–6) 58
1 Western Oregon 76
3California Baptist80
3 California Baptist (25–5) 81
6 UC San Diego (21–10) 67
3 California Baptist 72
7 Azusa Pacific 68
7 Azusa Pacific (20–10) 69
2 Dixie State (23–6) 65

Elite Eight – Sioux Falls, South Dakota

National Quarterfinals
Elite Eight
March 20
National semifinals
Final Four
March 22
National championship
March 24
         
1 Ferris State 87
8 Barry 84
1 Ferris State 85
4 West Texas A&M 79
4 West Texas A&M 87
5 Le Moyne 73
1 Ferris State 71
3 Northern State 69
2 Queens 100
7 California Baptist 94
2 Queens 99
3 Northern State 105**
3 Northern State 79
6 East Stroudsburg 71

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