Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Northwest Missouri State Bearcats (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Point Loma Sea Lions (1st title game) | ||||
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Winning coach | Ben McCollum (2nd title) | ||||
MOP | Trevor Hudgins (Northwest Missouri State) | ||||
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The 2019 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament is the 63rd 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 16, and concluded with the championship game on March 30.
The eight regional winners met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Elite Eight was held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The tournament concluded with Northwest Missouri State winning its 2nd national title completing a 38-0 season.
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).
Seven teams qualified for their first NCAA Division II tournament in 2019: Concordia-Irvine, Daemen, Emmanuel, Molloy, Notre Dame (Ohio), Nova Southeastern, and Walsh. Six of these teams lost their first round game, with Nova Southeastern not only hosting the South Regional Tournament, but winning it, as well, advancing to the Elite Eight, before losing to St. Anselm.
Location: Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex
First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indiana (PA) (29–2) | 74 | ||||||||||||
8 | West Chester (22–8) | 65 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indiana (PA) | 65 | ||||||||||||
4 | Mercyhurst | 75 | ||||||||||||
5 | Fairmont State (22–8) | 60 | ||||||||||||
4 | Mercyhurst (23–6) | 63* | ||||||||||||
4 | Mercyhurst | 82 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Virginia State (27–4) | 89 | ||||||||||||
6 | Notre Dame (OH) (23–6) | 81 | ||||||||||||
3 | Virginia State | 80 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty | 82 | ||||||||||||
7 | East Stroudsburg (21–7) | 99 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Liberty (26–4) | 106* |
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: Bearcat Arena
First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | NW Missouri State (32–0) | 91 | ||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota State (18–11) | 62 | ||||||||||||
1 | NW Missouri State | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Nazarene | 59 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Nazarene (28–5) | 81 | ||||||||||||
4 | St. Cloud State (22–8) | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | NW Missouri State | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | Missouri Southern | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Washburn (24–7) | 100 | ||||||||||||
6 | Missouri Southern (23–7) | 101 | ||||||||||||
6 | Missouri Southern | 92 | ||||||||||||
7 | SE Oklahoma State | 83 | ||||||||||||
7 | SE Oklahoma State (22–7) | 115* | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern State (26–6) | 103 |
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: Stoutenburgh Gymnasium
First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | Saint Anselm (22–5) | 81 | ||||||||||||
8 | Molloy (21–9) | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | Saint Anselm | 70 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Haven | 69 | ||||||||||||
5 | Daemen (24–5) | 67 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Haven (20–9) | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | Saint Anselm | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 49 | ||||||||||||
3 | Le Moyne (18–9) | 59 | ||||||||||||
6 | St. Thomas Aquinas (23–6) | 61 | ||||||||||||
6 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 86* | ||||||||||||
7 | Dominican (NY) | 83 | ||||||||||||
7 | Dominican (NY) (22–7) | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Merrimack (26–6) | 50 |
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: Neil Carey Arena
First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lewis (24–5) | 65 | ||||||||||||
8 | Grand Valley State (19–12) | 63 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lewis | 61 | ||||||||||||
4 | Southern Indiana | 62 | ||||||||||||
5 | Ashland (23–6) | 60 | ||||||||||||
4 | Southern Indiana (22–8) | 66 | ||||||||||||
4 | Southern Indiana | 76 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bellarmine | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Findlay (27–4) | 71 | ||||||||||||
6 | Drury (21–11) | 66 | ||||||||||||
3 | Findlay | 59 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bellarmine | 74 | ||||||||||||
7 | Walsh (24–7) | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bellarmine (26–4) | 81 |
Location: Rick Case Arena
First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern (26–3) | 80 | ||||||||||||
8 | Miles (21–8) | 66 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 89 | ||||||||||||
5 | West Alabama | 80 | ||||||||||||
5 | West Alabama (22–7) | 95 | ||||||||||||
4 | Valdosta State (24–6) | 87 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nova Southeastern | 89 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lynn | 74 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lynn (23–6) | 81 | ||||||||||||
6 | Alabama–Huntsville (24–7) | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lynn | 88 | ||||||||||||
2 | Florida Southern | 78 | ||||||||||||
7 | Delta State (19–11) | 72 | ||||||||||||
2 | Florida Southern (24–7) | 78 |
Location: Levine Center
First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | Queens (28–4) | 76 | ||||||||||||
8 | Emmanuel (GA) (25–9) | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | Queens | 96 | ||||||||||||
4 | Catawba | 93 | ||||||||||||
5 | UNC Pembroke (21–9) | 61 | ||||||||||||
4 | Catawba (23–7) | 80 | ||||||||||||
1 | Queens | 91 | ||||||||||||
2 | Augusta | 78 | ||||||||||||
3 | USC Aiken (26–5) | 84 | ||||||||||||
6 | Lenoir–Rhyne (21–10) | 71 | ||||||||||||
3 | USC Aiken | 89 | ||||||||||||
2 | Augusta | 93* | ||||||||||||
7 | Francis Marion (21–8) | 70 | ||||||||||||
2 | Augusta (26–5) | 77* |
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: First United Bank Center
First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M (31–3) | 109 | ||||||||||||
8 | New Mexico Highlands (22–9) | 95 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 77 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | Dallas Baptist (23–9) | 70 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas A&M–Commerce (23–8) | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 89 | ||||||||||||
2 | St. Edward's | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Colorado Mines (25–5) | 73 | ||||||||||||
6 | Lubbock Christian (20–9) | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | Lubbock Christian | 80 | ||||||||||||
2 | St. Edward's | 93 | ||||||||||||
7 | Angelo State (21–8) | 81 | ||||||||||||
2 | St. Edward's (27–3) | 82 |
Location: Golden Gymnasium
First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Point Loma (26–4) | 70 | ||||||||||||
8 | Western Oregon (22–10) | 58 | ||||||||||||
1 | Point Loma | 73 | ||||||||||||
4 | UC San Diego | 50 | ||||||||||||
5 | Cal Poly Pomona (21–6) | 50 | ||||||||||||
4 | UC San Diego (25–7) | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Point Loma | 60 | ||||||||||||
3 | Saint Martin's | 54 | ||||||||||||
3 | Saint Martin's (24–5) | 63 | ||||||||||||
6 | Concordia Irvine (23–10) | 60 | ||||||||||||
3 | Saint Martin's | 67 | ||||||||||||
2 | Seattle Pacific | 63 | ||||||||||||
7 | Chaminade (23–7) | 75 | ||||||||||||
2 | Seattle Pacific (21–6) | 77 |
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 27 | National semifinals Final Four March 28 | National Championship March 30 | ||||||||||||
1 | NW Missouri State | 55 | ||||||||||||
8 | Mercyhurst | 51 | ||||||||||||
1 | NW Missouri State | 76 | ||||||||||||
5 | Saint Anselm | 53 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nova Southeastern | 81 | ||||||||||||
5 | Saint Anselm | 91 | ||||||||||||
1 | NW Missouri State | 64 | ||||||||||||
6 | Point Loma | 58 | ||||||||||||
3 | Queens | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | Point Loma | 87 | ||||||||||||
6 | Point Loma | 81 | ||||||||||||
7 | Southern Indiana | 71 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Texas A&M | 84 | ||||||||||||
7 | Southern Indiana | 94 |
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