Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, South Dakota | ||||
Champions | Ferris State Bulldogs (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Northern State Wolves (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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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.
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.
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.
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 | ||||||||||||
5 | Shippensburg | 77 | ||||||||||||
5 | Shippensburg (23–7) | 98 | ||||||||||||
4 | West Liberty (26–3) | 66 | ||||||||||||
5 | Shippensburg | 72 | ||||||||||||
2 | East Stroudsburg | 84 | ||||||||||||
3 | Wheeling Jesuit (26–5) | 77 | ||||||||||||
6 | West Chester (21–6) | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | West Chester | 76 | ||||||||||||
2 | East Stroudsburg | 90 | ||||||||||||
7 | Gannon (22–9) | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | East Stroudsburg (24–5) | 78 |
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 | ||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota State | 74 | ||||||||||||
4 | SW Minnesota State | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Missouri So. State (20–9) | 77 | ||||||||||||
4 | SW Minnesota State (24–8) | 81 | ||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota State | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern State | 90 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern Nazarene (27–2) | 68 | ||||||||||||
6 | St. Cloud State (23–8) | 81 | ||||||||||||
6 | St. Cloud State | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern State | 68 | ||||||||||||
7 | Washburn (22–9) | 73 | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern State (31–3) | 93 |
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 | ||||||||||||
1 | Le Moyne | 67 | ||||||||||||
5 | Saint Rose | 63 | ||||||||||||
5 | Saint Rose (20–9) | 83 | ||||||||||||
4 | Saint Anselm (22–8) | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | Le Moyne | 75 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bloomfield | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | Bridgeport (25–5) | 70 | ||||||||||||
6 | Merrimack (19–11) | 85 | ||||||||||||
6 | Merrimack | 91 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bloomfield | 109 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bloomfield (22–7) | 91 | ||||||||||||
2 | St. Thomas Aquinas (26–6) | 78 |
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 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ferris State | 94 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lake Superior State | 71 | ||||||||||||
5 | Hillsdale (21–9) | 67 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lake Superior State (24–7) | 81 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ferris State | 80 | ||||||||||||
3 | Findlay | 65 | ||||||||||||
3 | Findlay (26–4) | 84 | ||||||||||||
6 | Drury (21–7) | 65 | ||||||||||||
3 | Findlay | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bellarmine | 73 | ||||||||||||
7 | Truman (20–10) | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bellarmine (28–2) | 82 |
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 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eckerd | 90 | ||||||||||||
5 | Valdosta State (26–4) | 81 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eckerd (24–6) | 85 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eckerd | 72 | ||||||||||||
7 | Barry | 79 | ||||||||||||
3 | Claflin (25–6) | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | Clark Atlanta (24–5) | 61 | ||||||||||||
3 | Claflin | 64 | ||||||||||||
7 | Barry | 89 | ||||||||||||
7 | Barry (20–8) | 90 | ||||||||||||
2 | West Florida (28–3) | 73 |
* – Denotes overtime period
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 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lincoln Memorial | 87 | ||||||||||||
4 | Clayton State | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | Carson–Newman (23–7) | 69 | ||||||||||||
4 | Clayton State (23–6) | 75 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lincoln Memorial | 57 | ||||||||||||
2 | Queens | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | UNC Pembroke (26–5) | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Francis Marion (20–9) | 72 | ||||||||||||
3 | UNC Pembroke | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | Queens | 75 | ||||||||||||
7 | Lees–McRae (23–8) | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Queens (28–3) | 90 |
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 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 93 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Fort Lewis (21–8) | 62 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas A&M–Commerce (24–6) | 78 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 95 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas–Permian Basin | 87 | ||||||||||||
3 | Regis (26–5) | 87 | ||||||||||||
6 | Dallas Baptist (26–5) | 82 | ||||||||||||
3 | Regis | 124 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas–Permian Basin | 130**** | ||||||||||||
7 | Arkansas–Fort Smith (24–5) | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas–Permian Basin (25–5) | 87 |
* – Denotes overtime period
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 | ||||||||||||
3 | California Baptist | 80 | ||||||||||||
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 |
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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