2019 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

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2019 NCAA Division II
men's basketball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams64
Finals site Ford Center
Evansville, Indiana
Champions Northwest Missouri State Bearcats (2nd title)
Runner-up Point Loma Sea Lions (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Ben McCollum (2nd title)
MOP Trevor Hudgins (Northwest Missouri State)
NCAA Division II men's tournaments
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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.

Contents

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.

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).

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.

Regionals

Atlantic – Indiana, Pennsylvania

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
4Mercyhurst75
5 Fairmont State (22–8) 60
4 Mercyhurst (23–6) 63*
4Mercyhurst82
2 West Liberty 70
3 Virginia State (27–4) 89
6 Notre Dame (OH) (23–6) 81
3 Virginia State 80
2West Liberty82
7 East Stroudsburg (21–7) 99
2 West Liberty (26–4) 106*

* – Denotes overtime period

Central – Maryville, Missouri

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
1NW Missouri State70
5 Southern Nazarene 59
5 Southern Nazarene (28–5) 81
4 St. Cloud State (22–8) 61
1NW Missouri State82
6 Missouri Southern 70
3 Washburn (24–7) 100
6 Missouri Southern (23–7) 101
6Missouri Southern92
7 SE Oklahoma State 83
7 SE Oklahoma State (22–7) 115*
2 Northern State (26–6) 103

* – Denotes overtime period

East – Goffstown, New Hampshire

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
1Saint Anselm70
4 New Haven 69
5 Daemen (24–5) 67
4 New Haven (20–9) 72
1Saint Anselm74
6 St. Thomas Aquinas 49
3 Le Moyne (18–9) 59
6 St. Thomas Aquinas (23–6) 61
6St. Thomas Aquinas86*
7 Dominican (NY) 83
7 Dominican (NY) (22–7) 64
2 Merrimack (26–6) 50

* – Denotes overtime period

Midwest – Romeoville, Illinois

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
4Southern Indiana62
5 Ashland (23–6) 60
4 Southern Indiana (22–8) 66
4Southern Indiana76
2 Bellarmine 69
3 Findlay (27–4) 71
6 Drury (21–11) 66
3 Findlay 59
2Bellarmine74
7 Walsh (24–7) 61
2 Bellarmine (26–4) 81

South – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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
1Nova Southeastern89
5 West Alabama 80
5 West Alabama (22–7) 95
4 Valdosta State (24–6) 87
1Nova Southeastern89
3 Lynn 74
3 Lynn (23–6) 81
6 Alabama–Huntsville (24–7) 68
3Lynn88
2 Florida Southern 78
7 Delta State (19–11) 72
2 Florida Southern (24–7) 78

Southeast – Charlotte, North Carolina

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
1Queens96
4 Catawba 93
5 UNC Pembroke (21–9) 61
4 Catawba (23–7) 80
1Queens91
2 Augusta 78
3 USC Aiken (26–5) 84
6 Lenoir–Rhyne (21–10) 71
3 USC Aiken 89
2Augusta93*
7 Francis Marion (21–8) 70
2 Augusta (26–5) 77*

* – Denotes overtime period

South Central – Canyon, Texas

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
1West Texas A&M77
4 Texas A&M–Commerce 61
5 Dallas Baptist (23–9) 70
4 Texas A&M–Commerce (23–8) 72
1West Texas A&M89
2 St. Edward's 70
3 Colorado Mines (25–5) 73
6 Lubbock Christian (20–9) 82
6 Lubbock Christian 80
2St. Edward's93
7 Angelo State (21–8) 81
2 St. Edward's (27–3) 82

West – San Diego, California

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
1Point Loma73
4 UC San Diego 50
5 Cal Poly Pomona (21–6) 50
4 UC San Diego (25–7) 61
1Point Loma60
3 Saint Martin's 54
3 Saint Martin's (24–5) 63
6 Concordia Irvine (23–10) 60
3Saint Martin's67
2 Seattle Pacific 63
7 Chaminade (23–7) 75
2 Seattle Pacific (21–6) 77

Elite Eight – Evansville, Indiana

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

All-tournament team

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