2020 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

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2020 NCAA Division II
men's basketball tournament
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Teams64
Finals siteFinals:
State Farm Arena
Atlanta, Georgia
Elite Eight and Semifinals:
Ford Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsNone
Runner-upNone
Semifinalists
  • None
  • None
NCAA Division II men's tournaments
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The 2020 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was to be the annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States. With a field of sixty-four teams, it was supposed to begin on March 16 and conclude with the championship game on April 5.

Contents

As with the prior year's format, the eight regional winners would have met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were scheduled to take place again at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, while the championship final was due to take place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia so as to coincide with the Division I Final Four.

After the announcement of the tournament field on March 8, the entire tournament was cancelled on March 12 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Qualification

A total of sixty-four bids were available for the tournament: 21 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-one 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 (after the Heartland Conference disbanded in 2019, the South Region now features only two conferences). 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.

Regionals

Atlantic

First round
Round of 64
March 13
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 14
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 16
         
1 Indiana (PA) (28–2)
8 Winston-Salem State (19–10)
 
 
5 Fairmont State (23–7)
4 Shippensburg (24–7)
 
Indiana, PA
 
3 Charleston (WV) (25–6)
6 Mercyhurst (20–8)
 
 
7 Virginia State (19–9)
2 West Liberty (27–4)

* – Denotes overtime period

Central

First round
Round of 64
March 14
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 15
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 17
         
1 NW Missouri State (31–1)
8 Oklahoma Baptist (22–9)
 
 
5 Missouri Southern (23–7)
4 Northern State (26–6)
 
Maryville, MO
 
3 Southeastern Oklahoma (23–8)
6 Rogers State (24–6)
 
 
7 Henderson State (23–8)
2 Southern Nazarene (24–8)

* – Denotes overtime period

East

First round
Round of 64
March 14
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 15
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 17
         
1 Bridgeport (24–4)
8 Daemen (24–8)
 
 
5 Le Moyne (19–9)
4 Saint Anselm (21–8)
 
Bridgeport, CT
 
3 Jefferson (27–4)
6 Stonehill (18–11)
 
 
7 Dominican (25–6)
2 Saint Thomas Aquinas (25–5)

* – Denotes overtime period

Midwest

First round
Round of 64
March 14
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 15
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 17
         
1 Indianapolis (24–6)
8 Walsh (25–6)
 
 
5 Bellarmine (20–8)
4 Michigan Tech (23–8)
 
Indianapolis, IN
 
3 UMSL (27–6)
6 Southern Indiana (22–8)
 
 
7 Ferris State (27–6)
2 Truman (23–8)

South

First round
Round of 64
March 14
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 15
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 17
         
1 Florida Southern (29–2)
8 Miles (24–4)
 
 
5 Lee (22–7)
4 Alabama–Huntsville (26–5)
 
Lakeland, FL
 
3 Valdosta State (26–4)
6 Palm Beach Atlantic (21–9)
 
 
7 Embry–Riddle (FL) (20–10)
2 Nova Southeastern (23–6)

Southeast

First round
Round of 64
March 14
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 15
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 17
         
1 Lincoln Memorial (32–1)
8 Belmont Abbey (21–10)
 
 
5 Lander (23–8)
4 Augusta (21–8)
 
Harrogate, TN
 
3 UNC Pembroke (24–6)
6 Catawba (20–10)
 
 
7 Southern Wesleyan (20–11)
2 Queens (NC) (24–7)

* – Denotes overtime period

South Central

First round
Round of 64
March 14
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 15
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 17
         
1 West Texas A&M (32–1)
8 Colorado Mesa (21–10)
 
 
5 Texas A&M–Kingsville (21–9)
4 Angelo State (20–8)
 
Canyon, TX
 
3 Dixie State (23–7)
6 Colorado Mines (21–10)
 
 
7 Dallas Baptist (21–9)
2 St. Edward's (27–4)

West

First round
Round of 64
March 13
Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 14
Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 16
         
1 UC San Diego (30–1)
8 Western Washington (20–10)
 
 
5 Seattle Pacific (22–7)
4 Chico State (23–7)
 
San Diego, CA
 
3 Cal Poly Pomona (23–7)
6 Point Loma Nazarene (24–6)
 
 
7 CSU San Bernardino (21–8)
2 Azusa Pacific (25–4)

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