2018 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament


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.

Qualification

A total of 64 bids are available for each tournament: 24 automatic bids and 40 at-large bids.
The sixty-four bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions, each of which contains three of the twenty-four Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. Each region consists of three automatic qualifiers and five at-large bids.
Five teams qualified for their first NCAA Division II tournament in 2018: Ohio Dominican, Point Loma Nazarene, Saint Martin's, Southern Nazarene, and West Florida.

Regionals

Atlantic – [Petersburg, Virginia]

Location: VSU Multi-Purpose Center

Central – [Maryville, Missouri]

Location: Bearcat Arena

East – [Syracuse, New York]

Location: Le Moyne Athletic Center

Midwest – [Big Rapids, Michigan]

Location: Jim Wink Arena

South – Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta">Atlanta, Georgia

Location: Forbes Arena
* – Denotes overtime period

Southeast – [Harrogate, Tennessee]

Location: B. Frank "Tex" Turner Arena

South Central – [Canyon, Texas]

Location: First United Bank Center
* – Denotes overtime period

West – [Monmouth, Oregon]

Location: WOU Physical Education Building

Elite Eight – Sioux Falls, South Dakota