2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament


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.

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.
Seven teams qualified for their first NCAA Division II tournament in 2019: Concordia-Irvine, Daemen, Emmanuel, Molloy, Notre Dame, Nova Southeastern, and Walsh.

Regionals

Atlantic – [Indiana, Pennsylvania]

Location: Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex
* – Denotes overtime period

Central – [Maryville, Missouri]

Location: Bearcat Arena
* – Denotes overtime period

East – [Goffstown, New Hampshire]

Location: Stoutenburgh Gymnasium
* – Denotes overtime period

Midwest – [Romeoville, Illinois]

Location: Neil Carey Arena

South – [Davie, Florida]

Location: Rick Case Arena

Southeast – [Charlotte, North Carolina]

Location: Levine Center
* – Denotes overtime period

South Central – [Canyon, Texas]

Location: First United Bank Center

West – San Diego, California">San Diego">San Diego, California

Location: Golden Gymnasium

Elite Eight – Evansville, Indiana

All-tournament team