2019 men's basketball tournament in the United States
The 2019 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was 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 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana for the Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship rounds. The tournament concluded with Northwest Missouri State winning its 2nd national title completing a 38-0 season.[1]
2019 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)
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
Location: Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: Bearcat Arena
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: Stoutenburgh Gymnasium
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: Neil Carey Arena
| First round
Round of 64
March 16
| | | Regional semifinal
Round of 32
March 17
| | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 19
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| 1
| Lewis (24–5)
| 65
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| 8
| Grand Valley State (19–12)
| 63
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| Lewis
| 61
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| | | 4
| Southern Indiana
| 62
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| 5
| Ashland (23–6)
| 60
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| 4
| Southern Indiana (22–8)
| 66
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| | 4
| Southern Indiana
| 76
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| | | 2
| Bellarmine
| 69
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| 3
| Findlay (27–4)
| 71
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| 6
| Drury (21–11)
| 66
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| | 3
| Findlay
| 59
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| | | 2
| Bellarmine
| 74
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| 7
| Walsh (24–7)
| 61
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| 2
| Bellarmine (26–4)
| 81
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Location: Rick Case Arena
Location: Levine Center
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: First United Bank Center
Location: Golden Gymnasium
Elite Eight – Evansville, Indiana
All-tournament team
- Alex Stein (Southern Indiana)
- Daulton Hommes (Point Loma)
- Tim Guers (Saint Anselm)
- Joey Withus (Northwest Missouri State)
- Trevor Hudgins (Northwest Missouri State)
References
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