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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.
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Finals: State Farm Arena Atlanta, Georgia Elite Eight and Semifinals: Ford Center Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | None | ||||
| Runner-up | None | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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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 edit
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 edit
Atlantic edit
Round of 64 March 13 | Round of 32 March 14 | 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 edit
Round of 64 March 14 | Round of 32 March 15 | 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 edit
Round of 64 March 14 | Round of 32 March 15 | 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 edit
Round of 64 March 14 | Round of 32 March 15 | 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 edit
Round of 64 March 14 | Round of 32 March 15 | 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 edit
Round of 64 March 14 | Round of 32 March 15 | 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 edit
Round of 64 March 14 | Round of 32 March 15 | 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 edit
Round of 64 March 13 | Round of 32 March 14 | 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) | |||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- 2019 Division II Men's Basketball Official Bracket
- McGuire, Corbin (August 5, 2020). "DII Presidents Council cancels fall 2020 championships". Retrieved September 17, 2020.