2011 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament


The 2011 [NCAA NCAA Division II|Division II Men's Basketball Championship|NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament] involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2010–11 basketball season. The winner was Bellarmine; the tournament's Most Outstanding Player was Jet Chang of runner-up BYU–Hawaii, the first player from a losing team to earn that honor in the Division II tournament since 1998.
The 2010 champion Cal Poly Pomona did not qualify for the tournament, while runner-up Indiana (PA) did. Along with Bentley, Midwestern State, and Augusta State, Indiana was one of four teams from the 2010 Elite Eight to qualify.

Qualification and tournament format

The champions of the 22 Division II basketball conferences qualified automatically. An additional 42 teams were selected as at-large participants by the tournament selection committee. The first three rounds of the tournament were organized in regions comprising eight participants in groups of two or three conferences. The eight regional winners then met at the Elite Eight for the final three rounds held at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the tournament as the winner of their conference tournament championships:
TeamConferenceRegion
Cal State Dominguez HillsCCAAWest
BloomfieldCACCEast
ShawCIAAAtlantic
LimestoneConference CarolinasSoutheast
C.W. PostECCEast
Wayne State (MI)GLIACMidwest
BellarmineGLVCMidwest
Central WashingtonGNACWest
HardingGulf SouthSouth
Texas A&M InternationalHeartlandSouth Central
Central OklahomaLone StarSouth Central
Fort Hays StateMIAASouth Central
AdelphiaNortheast-10East
Winona StateNSICCentral
Dixie StatePacific WestWest
Augusta StatePeach BeltSoutheast
Indiana (PA)PSACAtlantic
Fort LewisRMACCentral
Lincoln MemorialSACSoutheast
Clark AtlantaSIACSouth
RollinsSunshine StateSouth
West LibertyWVIACAtlantic

Regionals

Midwest – [Louisville, Kentucky]

Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine University

South Central – [Edmond, Oklahoma]

Location: Hamilton Field House Host: University of Central Oklahoma

South – [Huntsville, Alabama]

Location: Spragins Hall Host: University of Alabama in Huntsville

Central – [Mankato, Minnesota]

Location: Taylor Center Host: Minnesota State University, Mankato

Southeast – [Augusta, Georgia]

Location: Christenberry Fieldhouse Host: Augusta State University

Atlantic – [West Liberty, West Virginia]

Location: Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex Host: West Liberty University

West – [Ellensburg, Washington]

Location: Nicholson Pavilion Host: Central Washington University

East – [Waltham, Massachusetts]

Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College

Elite Eight – [Springfield, Massachusetts]

Location: MassMutual Center Hosts: American International College and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

All-tournament team