NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament is an annual championship tournament for colleges and universities that are members of NCAA Division II, a grouping of schools in the United States that are generally smaller than the higher-profile institutions grouped in Division I. The tournament, originally known as the NCAA College Division Basketball Championship, was established in 1957, immediately after the NCAA subdivided its member schools into the University Division and College Division. It became the Division II championship in 1974, when the NCAA split the College Division into the limited-scholarship Division II and the non-scholarship Division III, and added the "Men's" designation in 1982 when the NCAA began sponsoring a Division II women's championship.
Like all other NCAA basketball divisions for men and women, the champion is decided in a single-elimination tournament. The Division II tournament normally involves 64 teams. The Division II tournaments for men and women differ in a major respect from those in Divisions I and III. The finals of both Division II tournaments consist of eight teams, instead of the four in the other two divisions. The eight survivors of regional play meet in the Elite Eight at a predetermined site.
Nova Southeastern are the reigning national champions, winning their second national title in 2025.
Qualification
A total of 64 bids are normally available for each tournament: 23 automatic bids and 41 at-large bids. Due to COVID-19 issues, the 2020 tournament was canceled, and the 2021 tournament was reduced to 48 teams when nine all-sports conferences chose not to compete in men's basketball in 2020–21.The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions, all but one of which contain three of the 23 Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. The South Central region contains only two conferences. Each regional tournament involves an appropriate number of automatic qualifiers, with the remaining participants entering via at-large bids.
Conference tournaments
Schools in italics are, as of the 2025–26 Division II basketball season, no longer members of that specific conference.Results
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Records and statistics
Championships by school
Active programs| School | Titles | Years |
| ' | 8 | 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, 1990, 1999, 2001 |
| ' | 4 | 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| ' | 3 | 1980, 1992, 2005 |
| ' | 2 | 2023, 2025 |
| ' | 2 | 1981, 2015 |
| ' | 2 | 1984, 2014 |
| ' | 2 | 2006, 2008 |
| ' | 2 | 2000, 2002 |
| ' | 1 | 2024 |
| ' | 1 | 2018 |
| ' | 1 | 2016 |
| ' | 1 | 2013 |
| ' | 1 | 2012 |
| ' | 1 | 2010 |
| ' | 1 | 2009 |
| ' | 1 | 2007 |
| ' | 1 | 2003 |
| ' | 1 | 1996 |
| ' | 1 | 1982 |
| ' | 1 | 1970 |
| 1 | 1967 |
Former programs
| School | Titles | Years |
| ' | 5 | 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1971 |
| ' | 3 | 1993, 1994, 1997 |
| ' | 2 | 1979, 1991 |
| ' | 1 | 2011 |
| ' | 1 | 2004 |
| ' | 1 | 1998 |
| ' | 1 | 1995 |
| ' | 1 | 1989 |
| ' | 1 | 1988 |
| ' | 1 | 1986 |
| ' | 1 | 1985 |
| ' | 1 | 1983 |
| ' | 1 | 1978 |
| ' | 1 | 1977 |
| ' | 1 | 1976 |
| ' | 1 | 1975 |
| ' | 1 | 1974 |
| ' | 1 | 1972 |
| ' | 1 | 1963 |
| ' | 1 | 1962 |
| ' | 1 | 1961 |
| ' | 1 | 1958 |
| 1 | 1957 |
Former Division II champions now in other classes
Division I
Source:| School | Championship | Year moved | Current conference |
| South Dakota | 1958 | 2006 | The Summit League |
| Evansville | 1959 • 1960 • 1964 • 1965 • 1971 | 1977 | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Mount St. Mary's | 1962 | 1989 | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
| South Dakota State | 1963 | 2005 | The Summit League |
| Morgan State | 1974 | 1985 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Old Dominion | 1975 | 1976 | Sun Belt Conference |
| Chattanooga | 1977 | 1977 | Southern Conference |
| North Alabama | 1979 • 1991 | 2018 | Atlantic Sun Conference |
| Wright State | 1983 | 1988 | Horizon League |
| Jacksonville State | 1985 | 1996 | Conference USA |
| Sacred Heart | 1986 | 1999 | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
| UMass Lowell | 1988 | 2013 | America East Conference |
| North Carolina Central | 1989 | 2008 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Bakersfield | 1993 • 1994 • 1997 | 2007 | Big West Conference |
| Southern Indiana | 1995 | 2022 | Ohio Valley Conference |
| UC Davis | 1998 | 2004 | Big West Conference |
| Kennesaw State | 2004 | 2006 | Conference USA |
| Bellarmine | 2011 | 2020 | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Division III
Source:| School | Championship | Year moved | Current Conference |
| Wheaton (IL) | 1957 | 1974 | College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin |
| Wittenberg | 1961 | 1974 | North Coast Athletic Conference |
| Roanoke | 1972 | 1976 | Old Dominion Athletic Conference |
| Puget Sound | 1976 | 1996 | Northwest Conference |