Teams 64 | ||
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Finals Site Ford Center
Evansville, Indiana Champions Florida Southern (2nd title) Runner-Up Indiana (PA) (2nd title game) Semifinalists Tarleton State(2nd Final Four)
Bellarmine(3rd Final Four) Winning coach Linc Darner (1st title) | ||
The 2015 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball. It began on March 13, 2015, following the 2014–15 season and concluded with the championship game on March 28, 2015.
Contents
- Qualification
- Automatic qualifiers
- Southeast Regional Harrogate Tennessee
- South Central Regional Stephenville Texas
- West Regional Azusa California
- Atlantic Regional West Liberty West Virginia
- East Regional Springfield Massachusetts
- South Regional Lakeland Florida
- Midwest Regional Louisville Kentucky
- Central Regional Sioux Falls South Dakota
- Elite Eight Evansville Indiana
- References
The eight regional winners met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. For the second straight year, the final rounds were held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Florida Southern defeated Indiana (PA), 77–62, to win their second national championship and first title since the 1981 NCAA Division II Tournament.
Qualification
The champions of 22 of the 24 Division II basketball conferences qualified automatically. An additional 42 teams were selected as “at-large” participants by the selection committee. The first three rounds of the tournament were organized in regions comprising eight participants in groups of two or three conferences (two in the Atlantic and Midwest regions). The regionals were hosted at the home court of the top seeded team.
Automatic qualifiers
The following teams automatically qualified for the national tournament as the champions of their conference tournaments.
Southeast Regional - Harrogate, Tennessee
Location: Tex Turner Arena
South-Central Regional - Stephenville, Texas
Location: Wisdom Gym
West Regional - Azusa, California
Location: Felix Event Center
Atlantic Regional - West Liberty, West Virginia
Location: Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex (ASRC)
East Regional - Springfield, Massachusetts
Location: Botuva Gymnasium
South Regional - Lakeland, Florida
Location: Jenkins Field House
Midwest Regional - Louisville, Kentucky
Location: Knights Hall
Central Regional - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Location: Sanford Pentagon
Elite Eight - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Ford Center