The 2011 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 (two in the Central and Midwest regions). 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: Team Conference RegionCal State Dominguez HillsCCAAWestBloomfieldCACCEastShawCIAAAtlanticLimestoneConference CarolinasSoutheastC.W. PostECCEastWayne State (MI)GLIACMidwestBellarmineGLVCMidwestCentral WashingtonGNACWestHardingGulf SouthSouthTexas A&M InternationalHeartlandSouth CentralCentral OklahomaLone StarSouth CentralFort Hays StateMIAASouth CentralAdelphiaNortheast-10EastWinona StateNSICCentralDixie StatePacific WestWestAugusta StatePeach BeltSoutheastIndiana (PA)PSACAtlanticFort LewisRMACCentralLincoln MemorialSACSoutheastClark AtlantaSIACSouthRollinsSunshine StateSouthWest LibertyWVIACAtlantic
Qualified teams
Midwest Region – Louisville, KentuckySeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1BellarmineGLVC27–2Conference champion#2Southern IndianaGLVC24–5At-large#3Wayne State (MI)GLIAC22–7Conference champion#4Northern KentuckyGLVC20–8At-large#5Kentucky WesleyanGLVC19–9At-large#6Ferris StateGLIAC22–7At-large#7DruryGLVC22–7At-large#8IndianapolisGLVC19–8At-large South Central Region – Edmond, OklahomaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Central OklahomaLone Star28–3Conference champion#2Missouri SouthernMIAA22–8At-large#3Tarleton StateLone Star24–5At-large#4Fort Hays StateMIAA25–6Conference champion#5West Texas A&MLone Star23–6At-large#6Midwestern StateLone Star22–8At-large#7WashburnMIAA18–9At-large#8Texas A&M InternationalHeartland21–9Conference champion South Region – Huntsville, AlabamaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Alabama–HuntsvilleGulf South26–4At-large#2HardingGulf South25–4Conference champion#3RollinsSunshine State25–6Conference champion#4Arkansas TechGulf South24–5At-large#5BenedictSIAC21–7At-large#6Florida SouthernSunshine State22–8At-large#7StillmanSIAC23–7At-large#8Clark AtlantaSIAC22–8Conference champion Central Region – Mankato, MinnesotaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Minnesota State–MankatoNSIC24–4At-large#2Fort LewisRMAC22–7Conference champion#3Colorado MinesRMAC24–5At-large#4MaryNSIC23–5At-large#5Metropolitan StateRMAC21–7At-large#6Adams StateRMAC20–8At-large#7Mesa StateRMAC18–9At-large#8Winona StateNSIC20–9Conference champion
Southeast Region – Augusta, GeorgiaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Augusta StatePeach Belt28–3Conference champion#2Lincoln MemorialSAC27–2Conference champion#3Georgia SouthwesternPeach Belt20–8At-large#4Queens (NC)Conference Carolinas20–7At-large#5LimestoneConference Carolinas23–6Conference champion#6MontevalloPeach Belt18–10At-large#7Anderson (SC)SAC18–11At-large#8UNC PembrokePeach Belt18–11At-large Atlantic Region – West Liberty, West VirginiaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1West LibertyWVIAC29–0Conference champion#2Indiana (PA)PSAC24–5Conference champion#3Bowie StateCIAA22–5At-large#4ShawCIAA22–8Conference champion#5Winston-Salem StateCIAA19–7At-large#6MansfieldPSAC18–9At-large#7West Virginia WesleyanWVIAC19–10At-large#8Slippery RockPSAC21–10At-large West Region – Ellensburg, WashingtonSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Central WashingtonGNAC26–3Conference champion#2Cal State Dominguez HillsCCAA23–6Conference champion#3Humboldt StateCCAA26–3At-large#4Dixie StatePacific West20–6Conference champion#5ChaminadePacific West20–8At-large#6Alaska AnchorageGNAC23–9At-large#7BYU–HawaiiPacific West17–8At-large#8Seattle PacificGNAC19–9At-large East Region – Waltham, MassachusettsSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1BentleyNE-1022–7At-large#2American InternationalNE-1020–8At-large#3StonehillNE-1021–7At-large#4UMass LowellNE-1020–9At-large#5Saint RoseNE-1021–8At-large#6AdelphiNE-1020–10Conference champion#7BloomfieldCACC21–8Conference champion#8C.W. PostECC21–9Conference champion
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 Justin Benedetti (Bellarmine) Jet Chang (BYU–Hawai'i) Jeremy Kendle (Bellarmine) Jefferson Mason (Minnesota State–Mankato) Corey Pelle (West Liberty)
References 2011 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com