The 1989 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 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 1988–89 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by North Carolina Central University, with North Carolina Central's Miles Clark named the Most Outstanding Player.
This was the first Division II men's tournament to adopt the current Elite Eight format, in which all eight regional winners advance to the championship site.
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeBentleyThird PlaceBridgeportRunner-upSacred HeartRegional ChampionStonehillFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAlabama A&MThird PlaceNorfolk StateFourth PlaceNorth Carolina CentralRegional ChampionVirginia UnionRunner-up SchoolOutcomeBellarmineRunner-upFerris StateFourth PlaceKentucky WesleyanRegional ChampionSIU EdwardsvilleThird Place SchoolOutcomeFlorida SouthernThird PlaceFlorida TechFourth PlaceJacksonville StateRegional ChampionTampaRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAlaska–FairbanksFourth PlaceAugustana (SD)Third PlaceNorthern ColoradoRunner-upWisconsin–MilwaukeeRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeAngelo StateThird PlaceCentral Missouri StateRunner-upNorthwest Missouri StateFourth PlaceSoutheast Missouri StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBloomsburgRunner-upLock HavenThird PlaceMillersvilleRegional ChampionPhiladelphia UFourth Place SchoolOutcomeCal State BakersfieldRunner-upCal State Dominguez HillsThird PlaceSonoma StateFourth PlaceUC RiversideRegional Champion
*denotes tie
Regionals
New England - Waltham, Massachusetts Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College
Third Place - Bentley 129, Stonehill 118
South Atlantic - Norfolk, Virginia Location: Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall Host: Norfolk State University
Third Place - Alabama A&M 93, Norfolk State 80
Great Lakes - Owensboro, Kentucky Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Third Place - SIU Edwardsville 102, Ferris State 92
South - Jacksonville, Alabama Location: Pete Mathews Coliseum Host: Jacksonville State University
Third Place - Florida Southern 85, Florida Tech 75
North Central - Greeley, Colorado Location: Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion Host: University of Northern Colorado
Third Place - Augustana (SD) 112, Alaska–Fairbanks 107**
South Central - Cape Girardeau, Missouri Location: Show Me Center Host: Southeast Missouri State University
Third Place - Angelo State 89, NW Missouri State 80
East - Millersville, Pennsylvania Location: Pucillo Gymnasium Host: Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Third Place - Lock Haven 82, Philadelphia U 78
West - Bakersfield, California Location: CSUB Student Activities Center Host: California State University, Bakersfield
Third Place - Cal State Dominguez Hills 98, Sonoma State 77
*denotes each overtime played
Elite Eight - Springfield, Massachusetts Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College
Third Place - UC Riverside 90, Jacksonville State 81 *denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Miles Clarke (North Carolina Central) Maurice Pullum (UC Riverside) Antoine Sifford (North Carolina Central) Dominique Stevens (North Carolina Central) Earnest Taylor (Southeast Missouri State)
References 1989 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com
External links NCAA record book