The 2025 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States, the culmination of the 2024–25 NCAA Division II men's basketball season.
The tournament again features 64 teams, with teams placed into one of eight geographically oriented, eight-team regionals. The first three rounds are played on campus sites, while the national quarterfinal (Elite Eight), semifinal, and championship rounds were held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, from March 25 to 29, 2025.
Concordia–St. Paul and Minot State participated in the tournament for the first time.
Tournament schedule and venues
Regionals First, second, and third-round games (the last of which serve as a regional championship), took place on campus sites from March 15 to 18, 2025. The top-seeded team in each regional served as host.
Elite Eight The national quarterfinals quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals are being held at a predetermined site, the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, from March 25 to 29, 2025.
Qualifying A total of 64 bids were available for the tournament: 23 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-three Division II conferences) and 41 at-large bids.
The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains either two or three of the 23 Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams that won their respective conference tournaments) and either five or six at-large bids, awarded regardless of conference affiliation.
Automatic bids (23) Automatic bids Region (Bids) Conference School Record (Conf.) AppearanceLast bidAtlantic (3)CIAAVirginia State21–8 (13–3)7th2020Mountain EastFairmont State27–4 (17–3)15th2023PSACGannon25–6 (17–3)27th2024Central (3)Great AmericanHarding22–9 (15–7)7th2016MIAAFort Hays State22–9 (12–7)15th2024Northern SunMinnesota State–Moorhead23–8 (15–7)10th2024East (3)CACCBridgeport19–12 (10–6)24th2020East CoastDaemen27–0 (16–0)5th2024Northeast–10Southern New Hampshire21–8 (14–6)23rd2024Midwest (3)GLIACNorthern Michigan22–9 (13–7)11th2024GLVCLincoln (MO)23–8 (12–8)13th1981Great MidwestMalone16–15 (9–11)2nd2021South (3)Gulf SouthAlabama–Huntsville30–1 (22–0)17th2024SIACSavannah State18–11 (12–9)2nd2022Sunshine StateNova Southeastern30–1 (19–1)6th2024South Central (2)Lone StarDallas Baptist30–4 (19–3)9th2024RMACColorado Mines27–4 (18–2)14th2024Southeast (3)CarolinasUNC Pembroke23–6 (18–2)11th2024Peach BeltUSC Aiken23–8 (13–5)11th2024South AtlanticLenoir–Rhyne26–5 (20–4)9th2019West (3)CCAACal State Dominguez Hills25–5 (20–2)7th2024Great NorthwestSeattle Pacific18–14 (11–7)29th2020PacWestPoint Loma27–5 (18–2)7th2023
At-large bids (41) At-large bids Region (Bids) School Conference Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bidAtlantic (5)Bluefield StateCIAA19–11 (10–6)2nd1996East StroudsburgPSAC21–8 (15–6)9th2023Fayetteville StateCIAA22–8 (12–4)4th2022West ChesterPSAC23–6 (18–3)10th2019West LibertyMountain East27–4 (18–2)17th2024Central (5)Concordia–St. PaulNorthern Sun21–8 (16–6)1stNeverMinot StateNorthern Sun26–9 (14–8)1stNeverSouthwest Minnesota StateNorthern Sun21–8 (16–6)7th2024WashburnMIAA26–3 (17–2)17th2022Winona StateNorthern Sun21–10 (14–8)11th2014East (5)AdelphiNortheast–1026–7 (17–3)18th2012AssumptionNortheast–1019–9 (14–6)28th2013Dominican (NY)CACC20–8 (14–2)7th2023PaceNortheast–1024–7 (14–6)7th2023St. Thomas AquinasEast Coast23–9 (13–3)10th2024Midwest (5)Ferris StateGLIAC25–8 (14–6)18th2024Lake Superior StateGLIAC27–6 (16–4)7th2024Michigan TechGLIAC23–7 (17–3)12th2021Missouri S&TGLVC24–5 (17–3)4th1996Missouri–St. LouisGLVC19–11 (15–5)6th2023South (5)Florida SouthernSunshine State25–8 (14–6)34th2024LynnSunshine State20–8 (14–6)7th2019MontevalloGulf South20–10 (15–7)12th2016TampaSunshine State20–10 (11–9)17th2014Valdosta StateGulf South25–6 (18–4)14th2021South Central (6)Lubbock ChristianLone Star25–8 (18–4)7th2024Midwestern StateLone Star22–7 (17–5)12th2016Regis (CO)RMAC18–13 (14–6)6th2018St. Edward'sLone Star21–12 (14–8)6th2020St. Mary's (TX)Lone Star19–10 (16–6)10th2015West Texas A&MLone Star19–11 (13–9)22nd2024Southeast (5)AugustaPeach Belt19–10 (13–5)16th2023Carson–NewmanSouth Atlantic21–11 (15–9)6th2021CatawbaSouth Atlantic18–12 (14–10)14th2024Columbus StatePeach Belt26–4 (16–2)15th2022Lincoln MemorialSouth Atlantic25–5 (21–3)14th2024West (5)BiolaPacWest22–7 (16–4)2nd2021Cal State San BernardinoCCAA22–11 (14–8)18th2024Central WashingtonGreat Northwest21–9 (14–4)10th2024Chico StateCCAA24–6 (19–3)18th2024Northwest NazareneGreat Northwest20–7 (13–5)3rd2023
Bracket Atlantic regional Site: West Liberty, West Virginia (West Liberty)
* – Denotes overtime period
Central regional Site: Topeka, Kansas (Washburn)
East regional Site: Amherst, New York (Daemen)
Midwest regional Site: Springfield, Illinois (Missouri S&T)
* – Denotes overtime period
South regional Site: Davie, Florida (Nova Southeastern)
South Central regional Site: Dallas, Texas (Dallas Baptist)
Southeast regional Site: Columbus, Georgia (Columbus State)
* – Denotes overtime period
West regional Site: San Diego, California (Point Loma)
* – Denotes overtime period
Elite Eight Site: Ford Center, Evansville, Indiana
* – Denotes overtime period
See also 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2025 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2025 NAIA men's basketball tournament 2025 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
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