2011 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament explained

Division:II
Year:2011
Gender:Men's
Teams:64
Finalfourcity:Springfield, Massachusetts
Champions:Bellarmine Knights
Titlecount:1st
Runnerup:BYU–Hawaii Seasiders
Gamecount:1st
Semifinal1:Minnesota State Mavericks
Finalfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:West Liberty Hilltoppers
Finalfourcount2:1st
Coach:Scott Davenport
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Jet Chang
Mopteam:BYU–Hawaii
Attendance:46,323

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.[1] [2]

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:[3]

TeamConferenceRegion
Cal State Dominguez HillsCCAAWest
BloomfieldCACCEast
ShawCIAAAtlantic
LimestoneConference CarolinasSoutheast
C.W. PostECCEast
Wayne State (MI)GLIACMidwest
BellarmineGLVCMidwest
Central WashingtonGNACWest
HardingGulf SouthSouth
Texas A&M InternationalHeartlandSouth Central
Central OklahomaLone StarSouth Central
Fort Hays StateMIAASouth Central
AdelphiaNortheast-10East
Winona StateNSICCentral
Dixie StatePacific WestWest
Augusta StatePeach BeltSoutheast
Indiana (PA)PSACAtlantic
Fort LewisRMACCentral
Lincoln MemorialSACSoutheast
Clark AtlantaSIACSouth
RollinsSunshine StateSouth
West LibertyWVIACAtlantic

Qualified teams

Midwest Region – Louisville, Kentucky
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
BellarmineGLVC27–2Conference champion
  1. 2
Southern IndianaGLVC24–5At-large
  1. 3
Wayne State (MI)GLIAC22–7Conference champion
  1. 4
Northern KentuckyGLVC20–8At-large
  1. 5
Kentucky WesleyanGLVC19–9At-large
  1. 6
Ferris StateGLIAC22–7At-large
  1. 7
DruryGLVC22–7At-large
  1. 8
IndianapolisGLVC19–8At-large
South Central Region – Edmond, Oklahoma
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Central OklahomaLone Star28–3Conference champion
  1. 2
Missouri SouthernMIAA22–8At-large
  1. 3
Tarleton StateLone Star24–5At-large
  1. 4
Fort Hays StateMIAA25–6Conference champion
  1. 5
West Texas A&MLone Star23–6At-large
  1. 6
Midwestern StateLone Star22–8At-large
  1. 7
WashburnMIAA18–9At-large
  1. 8
Texas A&M InternationalHeartland21–9Conference champion
South Region – Huntsville, Alabama
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Alabama–HuntsvilleGulf South26–4At-large
  1. 2
HardingGulf South25–4Conference champion
  1. 3
RollinsSunshine State25–6Conference champion
  1. 4
Arkansas TechGulf South24–5At-large
  1. 5
BenedictSIAC21–7At-large
  1. 6
Florida SouthernSunshine State22–8At-large
  1. 7
StillmanSIAC23–7At-large
  1. 8
Clark AtlantaSIAC22–8Conference champion
Central Region – Mankato, Minnesota
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Minnesota State–MankatoNSIC24–4At-large
  1. 2
Fort LewisRMAC22–7Conference champion
  1. 3
Colorado MinesRMAC24–5At-large
  1. 4
MaryNSIC23–5At-large
  1. 5
Metropolitan StateRMAC21–7At-large
  1. 6
Adams StateRMAC20–8At-large
  1. 7
Mesa StateRMAC18–9At-large
  1. 8
Winona StateNSIC20–9Conference champion
Southeast Region – Augusta, Georgia
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Augusta StatePeach Belt28–3Conference champion
  1. 2
Lincoln MemorialSAC27–2Conference champion
  1. 3
Georgia SouthwesternPeach Belt20–8At-large
  1. 4
Queens (NC)Conference Carolinas20–7At-large
  1. 5
LimestoneConference Carolinas23–6Conference champion
  1. 6
MontevalloPeach Belt18–10At-large
  1. 7
Anderson (SC)SAC18–11At-large
  1. 8
UNC PembrokePeach Belt18–11At-large
Atlantic Region – West Liberty, West Virginia
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
West LibertyWVIAC29–0Conference champion
  1. 2
Indiana (PA)PSAC24–5Conference champion
  1. 3
Bowie StateCIAA22–5At-large
  1. 4
ShawCIAA22–8Conference champion
  1. 5
Winston-Salem StateCIAA19–7At-large
  1. 6
MansfieldPSAC18–9At-large
  1. 7
West Virginia WesleyanWVIAC19–10At-large
  1. 8
Slippery RockPSAC21–10At-large
West Region – Ellensburg, Washington
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Central WashingtonGNAC26–3Conference champion
  1. 2
Cal State Dominguez HillsCCAA23–6Conference champion
  1. 3
Humboldt StateCCAA26–3At-large
  1. 4
Dixie StatePacific West20–6Conference champion
  1. 5
ChaminadePacific West20–8At-large
  1. 6
Alaska AnchorageGNAC23–9At-large
  1. 7
BYU–HawaiiPacific West17–8At-large
  1. 8
Seattle PacificGNAC19–9At-large
East Region – Waltham, Massachusetts
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
BentleyNE-1022–7At-large
  1. 2
American InternationalNE-1020–8At-large
  1. 3
StonehillNE-1021–7At-large
  1. 4
UMass LowellNE-1020–9At-large
  1. 5
Saint RoseNE-1021–8At-large
  1. 6
AdelphiNE-1020–10Conference champion
  1. 7
BloomfieldCACC21–8Conference champion
  1. 8
C.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

Location: MassMutual Center Hosts: American International College and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

All-tournament team

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Hollow victory . Brian . Lester . . March 26, 2011 . September 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120923155530/http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/2011-03-26/hollow-victory . September 23, 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Division II Men’s Basketball Championship . . April 3, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211114082818/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2011/d2/champs.pdf . November 14, 2021.
  3. Web site: DII men's basketball field released . . 2011-03-07 . 2018-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160411024518/http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/2011-03-06/dii-mens-basketball-field-released . 2016-04-11 . dead .

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