2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament explained

Division:II
Year:2012
Gender:Men's
Teams:64
Finalfourcity:Highland Heights, Kentucky
Champions:Western Washington Vikings
Titlecount:1st
Runnerup:Montevallo Falcons
Gamecount:1st
Semifinal1:Stonehill SkyHawks
Finalfourcount:2nd
Semifinal2:Bellarmine Knights
Finalfourcount2:2nd
Coach:Brad Jackson
Coachcount:1st
Mop:D. J. Rivera
Mopteam:Montevallo

The 2012 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 2011–12 basketball season.

The Western Washington Vikings won the tournament to earn the first basketball national championship in school history.

Qualification and tournament format

The champions of 22 of the 23 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 Central and Midwest regions). The eight regional winners met at the Elite Eight for the final three rounds held at The Bank of Kentucky Center, now known as BB&T Arena, on the campus of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, after the final rounds were held in Springfield, Massachusetts for the previous six years.

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the tournament as the winners of their conference tournament championships:[1] The newly formed Great American Conference began play for the 2011–12 season, composed of former members of the Lone Star Conference and Gulf South Conference. The conference champion, Arkansas Tech, was not eligible for an automatic berth, but did receive an at-large No. 3 seed in the South Central Region.[2]

TeamConferenceRegion
Humboldt StateCCAAWest
BloomfieldCACCEast
Winston-Salem StateCIAAAtlantic
BartonConference CarolinasSoutheast
C.W. PostECCEast
FindlayGLIACMidwest
Southern IndianaGLVCMidwest
Montana State BillingsGNACWest
Alabama-HunstvilleGulf SouthSouth
St. Mary's (Texas)HeartlandSouth Central
Midwestern StateLone StarSouth Central
WashburnMIAASouth Central
StonehillNortheast-10East
Southwest Minnesota StateNSICCentral
Dixie StatePacific WestWest
MontevalloPeach BeltSoutheast
East StroudsburgPSACAtlantic
Colorado MinesRMACCentral
WingateSACSoutheast
BenedictSIACSouth
Florida SouthernSunshine StateSouth
West LibertyWVIACAtlantic

Qualified teams

East Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Franklin PierceNE-1021–7At-large
  1. 2
StonehillNE-1021–8Automatic
  1. 3
AdelphiNE-1020–8At-large
  1. 4
UMass LowellNE-1019–10At-large
  1. 5
BloomfieldCACC24–7Automatic
  1. 6
C.W. PostECC23–5Automatic
  1. 7
District of ColumbiaECC22–5At-large
  1. 8
PhiladelphiaCACC19–9At-large
Atlantic Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
West LibertyWVIAC29–2Automatic
  1. 2
ShawCIAA25–3At-large
  1. 3
Charleston (WV)WVIAC26–6At-large
  1. 4
West Virginia WesleyanWVIAC21–8At-large
  1. 5
Winston-Salem StateCIAA21–8Automatic
  1. 6
Wheeling JesuitWVIAC21–9At-large
  1. 7
Indiana (PA)PSAC23–5At-large
  1. 8
East StroudsburgPSAC20–11Automatic
South Central Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Midwestern StateLone Star26–3Automatic
  1. 2
Tarleton StateLone Star26–5At-large
  1. 3
Arkansas TechGAC21–4At-large
  1. 4
WashburnMIAA24–7Automatic
  1. 5
Northwest Missouri StateMIAA22–6At-large
  1. 6
West Texas A&MLone Star19–8At-large
  1. 7
Missouri Southern StateMIAA22–7At-large
  1. 8
St. Mary's (TX)Heartland19–8Automatic
West Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Western WashingtonGNAC25–5At-large
  1. 2
Alaska–AnchorageGNAC22–6At-large
  1. 3
Seattle PacificGNAC21–7At-large
  1. 4
Humboldt StateCCAA22–7Automatic
  1. 5
Chico StateCCAA24–7At-large
  1. 6
Dixie StatePacific West20–6Automatic
  1. 7
Montana State–BillingsGNAC18–11Automatic
  1. 8
Grand CanyonPacific West19–7At-large
South Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Alabama–HuntsvilleGulf South26–3Automatic
  1. 2
Christian BrothersGulf South23–6At-large
  1. 3
West GeorgiaGulf South22–8At-large
  1. 4
Florida TechSunshine State22–6At-large
  1. 5
Saint LeoSunshine State18–11At-large
  1. 6
EckerdSunshine State20–8At-large
  1. 7
Florida SouthernSunshine State20–9Automatic
  1. 8
BenedictSIAC19–10Automatic
Midwest Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
BellarmineGLVC25–3At-large
  1. 2
Southern IndianaGLVC24–6Automatic
  1. 3
HillsdaleGLIAC24–5At-large
  1. 4
Northern KentuckyGLVC23–6At-large
  1. 5
FindlayGLIAC23–6Automatic
  1. 6
IndianapolisGLVC19–8At-large
  1. 7
Kentucky WesleyanGLVC21–7At-large
  1. 8
LewisGLVC17–11At-large
Central Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Colorado MinesRMAC27–2Automatic
  1. 2
Metropolitan StateRMAC22–6At-large
  1. 3
Bemidji StateNSIC22–8At-large
  1. 4
Southwest Minnesota StateNSIC18–10Automatic
  1. 5
Minnesota State–MoorheadNSIC20–8At-large
  1. 6
St. Cloud StateNSIC19–8At-large
  1. 7
Adams StateRMAC19–8At-large
  1. 8
Augustana (SD)NSIC17–10At-large
Southeast Region
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
MontevalloPeach Belt24–7Automatic
  1. 2
USC AikenPeach Belt21–7At-large
  1. 3
Anderson (SC)SAC24–5At-large
  1. 4
Lincoln MemorialSAC25–5At-large
  1. 5
KingConference Carolinas23–7At-large
  1. 6
Columbus StatePeach Belt18–11At-large
  1. 7
WingateSAC20–11Automatic
  1. 8
BartonConference Carolinas20–9Automatic

Teams per conference

6

5

Regionals

East - Rindge, New Hampshire

Location: Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse Host: Franklin Pierce University

Atlantic - West Liberty, West Virginia

Location: Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex Host: West Liberty University

South Central - Wichita Falls, Texas

Location: Gerald Stockton Court Host: Midwestern State University

West - Bellingham, Washington

Location: Sam Carver Gymnasium Host: Western Washington University

South - Huntsville, Alabama

Location: Spragins Hall Host: University of Alabama in Huntsville

Midwest - Louisville, Kentucky

Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine University

Central - Golden, Colorado

Location: Steinhauer Field House Host: Colorado School of Mines

Southeast - Montevallo, Alabama

Location: People's Bank and Trust Arena Host: University of Montevallo

Location: The Bank of Kentucky Center Host: Northern Kentucky University

All-tournament team

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Championship field teams selected NCAA.com . 2018-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100222/http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-03-04/championship-field-teams-selected . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Wonder Boys Earn At-Large Bid into Ncaa Tournament.

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