The 2011 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a

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to determine the national champion of men's

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Division II

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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

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, 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

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Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the tournament as the winner of their conference tournament championships:

Qualified teams

Regionals

Midwest –
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Location: Knights Hall Host:

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South Central –
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Location: Hamilton Field House Host:

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South –
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Location: Spragins Hall Host:

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Central –
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Location: Taylor Center Host:

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Southeast –
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Location: Christenberry Fieldhouse Host:

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Atlantic – West Liberty, West Virginia

Location: Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex Host:

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West –
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Location: Nicholson Pavilion Host:

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East –
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Location: Dana Center Host:

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Elite Eight –
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Location: MassMutual Center Hosts:

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and

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All-tournament team

* Justin Benedetti (Bellarmine) * Jet Chang (BYU–Hawai'i) * Jeremy Kendle (Bellarmine) * Jefferson Mason (Minnesota State–Mankato) * Corey Pelle (West Liberty)

References

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Qualification and tournament format

Automatic qualifiers

Qualified teams

Regionals

Midwest – Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

South Central – Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, located in Central Oklahoma. Its population was 94,428 according to the 2020 United States census, a 16% increase from 2010. maki ...

South – Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is the List of municipalities in Alabama, most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population of the city is estimated to be 241,114 in 2024, making it the List of United States cities by population, 100th-most populous ...

Central – Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The ...

Southeast – Augusta, Georgia Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta, the third mos ...