The 2025 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament is a

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to determine the national champion of men's

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Division II

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in the

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, 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

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, 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

, 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)

At-large bids (41)

Bracket

Atlantic regional

* Site: West Liberty, West Virginia ''(West Liberty)'' * – Denotes overtime period

Central regional

* Site:

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''(Washburn)''

East regional

* Site:

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''(Daemen)''

Midwest regional

* Site:

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''(Missouri S&T)'' * – Denotes overtime period

South regional

* Site:

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''(Nova Southeastern)''

South Central regional

* Site:

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''(Dallas Baptist)''

Southeast regional

* Site:

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''(Columbus State)'' * – Denotes overtime period

West regional

* Site:

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''(Point Loma)'' * – Denotes overtime period

Elite Eight

*Site: Ford Center,

* – Denotes overtime period

References

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Tournament schedule and venues

Regionals

Elite Eight

Qualifying

Automatic bids (23)

At-large bids (41)

Bracket

Atlantic regional

Central regional

East regional

Midwest regional

South regional

South Central regional

Southeast regional

West regional

Elite Eight

See also

References