2020 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

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2020 (2020) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteSanford Pentagon
South Dakota Sioux Falls, South Dakota
NAIA Division II
men's tournaments
«2019 2021»

The 2020 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the partially-completed tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 2019–20 basketball season.[1]

Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, only a single round of the tournament was completed before it was ultimately cancelled by the NAIA. In turn, no champion was crowned.

The NAIA had pre-determined that this would be the final edition of a separate Division II tournament, planning to consolidate its two divisional tournaments back into a single event for 2021. With the cancellation of this event, the 2019 event was the last completed edition of the tournament.

The completed games of the tournament were played at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Qualification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

First round
March 11–12, 2020
Second round
March 13, 2020
Quarterfinals
March 14, 2020
National Semifinals
March 16, 2020
National Championship
March 17, 2020
               
1 College of Idaho 67
8 Northwestern (IA) 49
1 College of Idaho
5 IU Kokomo
5 IU Kokomo 70
4 Madonna 68
 
Naismith Bracket
March 11, 2020
 
3 Antelope Valley 85
6 Washington Adventist 68
3 Antelope Valley
2 Marian
7 Keiser 60
2 Marian 71
 
 
2 Ottawa (KS) 87
7 Concordia Nebraska 84
2 Ottawa (KS)
6 Saint Francis (IN)
6 Saint Francis (IN) 82
3 Union (KY) 76
 
Cramer Bracket
March 12, 2020
 
4 Grace Lancers
5 West Virginia Tech
 
 
8 Lincoln (IL)
1 Olivet Nazarene
 
 
1 Indiana Wesleyan
8 Crowley's Ridge
 
 
5 IU East
4 Southeastern (FL)
 
Duer Bracket
March 12, 2020
 
3 Dakota Wesleyan
6 IU South Bend
 
 
7 Mayville State
2 Oregon Tech
 
 
2 Southern Oregon 85
7 Montreat 67
2 Southern Oregon
3 Holy Cross (IN)
6 Indiana Tech 56
3 Holy Cross (IN) 60
 
Liston Bracket
March 11, 2020
 
4 Oklahoma Wesleyan 70
5 Spring Arbor 68
4 Oklahoma Wesleyan
1 Morningside
8 College of the Ozarks 58
1 Morningside 99

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2020 NAIA DII Men's Basketball Qualifiers and Bracket Announced". NAIA.org. NAIA. March 4, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2022.