INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Men’s Committee announced the field of 64 teams that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship.
Twenty-three conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 41 teams were selected at large by the committee. Seven of the eight regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be conducted March 11, 12 and 14 while one regional tournament also consisting of eight teams will be conducted March 10, 11 and 13. The eight regional champions will advance to the quarterfinals in conjunction with the 2023 NCAA Division II Men’s Elite Eight. The quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games will be conducted at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, March 21, 23 and 25.
Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:
California Collegiate Athletic Association                              Cal State San Bernardino
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference                                 Caldwell
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association                          Winston-Salem State
Conference Carolinas                                                                    Emmanuel College (Georgia)
East Coast Conference                                                                  St. Thomas Aquinas College
Great American Conference                                                       Southern Arkansas
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference                Northern Michigan
Great Lakes Valley Conference                                                McKendree
Great Midwest Athletic Conference                                        Ashland
Great Northwest Athletic Conference                                    Northwest Nazarene
Gulf South Conference                                                                West Alabama
Lone Star Conference                                                                   West Texas A&M
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association             Northwest Missouri State
Mountain East Conference                                                         West Liberty
Northeast-10 Conference                                                           Saint Anselm College
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference                             Minnesota State University Moorhead
Pacific West Conference                                                              Point Loma
Peach Belt Conference                                                                 Augusta University
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference                               Indiana (Pennsylvania)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference                                     Fort Lewis College
South Atlantic Conference                                                          Catawba College
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference                     Miles College
Sunshine State Conference                                                        Nova Southeastern
Northwest Missouri State defeated Augusta University, 67-58 to win the 2022 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship in Evansville, Indiana.