2014 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2014 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 64 teams that was played to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2013–14 basketball season.
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Central Missouri Mules (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | West Liberty Hilltoppers (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Kim Anderson (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Daylen Robinson (Central Missouri) | ||||
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The eight regional winners met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The championship game was played on March 29, 2014 and was aired nationally on CBS.
The Central Missouri Mules defeated the West Liberty Hilltoppers, 84–77, to win their second national championship and first since the 1984 NCAA Division II Tournament.
Qualification and tournament format
The champions of 22 of the 24 Division II basketball conferences qualified automatically. The list of automatic qualifying conferences changed as follows from the 2013 tournament:
- The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) disbanded at the end of the 2012–13 school year, with most of the former members forming the Mountain East Conference (MEC) under a new charter. The MEC will not be eligible for an automatic berth until the 2016 tournament.
- The Great American Conference, which began competition in the 2011–12 school year, became eligible for an automatic berth.
In addition to the MEC, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) was not eligible for an automatic berth. Although the G-MAC began conference competition in 2012–13, it was not officially accepted as a Division II conference until 2013–14, meaning that it will not receive an automatic berth until the 2016 tournament.
An additional 42 teams were selected as at-large participants by the selection committee. As in previous years, the first three rounds of the tournament were organized in regions comprising eight participants in groups of two or three conferences (two in the Atlantic and Central regions) with seeds assigned by the selection committee. The Elite Eight regional winners met ar one site for the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.
Automatic qualifiers
The following teams automatically qualified for the national tournament as the champions of their conference tournaments.
| Team | Conference | Region |
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| Cal State Stanislaus | CCAA | West |
| Philadelphia | CACC | East |
| Livingstone | CIAA | Atlantic |
| Limestone | Conference Carolinas | Southeast |
| Bridgeport | ECC | East |
| Harding | Great American | Central |
| Findlay | GLIAC | Midwest |
| Southern Indiana | GLVC | Midwest |
| Seattle Pacific | GNAC | West |
| North Alabama | Gulf South | South |
| Texas A&M International | Heartland | South Central |
| Tarleton State | Lone Star | South Central |
| Missouri Southern State | MIAA | Central |
| Southern Connecticut State | Northeast-10 | East |
| Minnesota State Mankato | NSIC | Central |
| Chaminade | Pacific West | West |
| South Carolina–Aiken | Peach Belt | Southeast |
| East Stroudsburg | PSAC | Atlantic |
| Metro State | RMAC | South Central |
| Lincoln Memorial | SAC | Southeast |
| Tuskegee | SIAC | South |
| Florida Southern | Sunshine State | South |
Regionals
East - New Haven, Connecticut
Location: James Moore Fieldhouse Host: Southern Connecticut State University
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Southern Connecticut State (27–2) | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bridgeport (18–10) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Southern Connecticut State | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Franklin Pierce | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Franklin Pierce (20–7) | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Philadelphia (25–6) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Southern Connecticut State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Anselm | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Anselm (20–7) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Le Moyne (17–11) | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Anselm | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bloomfield | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Haven (21–8) | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bloomfield (20–8) | 59 | ||||||||||||
Central - Mankato, Minnesota
Location: Taylor Center Host: Minnesota State University, Mankato
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State Mankato (29–4) | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Harding (15–14) | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northwest Missouri State | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Winona State (22–8) | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northwest Missouri State (26–7) | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northwest Missouri State | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Central Missouri | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Missouri Southern State (24–5) | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Fort Hays State (22–7) | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Missouri Southern State | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Central Missouri | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Central Missouri (21–9) | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Arkansas Tech (24–5) | 44 | ||||||||||||
South - Lakeland, Florida
Location: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida Southern (26–4) | 95 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Tuskegee (18–11) | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Tuskegee | 93 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | North Alabama | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | North Alabama (22–9) | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Tampa (20–9) | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Tuskegee | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Delta State | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Delta State (24–6) | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Barry (19–8) | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Delta State | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saint Leo | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saint Leo (23–8) | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | West Alabama (17–10) | 67 | ||||||||||||
South Central - Denver, Colorado
Location: Auraria Events Center Host: Metropolitan State University
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Metro State (28–1) | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UC Colorado Springs (21–8) | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Metro State | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Colorado Mines | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Colorado Mines (24–4) | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Mary's (TX) (19–8) | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Metro State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Midwestern State | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Midwestern State (22–7) | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UAFS (21–6) | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Midwestern State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tarleton State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tarleton State (27–2) | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M–International (22–8) | 56 | ||||||||||||
Midwest - Springfield, Missouri
Location: Weiser Gymnasium Host: Drury University
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Drury (25–3) | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Wisconsin–Parkside (23–6) | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Drury | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lake Superior State | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Findlay (24–5) | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lake Superior State (26–5) | 88* | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Drury | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Michigan Tech | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Southern Indiana (25–5) | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Michigan Tech (22–7) | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Michigan Tech | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Indianapolis | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Indianapolis (23–4) | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bellarmine (23–7) | 75 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic - East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Location: Koehler Fieldhouse Host: East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | East Stroudsburg (28–1) | 99 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Livingstone (21–7) | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | East Stroudsburg | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Gannon | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston (WV) (21–8) | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Gannon (19–9) | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | East Stroudsburg | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | West Liberty | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana (PA) (23–4) | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | West Chester (20–9) | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana (PA) | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | West Liberty | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | West Liberty (26–3) | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Glenville State (18–10) | 72 | ||||||||||||
Southeast - Aiken, South Carolina
Location: USCA Convocation Center Host: University of South Carolina, Aiken
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 16 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | USC Aiken (29–3) | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Limestone (21–8) | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | USC Aiken | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | GRU Augusta | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Anderson (SC) (22–9) | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | GRU Augusta (23–7) | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | USC Aiken | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Montevallo | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Montevallo (24–5) | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Georgia Southwestern (20–10) | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Montevallo | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lincoln Memorial | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lincoln Memorial (27–2) | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Carson–Newman (19–8) | 65 | ||||||||||||
West - San Bernardino, California
Location: James and Aerianthi Coussoulis Arena Host: California State University, San Bernardino
| First round Round of 64 March 14 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 15 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 17 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | CSU San Bernardino (23–4) | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Chaminade (19–12) | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | CSU San Bernardino | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Chico State | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Chico State (22–7) | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | California Baptist (24–3) | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Chico State | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | CSU Stanislaus | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cal Poly Pomona (21–6) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Dixie State (21–6) | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cal Poly Pomona | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | CSU Stanislaus | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle Pacific (26–5) | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | CSU Stanislaus (21–8) | 80 | ||||||||||||
Elite Eight – Evansville, Indiana
Location: Ford Center Host: University of Southern Indiana
| National Quarterfinals Elite Eight Wednesday, March 26 | National semifinals Final Four Thursday, March 27 | National Championship Saturday, March 29 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Southern Connecticut State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Central Missouri | 78 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Central Missouri | 71 | ||||||||||||
| SC1 | Metro State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| S8 | Tuskegee | 87 | ||||||||||||
| SC1 | Metro State | 106 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Central Missouri | 84 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | West Liberty | 77 | ||||||||||||
| MW1 | Drury | 75 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | West Liberty | 85 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | West Liberty | 86 | ||||||||||||
| SE1 | USC Aiken | 83 | ||||||||||||
| SE1 | USC Aiken | 85 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Chico State | 70 | ||||||||||||
All-tournament team
- Dillon Deck (Central Missouri)
- Shawn Dyer (West Liberty)
- Charles Hammork (Central Missouri)
- Cedric Harris (West Liberty)
- Daylen Robinson (Central Missouri)