2013 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

Men's basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 2013 Men's NCAA logo.svg 130px 64 Louisville, Kentucky & Atlanta, Georgia Drury Panthers 1st Metro State Roadrunners 4th West Liberty Hilltoppers 2nd Western Washington Vikings 3rd Steve Hesser Alex Hall Drury TBD The 2013 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2012–13 basketball season. The eight regional winners met at the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds held at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. As part of the festivities surrounding the 75th edition of the NCAA tournament, the championship game was played at Philips Arena in Atlanta on April 7, 2013. USA 450 right 2013 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA cyan pog.svg 33.36 -81.52 bottom Aiken University of South Carolina, Aiken USA cyan pog.svg 28.05 -81.66 top Lakeland Florida Southern College USA cyan pog.svg 43 -72.03 top Rindge Franklin Pierce University USA cyan pog.svg 39.7392 -104.985 left Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver USA cyan pog.svg 40.15 -80.4 right West Liberty West Liberty University USA cyan pog.svg 37.45 -93.22 right Springfield Drury University USA cyan pog.svg 48.52 -122.31 bottom Bellingham Western Washington University USA cyan pog.svg 44.42 -94.02 left Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato USA red pog.svg 33.49 -84.26 top Atlanta Philips Arena Qualification and tournament format The champions of 22 of the 24 Division II basketball conferences qualified automatically. The Great Midwest Athletic Conference, in its first season of operation, and the Great American Conference, in its second season, were not eligible for automatic berths. (The Great American became eligible for an automatic berth with the 2014 tournament. The G-MAC did not receive an automatic berth until 2016 because it was not officially recognized as a D-II conference until 2013–14.) 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 Central and Midwest regions) with seeds assigned by the selection committee. Traditionally, the Elite Eight regional winners meet in one site for the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. However, as noted above, this was changed for 2013 only, with the quarterfinals and semifinals held in Louisville and the final game in Atlanta. This was the final tournament for the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which disbanded at the end of the 2012–13 school year, with most of the members forming the new Mountain East Conference. Automatic qualifiers The following teams automatically qualified for the national tournament as the champions of their conference tournaments:https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2013-03-10/field-64-teams-released-tourney Field of 64 teams released for tourney NCAA.com 2018-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065306/http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2013-03-10/field-64-teams-released-tourney 2016-03-04 dead Team Conference RegionCal Poly PomonaCCAAWestBloomfieldCACCEastBowie StateCIAAAtlanticBelmont AbbeyConference CarolinasSoutheastBridgeportECCEastFindlayGLIACMidwestDruryGLVCMidwestSeattle PacificGNACWestChristian BrothersGulf SouthSouthSt. Mary's (Texas)HeartlandSouth CentralTarleton StateLone StarSouth CentralCentral MissouriMIAACentralSouthern New HampshireNortheast-10EastMinnesota State–MankatoNSICCentralDixie StatePacific WestWestUSC AikenPeach BeltSoutheastIndiana (PA)PSACAtlanticMetro StateRMACSouth CentralWingateSACSoutheastBenedictSIACSouthFlorida SouthernSunshine StateSouthWest LibertyWVIACAtlantic Regionals East - Rindge, New Hampshire Location: Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse Host: Franklin Pierce University 200 First roundRound of 64March 16 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 17 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 Franklin Pierce (21–8) 90 8 Bloomfield (17–12) 78 4 New Haven (19–8) 73 5 Dominican (NY) (22–6) 66 3 Assumption (20–7) 73 6 Southern New Hampshire (19–10) 65 2 Saint Anselm (23–5) 66 7 Bridgeport (21–9) 77 1 Franklin Pierce 80 4 New Haven 63 3 Assumption 56 7 Bridgeport 58 1 Franklin Pierce 7 Bridgeport 57 52 South Central - Denver, Colorado Location: Auraria Events Center Host: Metropolitan State University 200 First roundRound of 64March 16 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 17 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 Metro State (27–2) 76 8 Tarleton State (20–9) 65 4 Midwestern State (21–8) 81 5 Newman (20–7) 60 3 Fort Lewis (21–7) 95 6 Adams State (20–8) 73 2 St. Mary's (TX) (21–7) 75 7 Cameron (18–8) 57 1 Metro State 66 4 Midwestern State 60 3 Fort Lewis 50 2 St. Mary's (TX) 62 1 Metro State 2 St. Mary's (TX) 78 70 Central - Mankato, Minnesota Location: Taylor Center Host: Minnesota State University, Mankato 200 First roundRound of 64March 16 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 17 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 Minnesota State–Mankato (26–4) 81 8 Arkansas Tech (18–11) 65 4 Central Missouri (22–7) 71 5 Harding (21–9) 75 3 Augustana (SD) (21–8) 79 6 Upper Iowa (20–11) 65 2 Winona State (24–7) 70 7 Northeastern State (19–8) 57 1 Minnesota State–Mankato 86 5 Harding 65 3 Augustana (SD) 65 2 Winona State 77 1 Minnesota State–Mankato 2 Winona State 73 76 Atlantic - West Liberty, West Virginia Location: Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex Host: West Liberty University 200 First roundRound of 64March 16 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 17 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 West Liberty (30–1) 114 8 Bowie State (16–13) 82 4 Fairmont State (22–8) 91 5 Livingstone (22–6) 73 3 Indiana (PA) (24–5) 76 6 East Stroudsburg (22–6) 68 2 Winston-Salem (21–6) 67 7 Slippery Rock (22–8) 69 1 West Liberty 100 4 Fairmont State 77 3 Indiana (PA) 53 7 Slippery Rock 50 1 West Liberty 3 Indiana (PA) 86 63 South - Lakeland, Florida Location: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College 200 First roundRound of 64March 16 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 17 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 Florida Southern (24–5) 94 8 North Alabama (19–8) 80 4 Saint Leo (21–7) 59 5 Rollins (19–10) 53 3 Eckerd (20–7) 65 6 Benedict (23–6) 68 2 Alabama–Huntsville (23–5) 60 7 Christian Brothers (21–8) 58 1 Florida Southern 84 4 Saint Leo 65 6 Benedict 60 2 Alabama–Huntsville 64 1 Florida Southern 2 Alabama–Huntsville 90 88 West - Bellingham, Washington Location: Sam Carver Gymnasium Host: Western Washington University 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 18 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 Western Washington (27–2) 102 8 Chaminade (20–9) 87 4 Dixie State (22–6) 69 5 CSU San Bernardino (22–6) 75 3 Seattle Pacific (25–3) 85 6 Grand Canyon (23–7) 59 2 Cal Poly Pomona (27–2) 69 7 Chico State (19–10) 61 1 Western Washington 86 5 CSU San Bernardino 77 3 Seattle Pacific 67 2 Cal Poly Pomona 54 1 Western Washington 3 Seattle Pacific 62 58 All-West Region team: Kwame Alexander (F/CSU San Bernardino) Jobi Wall (F/Seattle Pacific) Patrick Simon (F/Seattle Pacific) John Allen (G/Western Washington) Region Most Outstanding Player Richard Woodworth (G/Western Washington) Midwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: O'Reilly Family Event CenterBooher Kary https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-continued/144758028/ Midwest Regional Full of Big-Time Talent March 15, 2013 The Springfield News-Leader D1, D2 April 4, 2024 newspapers.com Host: Drury University 200 First roundRound of 64March 16 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 17 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 Drury (25–4) 89 8 Findlay (22–7) 77 4 Michigan Tech (20–8) 86 5 UW–Parkside (20–8) 75 3 Bellarmine (22–7) 67 6 Indianapolis (20–8) 61 2 Southern Indiana (22–7) 79 7 Wayne State (MI) (17–9) 70 1 Drury 76 4 Michigan Tech 62 3 Bellarmine 78 2 Southern Indiana 55 1 Drury 3 Bellarmine 67 61 Southeast - Aiken, South Carolina Location: USCA Convocation Center Host: University of South Carolina, Aiken 200 First roundRound of 64March 16 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 17 Regional FinalSweet 16March 19 1 USC–Aiken (22–7) 94 8 Belmont Abbey (22–9) 76 4 Wingate (21–8) 65 5 Limestone (21–8) 60 3 Barton (21–7) 81 6 Montevallo (20–9) 73 2 Lincoln Memorial (24–5) 82 7 UNC Pembroke (22–9) 80 1 USC–Aiken 69 4 Wingate 57 3 Barton 76 2 Lincoln Memorial 61 1 USC–Aiken 3 Barton 82 75 Elite Eight – Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia Venues: Freedom Hall (Louisville), Philips Arena (Atlanta) 200 National QuarterfinalsElite EightLouisville - Thursday, March 28 National semifinalsFinal FourLouisville - Saturday, March 30 National ChampionshipAtlanta - Sunday, April 7 E1 Franklin Pierce 65 SC1 Metro State 78 C2 Winona State 84 A1 West Liberty 110 S1 Florida Southern 82 W1 Western Washington 96 MW1 Drury 84 SE1 USC–Aiken 75 SC1 Metro State A1 West Liberty 83 76 W1 Western Washington MW1 Drury 97 107 SC1 Metro State MW1 Drury 73 74 All-tournament team Alex Hall (Drury) Brandon Jefferson (Metropolitan State) Brandon Lockhart (Drury) Mitch McCarron (Metropolitan State) Jonathan Morse (Metropolitan State) References 2013 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com Category:NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament Tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Louisville, Kentucky Category:Basketball competitions in Atlanta Category:2013 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:2013 in Atlanta