2014 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

none February 2024 August 2023 II 2014 Men's NCAA logo.svg 130px 64 Ford Center Evansville, Indiana Central Missouri Mules 2nd West Liberty Hilltoppers 1st Metro State Roadrunners 6th Aiken Pacers 1st Kim Anderson 1st Daylen Robinson Central Missouri 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. 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.https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/2014/03/29/central-missouri-wins-ncaa-division-ii-crown/7065323/ Central Missouri wins NCAA Division II crown Bob Boxell Courier Journal March 29, 2014 February 13, 2024 USA 450 right 2014 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA cyan pog.svg 41.05 -75.15 left East Stroudsburg East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania USA cyan pog.svg 39.76 -105 left Denver Metropolitan State University USA cyan pog.svg 33.36 -81.52 bottom Aiken University of South Carolina, Aiken USA cyan pog.svg 41.22 -72.62 top New Haven Southern Connecticut State University USA cyan pog.svg 28.05 -81.66 top Lakeland Florida Southern College USA cyan pog.svg 44.18 -94.1 top Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato USA cyan pog.svg 34.09 -117.25 bottom San Bernardino California State University, San Bernardino USA cyan pog.svg 37.45 -93.22 right Springfield Drury University USA red pog.svg 38.15 -87.35 top Evansville Ford Center (Evansville) 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 RegionCal State StanislausCCAAWestPhiladelphiaCACCEastLivingstoneCIAAAtlanticLimestoneConference CarolinasSoutheastBridgeportECCEastHardingGreat AmericanCentralFindlayGLIACMidwestSouthern IndianaGLVCMidwestSeattle PacificGNACWestNorth AlabamaGulf SouthSouthTexas A&M InternationalHeartlandSouth CentralTarleton StateLone StarSouth CentralMissouri Southern StateMIAACentralSouthern Connecticut StateNortheast-10EastMinnesota State MankatoNSICCentralChaminadePacific WestWestSouth Carolina–AikenPeach BeltSoutheastEast StroudsburgPSACAtlanticMetro StateRMACSouth CentralLincoln MemorialSACSoutheastTuskegeeSIACSouthFlorida SouthernSunshine StateSouth Regionals East - New Haven, Connecticut Location: James Moore Fieldhouse Host: Southern Connecticut State University 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 16 Regional FinalSweet 16March 18 1 Southern Connecticut State (27–2) 89 8 Bridgeport (18–10) 73 4 Franklin Pierce (20–7) 66 5 Philadelphia (25–6) 65 3 Saint Anselm (20–7) 73 6 Le Moyne (17–11) 62 2 New Haven (21–8) 57 7 Bloomfield (20–8) 59 1 Southern Connecticut State 79 4 Franklin Pierce 77 3 Saint Anselm 82 7 Bloomfield 68 1 Southern Connecticut State 3 Saint Anselm 78 72 Central - Mankato, Minnesota Location: Taylor Center Host: Minnesota State University, Mankato 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 16 Regional FinalSweet 16March 18 1 Minnesota State Mankato (29–4) 97 8 Harding (15–14) 56 4 Winona State (22–8) 77 5 Northwest Missouri State (26–7) 98 3 Missouri Southern State (24–5) 80 6 Fort Hays State (22–7) 69 2 Central Missouri (21–9) 56 7 Arkansas Tech (24–5) 44 1 Minnesota State 66 5 Northwest Missouri State 71 3 Missouri Southern State 84 2 Central Missouri 94 5 Northwest Missouri State 2 Central Missouri 59 60 South - Lakeland, Florida Location: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 16 Regional FinalSweet 16March 18 1 Florida Southern (26–4) 95 8 Tuskegee (18–11) 98 4 North Alabama (22–9) 72 5 Tampa (20–9) 68 3 Delta State (24–6) 82 6 Barry (19–8) 77 2 Saint Leo (23–8) 75 7 West Alabama (17–10) 67 8 Tuskegee 93 4 North Alabama 87 3 Delta State 70 2 Saint Leo 61 8 Tuskegee 3 Delta State 80 59 South Central - Denver, Colorado Location: Auraria Events Center Host: Metropolitan State University 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 16 Regional FinalSweet 16March 18 1 Metro State (28–1) 76 8 UC Colorado Springs (21–8) 72 4 Colorado Mines (24–4) 41 5 St. Mary's (TX) (19–8) 19 3 Midwestern State (22–7) 72 6 UAFS (21–6) 66 2 Tarleton State (27–2) 92 7 Texas A&M–International (22–8) 56 1 Metro State 86 4 Colorado Mines 82 3 Midwestern State 74 2 Tarleton State 68 1 Metro State 3 Midwestern State 78 56 Midwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: O'Reilly Family Event Center Host: Drury University 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 16 Regional FinalSweet 16March 18 1 Drury (25–3) 69 8 Wisconsin–Parkside (23–6) 64 4 Findlay (24–5) 83 5 Lake Superior State (26–5) 88* 3 Southern Indiana (25–5) 70 6 Michigan Tech (22–7) 75 2 Indianapolis (23–4) 80 7 Bellarmine (23–7) 75 1 Drury 79 5 Lake Superior State 61 6 Michigan Tech 82 2 Indianapolis 76 1 Drury 6 Michigan Tech 71 57 Atlantic - East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Location: Koehler Fieldhouse Host: East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 16 Regional FinalSweet 16March 18 1 East Stroudsburg (28–1) 99 8 Livingstone (21–7) 98 4 Charleston (WV) (21–8) 64 5 Gannon (19–9) 66 3 Indiana (PA) (23–4) 75 6 West Chester (20–9) 68 2 West Liberty (26–3) 88 7 Glenville State (18–10) 72 1 East Stroudsburg 66 5 Gannon 58 3 Indiana (PA) 85 2 West Liberty 86 1 East Stroudsburg 2 West Liberty 82 89 Southeast - Aiken, South Carolina Location: USCA Convocation Center Host: University of South Carolina, Aiken 200 First roundRound of 64March 15 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 16 Regional FinalSweet 16March 18 1 USC Aiken (29–3) 80 8 Limestone (21–8) 54 4 Anderson (SC) (22–9) 84 5 GRU Augusta (23–7) 86 3 Montevallo (24–5) 97 6 Georgia Southwestern (20–10) 88 2 Lincoln Memorial (27–2) 76 7 Carson–Newman (19–8) 65 1 USC Aiken 78 5 GRU Augusta 58 3 Montevallo 98 2 Lincoln Memorial 86 1 USC Aiken 3 Montevallo 84 73 West - San Bernardino, California Location: James and Aerianthi Coussoulis Arena Host: California State University, San Bernardino 200 First roundRound of 64March 14 Regional semifinalRound of 32March 15 Regional FinalSweet 16March 17 1 CSU San Bernardino (23–4) 79 8 Chaminade (19–12) 78 4 Chico State (22–7) 77 5 California Baptist (24–3) 71 3 Cal Poly Pomona (21–6) 73 6 Dixie State (21–6) 63 2 Seattle Pacific (26–5) 72 7 CSU Stanislaus (21–8) 80 1 CSU San Bernardino 77 4 Chico State 94 3 Cal Poly Pomona 69 7 CSU Stanislaus 75 4 Chico State 7 CSU Stanislaus 81 80 Elite Eight – Evansville, Indiana Location: Ford Center Host: University of Southern Indiana 200 National QuarterfinalsElite EightWednesday, March 26 National semifinalsFinal FourThursday, March 27 National ChampionshipSaturday, March 29 E1 Southern Connecticut State 72 C2 Central Missouri 78 S8 Tuskegee 87 SC1 Metro State 106 MW1 Drury 75 A2 West Liberty 85 SE1 USC Aiken 85 W4 Chico State 70 C2 Central Missouri SC1 Metro State 71 69 A2 West Liberty SE1 USC Aiken 86 83 C2 Central Missouri A2 West Liberty 84 77 All-tournament team Dillon Deck (Central Missouri) Shawn Dyer (West Liberty) Charles Hammork (Central Missouri) Cedric Harris (West Liberty) Daylen Robinson (Central Missouri) References External links 2014 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 Category:Basketball competitions in Evansville, Indiana Category:College basketball tournaments in Indiana