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.
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Louisville, Kentucky & Atlanta, Georgia | ||||
| Champions | Drury Panthers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Metro State Roadrunners (4th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Steve Hesser | ||||
| MOP | Alex Hall (Drury) | ||||
| Attendance | TBD | ||||
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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.
Qualification and tournament format
editThe 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
editThe following teams automatically qualified for the national tournament as the champions of their conference tournaments:[1]
| Team | Conference | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Poly Pomona | CCAA | West |
| Bloomfield | CACC | East |
| Bowie State | CIAA | Atlantic |
| Belmont Abbey | Conference Carolinas | Southeast |
| Bridgeport | ECC | East |
| Findlay | GLIAC | Midwest |
| Drury | GLVC | Midwest |
| Seattle Pacific | GNAC | West |
| Christian Brothers | Gulf South | South |
| St. Mary's (Texas) | Heartland | South Central |
| Tarleton State | Lone Star | South Central |
| Central Missouri | MIAA | Central |
| Southern New Hampshire | Northeast-10 | East |
| Minnesota State–Mankato | NSIC | Central |
| Dixie State | Pacific West | West |
| USC Aiken | Peach Belt | Southeast |
| Indiana (PA) | PSAC | Atlantic |
| Metro State | RMAC | South Central |
| Wingate | SAC | Southeast |
| Benedict | SIAC | South |
| Florida Southern | Sunshine State | South |
| West Liberty | WVIAC | Atlantic |
Regionals
editEast - Rindge, New Hampshire
editLocation: Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse Host: Franklin Pierce University
| First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Franklin Pierce (21–8) | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bloomfield (17–12) | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Franklin Pierce | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | New Haven | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | New Haven (19–8) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Dominican (NY) (22–6) | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Franklin Pierce | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bridgeport | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Assumption (20–7) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Southern New Hampshire (19–10) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Assumption | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bridgeport | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saint Anselm (23–5) | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bridgeport (21–9) | 77 | ||||||||||||
South Central - Denver, Colorado
editLocation: Auraria Events Center Host: Metropolitan State University
| First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Metro State (27–2) | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Tarleton State (20–9) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Metro State | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Midwestern State | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Midwestern State (21–8) | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Newman (20–7) | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Metro State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Mary's (TX) | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Fort Lewis (21–7) | 95 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Adams State (20–8) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Fort Lewis | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Mary's (TX) | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Mary's (TX) (21–7) | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Cameron (18–8) | 57 | ||||||||||||
Central - Mankato, Minnesota
editLocation: Taylor Center Host: Minnesota State University, Mankato
| First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State–Mankato (26–4) | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Arkansas Tech (18–11) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State–Mankato | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Harding | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Central Missouri (22–7) | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Harding (21–9) | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State–Mankato | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Winona State | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Augustana (SD) (21–8) | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Upper Iowa (20–11) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Augustana (SD) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Winona State | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Winona State (24–7) | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Northeastern State (19–8) | 57 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic - West Liberty, West Virginia
editLocation: Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex Host: West Liberty University
| First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | West Liberty (30–1) | 114 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bowie State (16–13) | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | West Liberty | 100 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fairmont State | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fairmont State (22–8) | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Livingstone (22–6) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | West Liberty | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana (PA) | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana (PA) (24–5) | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | East Stroudsburg (22–6) | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana (PA) | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Slippery Rock | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Winston-Salem (21–6) | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Slippery Rock (22–8) | 69 | ||||||||||||
South - Lakeland, Florida
editLocation: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College
| First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida Southern (24–5) | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | North Alabama (19–8) | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida Southern | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Saint Leo | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Saint Leo (21–7) | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Rollins (19–10) | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida Southern | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alabama–Huntsville | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Eckerd (20–7) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Benedict (23–6) | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Benedict | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alabama–Huntsville | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alabama–Huntsville (23–5) | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Christian Brothers (21–8) | 58 | ||||||||||||
West - Bellingham, Washington
editLocation: Sam Carver Gymnasium Host: Western Washington University
| First round Round of 64 March 15 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 18 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Western Washington (27–2) | 102 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Chaminade (20–9) | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Western Washington | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | CSU San Bernardino | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Dixie State (22–6) | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | CSU San Bernardino (22–6) | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Western Washington | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle Pacific | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle Pacific (25–3) | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Grand Canyon (23–7) | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle Pacific | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal Poly Pomona | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal Poly Pomona (27–2) | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Chico State (19–10) | 61 | ||||||||||||
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
editLocation: O'Reilly Family Event Center[2] Host: Drury University
| First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Drury (25–4) | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Findlay (22–7) | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Drury | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan Tech | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan Tech (20–8) | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UW–Parkside (20–8) | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Drury | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bellarmine | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bellarmine (22–7) | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Indianapolis (20–8) | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bellarmine | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Indiana | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Southern Indiana (22–7) | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Wayne State (MI) (17–9) | 70 | ||||||||||||
Southeast - Aiken, South Carolina
editLocation: USCA Convocation Center Host: University of South Carolina, Aiken
| First round Round of 64 March 16 | Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 17 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | USC–Aiken (22–7) | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Belmont Abbey (22–9) | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | USC–Aiken | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wingate | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wingate (21–8) | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Limestone (21–8) | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | USC–Aiken | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Barton | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Barton (21–7) | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Montevallo (20–9) | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Barton | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lincoln Memorial | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lincoln Memorial (24–5) | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | UNC Pembroke (22–9) | 80 | ||||||||||||
Elite Eight – Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia
editVenues: Freedom Hall (Louisville), Philips Arena (Atlanta)
| National Quarterfinals Elite Eight Louisville - Thursday, March 28 | National semifinals Final Four Louisville - Saturday, March 30 | National Championship Atlanta - Sunday, April 7 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Franklin Pierce | 65 | ||||||||||||
| SC1 | Metro State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| SC1 | Metro State | 83 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | West Liberty | 76 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Winona State | 84 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | West Liberty | 110 | ||||||||||||
| SC1 | Metro State | 73 | ||||||||||||
| MW1 | Drury | 74 | ||||||||||||
| S1 | Florida Southern | 82 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Western Washington | 96 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Western Washington | 97 | ||||||||||||
| MW1 | Drury | 107 | ||||||||||||
| MW1 | Drury | 84 | ||||||||||||
| SE1 | USC–Aiken | 75 | ||||||||||||
All-tournament team
edit- Alex Hall (Drury)
- Brandon Jefferson (Metropolitan State)
- Brandon Lockhart (Drury)
- Mitch McCarron (Metropolitan State)
- Jonathan Morse (Metropolitan State)
References
edit- ^ "Field of 64 teams released for tourney | NCAA.com". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Booher, Kary (March 15, 2013). "Midwest Regional Full of Big-Time Talent". The Springfield News-Leader. pp. D1, D2. Retrieved April 4, 2024 – via newspapers.com.