The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship has been conducted since 1957. Like all other NCAA basketball divisions for men and women, the champion is decided in a single-elimination tournament. However, the Division II tournaments for men and women differ in one major respect from those in Divisions I and III. The finals of both Division II tournaments consist of eight teams, instead of the four in the other two divisions. The eight survivors of regional play meet in the Elite Eight (an NCAA registered trademark) at a predetermined site.
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Year |
Winning Team |
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1957 |
Wheaton |
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1958 |
South Dakota |
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1959 |
Evansville |
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1960 |
Evansville |
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1961 |
Wittenberg |
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1962† |
Mount St. Mary’s |
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1963 |
South Dakota State |
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1964 |
Evansville |
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1965† |
Evansville |
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1966 |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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1967 |
Winston-Salem State |
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1968 |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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1969 |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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1970 |
Philadelphia Textile |
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1971 |
Evansville |
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1972 |
Roanoke |
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1973† |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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1974 |
Morgan State |
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1975 |
Old Dominion |
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1976 |
Puget Sound |
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1977 |
Chattanooga |
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1978 |
Cheyney |
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1979 |
North Alabama |
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1980 |
Virginia Union |
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1981 |
Florida Southern |
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1982 |
District of Columbia |
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1983 |
Wright State |
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1984 |
Central Missouri State |
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1985 |
Jacksonville State |
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1986 |
Sacred Heart |
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1987 |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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1988 |
Lowell |
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1989 |
North Carolina Central |
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1990 |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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1991 |
North Alabama |
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1992 |
Virginia Union |
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1993 |
Cal State Bakersfield |
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1994 |
Cal State Bakersfield |
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1995 |
Southern Indiana |
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1996 |
Fort Hays State |
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1997 |
Cal State Bakersfield |
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1998 |
UC Davis |
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1999 |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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2000 |
Metropolitan State |
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2001 |
Kentucky Wesleyan |
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2002 |
Metropolitan State |
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2003 |
Northeastern State |
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2004 |
Kennesaw State |
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2005 |
Virginia Union |
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2006 |
Winona State |
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2007 |
Barton |
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