2011 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 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 2010–11 basketball season. The winner was Bellarmine; the tournament's Most Outstanding Player was Jet Chang of runner-up BYU–Hawaii, the first player from a losing team to earn that honor in the Division II tournament since 1998.
The 2010 champion Cal Poly Pomona did not qualify for the tournament, while runner-up Indiana did. Along with Bentley, Midwestern State, and Augusta State, Indiana was one of four teams from the 2010 Elite Eight to qualify.
Qualification and tournament format
The champions of the 22 Division II basketball conferences qualified automatically. An additional 42 teams were selected as at-large participants by the tournament selection committee. The first three rounds of the tournament were organized in regions comprising eight participants in groups of two or three conferences. The eight regional winners then met at the Elite Eight for the final three rounds held at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.Automatic qualifiers
The following teams automatically qualified for the tournament as the winner of their conference tournament championships:Team | Conference | Region |
Cal State Dominguez Hills | CCAA | West |
Bloomfield | CACC | East |
Shaw | CIAA | Atlantic |
Limestone | Conference Carolinas | Southeast |
C.W. Post | ECC | East |
Wayne State | GLIAC | Midwest |
Bellarmine | GLVC | Midwest |
Central Washington | GNAC | West |
Harding | Gulf South | South |
Texas A&M International | Heartland | South Central |
Central Oklahoma | Lone Star | South Central |
Fort Hays State | MIAA | South Central |
Adelphia | Northeast-10 | East |
Winona State | NSIC | Central |
Dixie State | Pacific West | West |
Augusta State | Peach Belt | Southeast |
Indiana | PSAC | Atlantic |
Fort Lewis | RMAC | Central |
Lincoln Memorial | SAC | Southeast |
Clark Atlanta | SIAC | South |
Rollins | Sunshine State | South |
West Liberty | WVIAC | Atlantic |
Qualified teams
Regionals
Midwest – [Louisville, Kentucky]
Location: Knights HallSouth Central – [Edmond, Oklahoma]
Location: Hamilton Field HouseSouth – [Huntsville, Alabama]
Location: Spragins HallCentral – [Mankato, Minnesota]
Location: Taylor CenterSoutheast – [Augusta, Georgia]
Location: Christenberry FieldhouseAtlantic – [West Liberty, West Virginia]
Location: Academic, Sports, and Recreation ComplexWest – [Ellensburg, Washington]
Location: Nicholson PavilionEast – [Waltham, Massachusetts]
Location: Dana CenterElite Eight – [Springfield, Massachusetts]
Location: MassMutual CenterAll-tournament team
- Justin Benedetti
- Jet Chang
- Jeremy Kendle
- Jefferson Mason
- Corey Pelle