2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

The 2012 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 2011–12 basketball season.

2012 NCAA Division II
men's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Highland Heights, Kentucky
Champions	Western Washington Vikings (1st title)
Runner-up	Montevallo Falcons (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Stonehill SkyHawks (2nd Final Four) Bellarmine Knights (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Brad Jackson (1st title)
MOP	D. J. Rivera (Montevallo)
NCAA Division II men's tournaments «2011 2013»

The Western Washington Vikings won the tournament to earn the first basketball national championship in school history.

Montevallo

Huntsville

Rindge

Golden

West Liberty

Louisville

Bellingham

Wichita Falls

Highland Heights

2012 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)

Qualification and tournament format

The champions of 22 of the 23 Division II basketball conferences qualified automatically. An additional 42 teams were selected as at-large participants by the selection committee. 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). The eight regional winners met at the Elite Eight for the final three rounds held at The Bank of Kentucky Center, now known as BB&T Arena, on the campus of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, after the final rounds were held in Springfield, Massachusetts for the previous six years.

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the tournament as the winners of their conference tournament championships:^[1] The newly formed Great American Conference began play for the 2011–12 season, composed of former members of the Lone Star Conference and Gulf South Conference. The conference champion, Arkansas Tech, was not eligible for an automatic berth, but did receive an at-large No. 3 seed in the South Central Region.^[2]

Team	Conference	Region
Humboldt State	CCAA	West
Bloomfield	CACC	East
Winston-Salem State	CIAA	Atlantic
Barton	Conference Carolinas	Southeast
C.W. Post	ECC	East
Findlay	GLIAC	Midwest
Southern Indiana	GLVC	Midwest
Montana State Billings	GNAC	West
Alabama-Hunstville	Gulf South	South
St. Mary's (Texas)	Heartland	South Central
Midwestern State	Lone Star	South Central
Washburn	MIAA	South Central
Stonehill	Northeast-10	East
Southwest Minnesota State	NSIC	Central
Dixie State	Pacific West	West
Montevallo	Peach Belt	Southeast
East Stroudsburg	PSAC	Atlantic
Colorado Mines	RMAC	Central
Wingate	SAC	Southeast
Benedict	SIAC	South
Florida Southern	Sunshine State	South
West Liberty	WVIAC	Atlantic

Qualified teams

East Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 Franklin Pierce NE-10 21–7 At-large #2 Stonehill NE-10 21–8 Automatic #3 Adelphi NE-10 20–8 At-large #4 UMass Lowell NE-10 19–10 At-large #5 Bloomfield CACC 24–7 Automatic #6 C.W. Post ECC 23–5 Automatic #7 District of Columbia ECC 22–5 At-large #8 Philadelphia CACC 19–9 At-large Atlantic Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 West Liberty WVIAC 29–2 Automatic #2 Shaw CIAA 25–3 At-large #3 Charleston (WV) WVIAC 26–6 At-large #4 West Virginia Wesleyan WVIAC 21–8 At-large #5 Winston-Salem State CIAA 21–8 Automatic #6 Wheeling Jesuit WVIAC 21–9 At-large #7 Indiana (PA) PSAC 23–5 At-large #8 East Stroudsburg PSAC 20–11 Automatic South Central Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 Midwestern State Lone Star 26–3 Automatic #2 Tarleton State Lone Star 26–5 At-large #3 Arkansas Tech GAC 21–4 At-large #4 Washburn MIAA 24–7 Automatic #5 Northwest Missouri State MIAA 22–6 At-large #6 West Texas A&M Lone Star 19–8 At-large #7 Missouri Southern State MIAA 22–7 At-large #8 St. Mary's (TX) Heartland 19–8 Automatic West Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 Western Washington GNAC 25–5 At-large #2 Alaska–Anchorage GNAC 22–6 At-large #3 Seattle Pacific GNAC 21–7 At-large #4 Humboldt State CCAA 22–7 Automatic #5 Chico State CCAA 24–7 At-large #6 Dixie State Pacific West 20–6 Automatic #7 Montana State–Billings GNAC 18–11 Automatic #8 Grand Canyon Pacific West 19–7 At-large

South Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 Alabama–Huntsville Gulf South 26–3 Automatic #2 Christian Brothers Gulf South 23–6 At-large #3 West Georgia Gulf South 22–8 At-large #4 Florida Tech Sunshine State 22–6 At-large #5 Saint Leo Sunshine State 18–11 At-large #6 Eckerd Sunshine State 20–8 At-large #7 Florida Southern Sunshine State 20–9 Automatic #8 Benedict SIAC 19–10 Automatic Midwest Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 Bellarmine GLVC 25–3 At-large #2 Southern Indiana GLVC 24–6 Automatic #3 Hillsdale GLIAC 24–5 At-large #4 Northern Kentucky GLVC 23–6 At-large #5 Findlay GLIAC 23–6 Automatic #6 Indianapolis GLVC 19–8 At-large #7 Kentucky Wesleyan GLVC 21–7 At-large #8 Lewis GLVC 17–11 At-large Central Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 Colorado Mines RMAC 27–2 Automatic #2 Metropolitan State RMAC 22–6 At-large #3 Bemidji State NSIC 22–8 At-large #4 Southwest Minnesota State NSIC 18–10 Automatic #5 Minnesota State–Moorhead NSIC 20–8 At-large #6 St. Cloud State NSIC 19–8 At-large #7 Adams State RMAC 19–8 At-large #8 Augustana (SD) NSIC 17–10 At-large Southeast Region Seed School Conference Record Qualification #1 Montevallo Peach Belt 24–7 Automatic #2 USC Aiken Peach Belt 21–7 At-large #3 Anderson (SC) SAC 24–5 At-large #4 Lincoln Memorial SAC 25–5 At-large #5 King Conference Carolinas 23–7 At-large #6 Columbus State Peach Belt 18–11 At-large #7 Wingate SAC 20–11 Automatic #8 Barton Conference Carolinas 20–9 Automatic

Teams per conference

• GLVC: 6
• NSIC: 5
• GNAC, NE-10, Sunshine State, WVIAC: 4
• Gulf South, Lone Star, MIAA, Peach Belt, RMAC, SAC: 3
• CCAA, CACC, CIAA, Conference Carolinas, ECC, GLIAC, Pacific West, PSAC: 2
• GAC, Heartland, SIAC: 1

Regionals

East - Rindge, New Hampshire

Location: Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse Host: Franklin Pierce University

	First round Round of 64 March 10					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 11					Regional final Sweet 16 March 13
	1	Franklin Pierce (21–7)	59
	8	Philadelphia (19–9)	58
						1	Franklin Pierce	60
						5	Bloomfield	69
	4	Mass.-Lowell (19–10)	83
	5	Bloomfield (24–7)	91
											5	Bloomfield	70
											2	Stonehill	75
	3	Adelphi (20–8)	66
	6	C.W. Post (23–5)	65
						3	Adelphi	58
						2	Stonehill	68
	2	Stonehill (21–8)	65
	7	Dist. Columbia (22–5)	61

Atlantic - West Liberty, West Virginia

Location: Academic, Sports, and Recreation Complex Host: West Liberty University

	First round Round of 64 March 10					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 11					Regional final Sweet 16 March 13
	1	West Liberty (29–2)	119
	8	East Stroudsburg (20–11)	82
						1	West Liberty	99
						4	West Va. Wesleyan	69
	4	West Va. Wesleyan (21–8)	57
	5	Winston-Salem (21–8)	54
											1	West Liberty	89
											2	Shaw	78
	3	Charleston, WV (26–6)	76
	6	Wheeling Jesuit (21–9)	79
						6	Wheeling Jesuit	68
						2	Shaw	92
	2	Shaw (25–3)	62
	7	Indiana, PA (23–5)	54

South Central - Wichita Falls, Texas

Location: Gerald Stockton Court Host: Midwestern State University

	First round Round of 64 March 10					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 11					Regional final Sweet 16 March 13
	1	Midwestern State (26–3)	62
	8	St. Mary's, TX (19–8)	54
						1	Midwestern State	72
						4	Washburn	63
	4	Washburn (24–7)	69
	5	Northwest Mo. State (22–6)	60
											1	Midwestern State	77
											3	Arkansas Tech	61
	3	Arkansas Tech (21–4)	79
	6	West Texas A&M (19–8)	68
						3	Arkansas Tech	64
						2	Tarleton State	63
	2	Tarleton State (26–5)	69
	7	Mo. Southern State (22–7)	52

West - Bellingham, Washington

Location: Sam Carver Gymnasium Host: Western Washington University

	First round Round of 64 March 9					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 10					Regional final Sweet 16 March 12
	1	Western Wash. (25–5)	79
	8	Grand Canyon (19–7)	73
						1	Western Wash.	74
						5	Cal. St. Chico	65
	4	Humboldt St. (22–7)	68
	5	Cal. St. Chico (24–7)	75
											1	Western Wash.	56
											3	Seattle Pacific	50
	3	Seattle Pacific (21–7)	70
	6	Dixie St. (20–6)	68
						3	Seattle Pacific	80
						2	Alas. Anchorage	67
	2	Alas. Anchorage (22–6)	80
	7	Mont. St. Billings (18–11)	68

South - Huntsville, Alabama

Location: Spragins Hall Host: University of Alabama in Huntsville

	First round Round of 64 March 10					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 11					Regional final Sweet 16 March 13
	1	Ala.-Huntsville (26–3)	69
	8	Benedict (19–10)	61
						1	Ala.-Huntsville	82
						4	Florida Tech	71
	4	Florida Tech (22–6)	61
	5	Saint Leo (18–11)	56
											1	Ala.-Huntsville	69
											2	Christian Bros.	58
	3	West Ga. (22–8)	53
	6	Eckerd (20–8)	60
						6	Eckerd	57
						2	Christian Bros.	60
	2	Christian Bros. (23–6)	85
	7	Fla. Southern (20–9)	74

Midwest - Louisville, Kentucky

Location: Knights Hall Host: Bellarmine University

	First round Round of 64 March 10					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 11					Regional final Sweet 16 March 13
	1	Bellarmine (25–3)	86
	8	Lewis (17–11)	63
						1	Bellarmine	86
						5	Findlay	63
	4	Northern Ky. (23–6)	49
	5	Findlay (23–6)	50
											1	Bellarmine	79
											7	Ky. Wesleyan	74
	3	Hillsdale (24–5)	62
	6	Indianapolis (19–8)	66
						6	Indianapolis	77
						7	Ky. Wesleyan	91
	2	Southern Ind. (24–6)	58
	7	Ky. Wesleyan (21–7)	64

Central - Golden, Colorado

Location: Steinhauer Field House Host: Colorado School of Mines

	First round Round of 64 March 10					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 11					Regional final Sweet 16 March 13
	1	Colorado Mines (27–2)	82
	8	Augustana, SD (17–10)	69
						1	Colorado Mines	80
						5	Minn. St. Moorhead	60
	4	SMSU (18–10)	66
	5	Minn. St. Moorhead (20–8)	82
											1	Colorado Mines	64
											2	Metro St.	73
	3	Bemidji St. (22–8)	72
	6	St. Cloud St. (19–8)	77
						6	St. Cloud St.	64
						2	Metro St.	76
	2	Metro St. (22–6)	79
	7	Adams St. (19–8)	74

Southeast - Montevallo, Alabama

Location: People's Bank and Trust Arena Host: University of Montevallo

	First round Round of 64 March 10					Regional semifinal Round of 32 March 11					Regional final Sweet 16 March 13
	1	Montevallo (24–7)	96
	8	Barton (20–9)	87
						1	Montevallo	61
						4	Lincoln Memorial	60
	4	Lincoln Memorial (25–5)	67
	5	King, TN (23–7)	60
											1	Montevallo	86
											3	Anderson, SC	73
	3	Anderson, SC (24–5)	77
	6	Columbus St. (18–11)	64
						3	Anderson, SC	71
						7	Wingate	63
	2	S.C. Aiken (21–7)	70
	7	Wingate (20–11)	73

Elite Eight – Highland Heights, Kentucky

Location: The Bank of Kentucky Center Host: Northern Kentucky University

National Quarterfinals Elite Eight Wednesday, March 21

National semifinals Final Four Thursday, March 22

National championship Saturday, March 24

E2

Stonehill (24–8)

91

A1

West Liberty (32–2)

90

E2

Stonehill

66

W1

Western Washington

71

SC1

Midwestern State (29–3)

63

W1

Western Washington (28–5)

65

W1

Western Washington

72

SE1

Montevallo

65

S1

Alabama-Huntsville (28–3)

73

M1

Bellarmine (29-3)

82

M1

Bellarmine

72

SE1

Montevallo

79

C2

Metro State (25–6)

65

SE1

Montevallo (27–7)

67

All-tournament team

• Rory Blanche (Western Washington)
• Antoine Davis (Montevallo)
• Chris Dowe (Bellarmine)
• D.J. Rivera (Montevallo)
• Richard Woodworth (Western Washington)

References

• 2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com

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