Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Springfield, Massachusetts | ||||
Champions | Findlay Oilers (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Cal Poly Pomona Broncos (1st title game) | ||||
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Winning coach | Ron Niekamp (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Josh Bostic (Findlay) | ||||
Attendance | 63,563 | ||||
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The 2009 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 2008–09 basketball season. It began on March 14, 2008, and concluded as the Findlay Oilers defeated the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos 56–53 in overtime on March 28.[1]