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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, South Dakota | ||||
| Champions | Northwest Missouri State Bearcats (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Fairmont State Falcons (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Ben McCollum (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Justin Pitts (Northwest Missouri State) | ||||
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The 2017 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball. It began March 10, 2017, following the 2016–17 season and concluded with the championship game on March 25, 2017.
The eight regional winners met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. For the first time, the Elite Eight was held at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Northwest Missouri State defeated Fairmont State, 71–61, to win the first national championship in the school's history.[1]
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2017 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)
- ^ Kerkhoff, Blair (March 25, 2017). "Northwest Missouri wins Division II men's basketball, football titles in same school year". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved February 13, 2024.