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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Nova Southeastern Sharks (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | West Liberty Hilltoppers (2nd title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Jim Crutchfield (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Will Yoakum & RJ Sunahara (Nova Southeastern) | ||||
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The 2023 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the single-elimination tournament to determine the annual national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
The championship rounds were held from March 21–25, 2023 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Nova Southeastern won their first ever national championship, beating West Liberty 111–101 in the championship game.[1] The Sharks also completed a perfect 36–0 season, the first team to do so since Northwest Missouri State in 2019.
McKendree and North Georgia participated in the tournament for the first time, with both winning tournament games, and the former making it to the Regional Final.
- ^ Villa, Walter (March 25, 2023). "Nova Southeastern men's basketball stays perfect, wins Division II national title". Miami Herald. Retrieved February 13, 2024.