Nova Southeastern claims 2025 DII men's basketball championship

No. 1 Nova Southeastern won the 2025 DII men's basketball national championship game 74-73, defeating  No. 7 Cal St. Dom. Hills.

The 2025 DII men's basketball championship tipped off with a selection show on Sunday, March 9. The NCAA released the field here. The tournament consists of a 64-team field, including 23 automatic bids, with regionals determining the eight quarterfinalists that will advance to the Men’s Elite Eight at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, on March 25-29.

2025 DII men's basketball championship bracket

Below is the 2025 DII men's basketball tournament bracket. 

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2025 DII men's basketball championship schedule

*All times listed in Eastern Standard Time

• National championship | Saturday, March 29
  • No. 1 Nova Southeastern 74, No. 7 Cal St. Dominguez Hills, 73

• Selection show | Sunday, March 9  
  • Watch the selection show here 
• Regionals | March 14
  • No. 6 Central Wash. 82, No. 3 Chico St. 79 (OT) 
  • No. 2 Cal St. Dom. Hills 66, No. 7 Northwest Nazarene 59
  • No. 1 Point Loma 68, No. 8 Seattle Pacific 54
  • No. 5 CSUSB 88, No. 4 Biola 77  
• Regionals | March 15
  • No. 3 Fla. Southern 86, No. 6 Montevallo 83
  • No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 94, No. 6 Augusta 79
  • No. 6 Assumption 92, No. 3 Southern N.H. 66
  • No. 3 Virginia St. 80, No. 6 West Chester 64 
  • No. 6 St. Mary's (TX) 67, No. 3 Lubbock Christian 61
  • No. 3 Michigan Tech 84, No. 6 Northern Mich. 70
  • No. 3 Winona St. 69, No. 6 Southwest Minn. St. 62
  • No. 2 USC Aiken 80, No. 7 Catawba 71
  • No. 7 Dominican (NY) 85, No. 2 Adelphi 66
  • No. 2 Alabama Huntsville 99, No. 7 Tampa 88
  • No. 2 Gannon 99, No. 7 East Stroudsburg 74
  • No. 2 Colo. Sch. of Mines 74, No. 7 West Tex. A&M 62 
  • No. 2 Lake Superior St. 76, vs. No. 7 Lincoln (MO) 64
  • No. 2 MSU Moorhead 69, vs. No. 7 Fort Hays St. 62
  • No. 1 Columbus St. 75, vs. No. 8 Carson-Newman 74
  • No. 1 Daemen 80, No. 8 Bridgeport 68
  • No. 1 Nova Southeastern 76, vs. No. 8 Savannah St. 64
  • No. 1 DBU 74, vs. No. 8 Regis (CO) 54
  • No. 1 Missouri S&T 85, No. 8 Malone 77
  • No. 1 West Liberty 91, vs. No. 8 Bluefield St. 84
  • No. 1 Washburn 85, vs. No. 8 Harding 57
  • No. 5 UNC Pembroke 90, No. 4 Lincoln Memorial 88
  • No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas, 79 No. 4 Pace 72
  • No. 5 Lynn 84, No. 4 Valdosta St. 74
  • No. 2 Cal State Dom. Hills 77, No. 6 Central Wash 65
  • No. 4 Fayetteville St. 64, No. 5 Fairmont St. 67
  • No. 4 Midwestern St. 102, No. 5 St. Edward's 72
  • No. 4 Mo.-St. Louis 81, No. 5 Ferris St. 79
  • No. 5 Concordia-St. Paul 83, No. 4 Minot St. 71
• Regionals | March 16
  • No. 2 Alabama Huntsville 97, No. 3 Fla. Southern 86
  • No. 2 Gannon 92, No. 3 Virginia St. 66
  • No. 3 Lenior-Rhyne 91, No. 2 USC Aiken 87
  • No. 6 Assumption 81, No. 7 Dominican 75
  • No. 2 MSU Moorhead 70, No. 3 Winona St. 59
  • No. 2 Lake Superior St. 83, No. 3 Michigan Tech 73
  • No. 2 Colorado School of Mines 66, No. 6 St. Mary's (TX) 63
  • No. 1 West Liberty 89, No. 4 Fayetteville St. 69
  • No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas 79, No. 1 Daemen 74
  • No. 1 Nova Southern 80, No. 5 Lynn 72
  • No. 5 UNC Pembroke 91, No. 1 Columbus St. 80
  • No. 4 Mo-St. Louis 65, No. 1 Missouri S&T 56
  • No. 1 Washburn 94, No. 5 Concordia-St. Paul 78
  • No. 1 DBU 80, No. 4 Midwestern St. 54
• Regionals | March 17
  • No. 2 Cal St. Dom. Hills 61, No. 1 Point Loma 58
• Regionals | March 18
  • No. 1 West Liberty 101, No. 2 Gannon 90
  • No. 1 Nova Southeastern 76, No. 2 Alabama Huntsville 69
  • No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 76, No. 5 UNC Pembroke 74
  • No. 6 Assumption 97, No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas 90 
  • No. 1 Washburn 93, No. 2 MSU Moorhead 65 
  • No. 2 Lake Superior St. 75, No. 4 Mo.-St. Louis 62
  • No. 1 DBU 100, No. 2 Colorado School of Mines 79
• Quarterfinals | Tuesday, March 2
  • No. 3 DBU 98, No. 6 Lake Superior St. 85
  • No. 7 Cal. St. Dom. Hills 86, No. 2 West Liberty 84 
  • No. 1 Nova Southeastern 102, No. 8 Assumption 93
  • No. 4 Washburn 90, No. 5 Lenoir-Rhyne 78
• Semifinals | Thursday, March 27
  • No. 7 Cal St. Dom. Hills 94, No. 3 DBU 83 (OT)
  • No. 1 Nova Southeastern 94, No. 4 Washburn 68

2025 DII men's basketball championship history

Minnesota State is the reigning champion since beating Nova Southeastern in the 2024 championship.  Below is every DII men's basketball champion and runner-up from the last decade:

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