2024 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2024 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States, the culmination of the 2023–24 NCAA Division II men's basketball season.
| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Minnesota State Mavericks (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Nova Southeastern Sharks (2nd title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Matt Margenthaler (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Malik Willingham (Minnesota State) | ||||
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The tournament again featured 64 teams, with teams placed into one of eight geographically oriented, eight-team regionals. The first three rounds were played on campus sites while the national quarterfinal (Elite Eight), semifinal, and championship rounds were held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, from March 26–30, 2024.
Minnesota State topped defending champions Nova Southeastern 88–85 in the championship game, on a three-pointer by Kyreese Willingham with 0.8 seconds left to win their first national championship. In the process, the Mavericks also completed a sweep of both the men's and women's Division II basketball championships for 2024, something that had only previously been done by Central Missouri in 1984. The Maverick women won their national championship, defeating Texas Woman's, 89–73.
Lincoln (PA), Post, and William Jewell participated in the tournament for the first time.