NCAA
NCAA Men’s Division II Basketball Champions
See a complete list of NCAA Men’s Division II Basketball Champions. The 2025 champions are Nova Southeastern. This is their second championship title.
Fast Facts:
- Kentucky Wesleyan has won the most D2 titles with 8 wins.
Nova Southeastern vs. Cal State Dom. Hills – Division II men’s basketball finals highlights
NCAA Men’s Division II Basketball Champions:
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Location |
| 2025 | Nova Southeastern | 74-73 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | Evansville, IN |
| 2024 | Minnesota State | 88-85 | Nova Southeastern | Evansville, IN |
| 2023 | Nova Southeastern | 111–101 | West Liberty | Evansville, IN |
| 2022 | Northwest Missouri State | 67–58 | Augusta | Evansville, IN |
| 2021 | Northwest Missouri State | 80–54 | West Texas A&M | Evansville, IN |
| 2020 | Canceled (Covid) | |||
| 2019 | Northwest Missouri State | 64–58 | Point Loma | Evansville, IN |
| 2018 | Ferris State | 71–69 | Northern State | Sioux Falls, SD |
| 2017 | Northwest Missouri State | 71-61 | Fairmont State | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| 2016 | Augustana (SD) | 90-81 | Lincoln Memorial | Frisco, TX |
| 2015 | Florida Southern | 77-62 | Indiana (Pa.) | Evansville, Ind. |
| 2014 | Central Missouri | 84-77 | West Liberty | Evansville, Ind. |
| 2013 | Drury | 74-73 | Metro State | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2012 | Western Washington | 72-65 | Montevallo | Highland Heights, Ky. |
| 2011 | Bellarmine | 71-68 | BYU-Hawaii | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2010 | Cal Poly Pomona | 65-53 | Indiana (Pa.) | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2009 | Findlay | 56-53 (OT) | Cal Poly Pomona | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2008 | Winona State | 87-76 | Augusta State | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2007 | Barton | 77-75 | Winona State | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2006 | Winona State | 73-61 | Virginia Union | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2005 | Virginia Union | 63-58 | Bryant | Grand Forks, N.D. |
| 2004 | Kennesaw State | 84-59 | Southern Indiana | Bakersfield, Calif. |
| 2003 | Northeastern State | 75-64 | **Kentucky Wesleyan | Lakeland, Fla. |
| 2002 | Metro State | 80-72 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Evansville, Ind. |
| 2001 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 72-63 | Washburn | Bakersfield, Calif. |
| 2000 | Metro State | 97-99 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1999 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 75-60 | Metro State | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1998 | UC Davis | 83-77 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1997 | Cal State Bakersfield | 57-56 | Northern Kentucky | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1996 | Fort Hays State | 70-63 | Northern Kentucky | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1995 | Southern Indiana | 71-63 | UC Riverside | Louisville, Ky. |
| 1994 | Cal State Bakersfield | 92-86 | Southern Indiana | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1993 | Cal State Bakersfield | 85-72 | Troy | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1992 | Virginia Union | 100-75 | Bridgeport | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1991 | North Alabama | 79-72 | Bridgeport | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1990 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 93-79 | Cal State Bakersfield | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1989 | North Carolina Central | 73-46 | Southeast Missouri State | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1988 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 75-72 | Alaska Anchorage | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1987 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 92-74 | Gannon | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1986 | Sacred Heart | 93-87 | Southeast Missouri State | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1985 | Jacksonville State | 74-73 | South Dakota State | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1984 | Central Missouri | 81-77 | Saint Augustine’s | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1983 | Wright State | 92-73 | District of Columbia | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1982 | District of Columbia | 73-63 | Florida Southern | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1981 | Florida Southern | 73-68 | Mount Saint Mary’s | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1980 | Virginia Union | 80-74 | SUNYIT | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1979 | North Alabama | 64-50 | Green Bay | Springfield, Mo. |
| 1978 | Cheyney | 47-40 | Green Bay | Springfield, Mo. |
| 1977 | Chattanooga | 71-62 | Randolph-Macon | Springfield, Mass. |
| 1976 | Puget Sound | 83-74 | Chattanooga | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1975 | Old Dominion | 76-74 | New Orleans | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1974 | Morgan State | 67-52 | Missouri State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1973 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 78-76 (OT) | Tennessee State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1972 | Roanoke | 84-72 | Akron | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1971 | Evansville | 97-82 | Old Dominion | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1970 | Philadelphia University | 76-65 | Tennessee State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1969 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 75-71 | Missouri State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1968 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 63-52 | Indiana State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1967 | Winston-Salem | 77-74 | Missouri State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1966 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 54-51 | Southern Illinois | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1965 | Evansville | 85-82 (OT) | Southern Illinois | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1964 | Evansville | 72-59 | Akron | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1963 | South Dakota State | 44-42 | Wittenberg | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1962 | Mount Saint Mary’s | 58-57 (OT) | Sacramento State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1961 | Wittenburg | 42-38 | Southeast Missouri State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1960 | Evansville | 90-69 | Chapman | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1959 | Evansville | 83-67 | Missouri State | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1958 | South Dakota | 75-53 | Saint Michael’s | Evansville, Ind. |
| 1957 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 89-65 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Evansville, Ind. |