1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
Teams | 48 | ||||
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Finals site | Louisville, Kentucky | ||||
Champions | Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | UC Riverside Highlanders (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Bruce Pearl (1st title) | ||||
MOP | William Wilson (UC Riverside) | ||||
Attendance | 130,780 | ||||
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The 1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 48 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1994-95 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Southern Indiana and UC Riverside's William Wilson was the Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants
[edit]School | Outcome |
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Bloomsburg | First round |
California (PA) | Runner-up |
Gannon | Fourth Place |
Indiana (PA) | Regional Champion |
Millersville | Third Place |
West Chester | First round |
School | Outcome |
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Central Missouri State | Regional Champion |
Central Oklahoma | Runner-up |
Mississippi College | Third Place |
Missouri Western State | Fourth Place |
North Alabama | First round |
Washburn | First round |
School | Outcome |
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Cal State Bakersfield | First round |
Cal State LA | Third Place |
Grand Canyon | First round |
Seattle Pacific | Runner-up |
UC Davis | Fourth Place |
UC Riverside | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome |
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Fort Hays State | Runner-up |
Mesa State | First round |
Morningside | Regional Champion |
North Dakota | First round |
North Dakota State | Third Place |
Regis | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome |
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Johnson C. Smith | Fourth Place |
Lenoir–Rhyne | First round |
Longwood | First round |
Norfolk State | Regional Champion |
Shaw | Third Place |
Virginia Union | Runner-up |
School | Outcome |
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Alabama A&M | Regional Champion |
Armstrong Atlantic | Fourth Place |
Eckerd | Third Place |
Lander | First round |
Morehouse | First round |
Tampa | Runner-up |
School | Outcome |
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Adelphi | First round |
Dowling | First round |
New Hampshire College | Regional Champion |
Philadelphia U | Runner-up |
St. Anselm | Third Place |
St. Rose | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome |
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Hillsdale | First round |
Kentucky Wesleyan | Fourth Place |
Northern Kentucky | Runner-up |
Oakland | First round |
Quincy (IL) | Third Place |
Southern Indiana | Regional Champion |
*denotes tie
Regionals
[edit]East - Indiana, Pennsylvania
[edit]Location: Memorial Field House Host: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 March 7 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||||||
4 | Gannon | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indiana (PA) | 93 | ||||||||||||
4 | Gannon | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Bloomsburg | 81 | ||||||||||||
1 | Indiana (PA) | 80 | ||||||||||||
2 | California (PA) | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Millersville | 61 | ||||||||||||
6 | West Chester | 60 | ||||||||||||
3 | Millersville | 66 | ||||||||||||
2 | California (PA) | 93 |
- Third Place - Millersville 89, Gannon 76
South Central - Saint Joseph, Missouri
[edit]Location: MWSC Fieldhouse Host: Missouri Western State University
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 | Regional Final Sweet 16 | ||||||||||||
5 | Central Missouri State | 80 | ||||||||||||
1 | Missouri Western State | 78 | ||||||||||||
5 | Central Missouri State | 95 | ||||||||||||
4 | North Alabama | 75 | ||||||||||||
5 | Central Missouri State | 117 | ||||||||||||
2 | Central Oklahoma | 112 | ||||||||||||
6 | Mississippi College | 87** | ||||||||||||
3 | Washburn | 80 | ||||||||||||
6 | Mississippi College | 88 | ||||||||||||
2 | Central Oklahoma | 94 |
- Third Place - Mississippi College 90, Missouri Western State 77
West - Riverside, California
[edit]Location: UCR Student Recreation Center Host: University of California, Riverside
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 March 7 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||||||
4 | UC Davis | 66 | ||||||||||||
1 | UC Riverside | 84 | ||||||||||||
4 | UC Davis | 92* | ||||||||||||
5 | Grand Canyon | 88 | ||||||||||||
1 | UC Riverside | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Seattle Pacific | 68 | ||||||||||||
6 | Cal State LA | 70* | ||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 66 | ||||||||||||
6 | Cal State LA | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Seattle Pacific | 76 |
- Third Place - Cal State LA 78, UC Davis 74
North Central - Hays, Kansas
[edit]Location: Gross Memorial Coliseum Host: Fort Hays State University
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 March 7 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||||||
4 | Morningside | 93 | ||||||||||||
1 | Regis | 70 | ||||||||||||
4 | Morningside | 92 | ||||||||||||
5 | North Dakota | 86 | ||||||||||||
4 | Morningside | 85 | ||||||||||||
2 | Fort Hays State | 82 | ||||||||||||
3 | North Dakota State | 85 | ||||||||||||
6 | Mesa State | 76 | ||||||||||||
3 | North Dakota State | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | Fort Hays State | 73 |
- Third Place - North Dakota State 84, Regis 72
South Atlantic - Fayetteville, North Carolina
[edit]Location: Felton J. Capel Arena Hosts: Virginia Union University and Fayetteville State University
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 March 7 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||||||
5 | Shaw | 73 | ||||||||||||
1 | Virginia Union | 94 | ||||||||||||
5 | Shaw | 83 | ||||||||||||
4 | Longwood | 76 | ||||||||||||
1 | Virginia Union | 66 | ||||||||||||
2 | Norfolk State | 84 | ||||||||||||
3 | Johnson C. Smith | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 71 | ||||||||||||
3 | Johnson C. Smith | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Norfolk State | 89 |
- Third Place - Shaw 96, Johnson C. Smith 90
South - Normal, Alabama
[edit]Location: Elmore Coliseum Host: Alabama A&M University
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 March 7 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eckerd | 50 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alabama A&M | 75 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eckerd | 82 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lander | 79 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alabama A&M | 79 | ||||||||||||
2 | Tampa | 78 | ||||||||||||
3 | Armstrong Atlantic | 78 | ||||||||||||
6 | Morehouse | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Armstrong Atlantic | 58 | ||||||||||||
2 | Tampa | 65 |
- Third Place - Eckerd 72, Armstrong Atlantic 70
Northeast - Manchester, New Hampshire
[edit]Location: NHC Fieldhouse Host: New Hampshire College
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 March 7 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||||||
4 | Philadelphia U | 84 | ||||||||||||
1 | St. Anselm | 82 | ||||||||||||
4 | Philadelphia U | 72 | ||||||||||||
5 | Adelphi | 60 | ||||||||||||
4 | Philadelphia U | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire College | 84 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire College | 95 | ||||||||||||
6 | Dowling | 79 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire College | 113* | ||||||||||||
2 | St. Rose | 110 |
- Third Place - St. Anselm 109, St. Rose 92
Great Lakes - Cincinnati, Ohio
[edit]Location: Riverfront Coliseum Host: Northern Kentucky University
First round - at higher seed Round of 48 March 7 | Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 10 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||||||
4 | Quincy (IL) | 91 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northern Kentucky | 97 | ||||||||||||
4 | Quincy (IL) | 116 | ||||||||||||
5 | Oakland | 94 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northern Kentucky | 94 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern Indiana | 102 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern Indiana | 95 | ||||||||||||
6 | Hillsdale | 88 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern Indiana | 102 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 81 |
- Third Place - Quincy (IL) 111, Kentucky Wesleyan 104
*denotes each overtime played
Elite Eight - Louisville, Kentucky
[edit]Location: Commonwealth Convention Center Host: Bellarmine College
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 22 | National semifinals Final Four March 23 | National Championship March 25 | ||||||||||||
Indiana (PA) | 90 | |||||||||||||
Central Missouri State | 79 | |||||||||||||
Indiana (PA) | 69 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 73 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 71 | |||||||||||||
Morningside | 58 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 63 | |||||||||||||
Southern Indiana | 71 | |||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 85 | |||||||||||||
Alabama A&M | 67 | |||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 81 | |||||||||||||
Southern Indiana | 89 | |||||||||||||
New Hampshire College | 93 | |||||||||||||
Southern Indiana | 108 |
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
[edit]- Chad Gilbert (Southern Indiana)
- Brian Huebner (Southern Indiana)
- Boo Purdom (UC Riverside)
- Corey Williams (Norfolk State)
- William Wilson (UC Riverside)
See also
[edit]- 1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
- 1995 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1995 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament