The 2020 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the partially-completed

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held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's

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among its Division II members in the

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for the 2019–20 basketball season. Due to the onset of the

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, only a single round of the tournament was completed before it was ultimately cancelled by the NAIA. In turn, no champion was crowned. The NAIA had pre-determined that this would be the final edition of a separate Division II tournament, planning to consolidate its two divisional tournaments back into a single event for

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. With the cancellation of this event, the 2019 event was the last completed edition of the tournament. The completed games of the tournament were played at the

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Qualification

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Qualification

Bracket

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