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NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

Division II men's basketball tournament bids by school, as of the start of the 2024 tournament. As of 2024, there are a total of 64 bids possible (23 automatic qualifiers, 41 at-large).

Division II members

* Teams in bold will compete in the 2024 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. * Appearances include those made by schools in the NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament, the direct predecessor to the current Division II and

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tournaments. The NCAA did not adopt its current three-division alignment until the 1973–74 school year, when the College Division was split into Divisions II and III. * School names reflect those in current use by their respective athletic programs, not necessarily those used when a school made an appearance in the Division II tournament. For example, Jefferson was known as ''Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science'' (athletically "Philadelphia Textile") when it won its NCAA title in

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, Utah Tech was known as ''Dixie State'' during its Division II tenure, and Omaha used its institutional identity of Nebraska–Omaha when it made all of its D-II tournament appearances. * Vacated appearances are not included in the standings. ;Notes

Teams with no appearances

The following active Division II teams are still awaiting their first tournament bids, as of 2023. Conference affiliations are for the ongoing 2023–24 season. *

California Collegiate Athletic Association The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon U ...

(1) – Cal State Monterey Bay **

UC Merced The University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university and Hispanic-serving institution located in Merced, California, and is the tenth and newest of the University ...

will join in 2025–26 but is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2027–28. *

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (or CACC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Its fourteen member institutions are located in the northeastern ...

(4) – Chestnut Hill, Georgian Court, Goldey–Beacom, Wilmington (DE) *

Conference Carolinas Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the Divisio ...

(4) – Chowan,

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, Young Harris ** Ferrum will join in 2025–26 but is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2027–28. *

East Coast Conference The East Coast Conference (ECC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of C ...

(4) – D'Youville,

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, Staten Island * Great American Conference (1) – Northwestern Oklahoma State *

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a competitive college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its ele ...

(1) – Purdue Northwest **

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will join in 2024–25 but is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2026–27. *

Great Lakes Valley Conference The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Its thirteen member institutions are located in the U.S. states of Illinois ...

(2) – Maryville (MO), UIS *

Great Midwest Athletic Conference The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It was named the 24th (at the time) NCAA Division II conference and oper ...

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, Trevecca Nazarene ** Thomas More is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2025–26. *

Great Northwest Athletic Conference The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It has historically operated in the northwestern United States, but al ...

(1) – Simon Fraser *

Gulf South Conference The Gulf South Conference (GSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Southeastern United States. History Originally known as the Mi ...

(2) –

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, Shorter *

Lone Star Conference The Lone Star Conference (LSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the southwestern United States, with schools in T ...

(3) – Oklahoma Christian, Texas–Tyler, Western New Mexico ** Sul Ross State will rejoin in 2024–25 but will not be eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2026–27. Texas–Dallas plans to join in 2025–26 but will also not be eligible until 2027–28. *

Mountain East Conference The Mountain East Conference (MEC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level and officially began competition on September 1, 2013. It consists of 12 schools, mo ...

(2) – Davis & Elkins, Frostburg State ** Point Park plans to join in 2024–25 but will not be eligible until 2027–28. *

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the western Midwestern United States. Nine of its ...

(4) – Concordia–St. Paul, Minnesota–Crookston, Minot State,

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** Jamestown will join in 2025–26 but will not be eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2027–28. *

Pacific West Conference The Pacific West Conference (also known as the PacWest) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in California and Hawaii. T ...

(2) – Dominican (CA), Westmont ** Westmont is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2025–26. Jessup, Menlo, and

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will join in 2024–25 but are ineligible until 2026–27. *

Peach Belt Conference The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The 11 member institutions are located in the South Atlantic states of South Carolina ...

(1) – USC Beaufort ** USC Beaufort is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2025–26. Middle Georgia State plans to join in 2025–26 but will not be eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2028–29. *

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The conference was originally formed in 1951 as the State Teachers C ...

(2) – Seton Hill, Shepherd *

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N ...

(3) – Chadron State, South Dakota Mines, Westminster (UT) *

South Atlantic Conference The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the southeastern United States. The SAC was founded in 1975 as a ...

(5) – Coker, Emory & Henry, Mars Hill,

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, UVA Wise **Emory & Henry is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2024–25. *

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Formed in 1913, it consists mostly of historically black c ...

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, Edward Waters, Spring Hill **Allen and Edward Waters are not eligible for the NCAA tournament until 2024–25.

Former Division II members

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