The 1982 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 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 1981–82 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of the District of Columbia and UDC's Michael Britt was the Most Outstanding Player.
This was the first NCAA D-II basketball tournament to contain the word "Men's" in its official title, as the NCAA held its first D-II women's championship in that season.
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeMount St. Mary'sRunner-upUDCRegional ChampionVirginia StateThird PlaceVirginia UnionFourth Place SchoolOutcomeBloomsburgRunner-upCheyneyRegional ChampionEdinboroThird PlaceMonmouthFourth Place SchoolOutcomeLewisThird PlaceEastern MontanaFourth PlaceNebraska–OmahaRunner-upNorth DakotaRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeAlaska–AnchorageThird PlaceCal PolyRunner-upCal State BakersfieldRegional ChampionSan Francisco StateFourth Place SchoolOutcomeCentral Missouri StateThird PlaceSE Missouri StateRegional ChampionTennessee–MartinRunner-upUCFFourth Place SchoolOutcomeFlorida SouthernRegional ChampionNW Missouri StateFourth PlaceSt. Thomas (FL)Third PlaceWest AlabamaRunner-up SchoolOutcomeBellarmineFourth PlaceCentral StateRunner-upKentucky WesleyanRegional ChampionWright StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeSacred HeartRegional ChampionSouthern ConnecticutRunner-upSpringfieldThird PlaceStonehillFourth Place
*denotes tie
Regionals
South Atlantic - Emmitsburg, Maryland Location: Memorial Gym Host: Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary
Third Place - Virginia State 84, Virginia Union 82
East - Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Location: Nelson Field House Host: Bloomsburg State College
Third Place - Edinboro 56, Monmouth 53
North Central - Grand Forks, North Dakota Location: Hyslop Sports Center Host: University of North Dakota
Third Place - Lewis 76, Eastern Montana 70
West - Bakersfield, California Location: unknown Host: California State University, Bakersfield
Third Place - Alaska–Anchorage 89, San Francisco State 84
South Central - Warrensburg, Missouri Location: CMSU Fieldhouse Host: Central Missouri State University
Third Place - Central Missouri State 70, UCF 62
South - Lakeland, Florida Location: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College
Third Place - St. Thomas 89, NW Missouri State 83
Great Lakes - Owensboro, Kentucky Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Third Place - Wright State 87, Bellarmine 86
New England - North Easton, Massachusetts Location: Merkert Gymnasium Host: Stonehill College
Third Place - Springfield 73, Stonehill 72
*denotes each overtime played
National Quarterfinals
National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College
Third Place - Kentucky Wesleyan 77, Cal State Bakersfield 66
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Michael Britt (District of Columbia) John Ebeling (Florida Southern) Dwight Higgs (Kentucky Wesleyan) Earl Jones (District of Columbia) Wayne McDaniel (Cal State Bakersfield)
See also 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1982 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1982 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 1982 NAIA men's basketball tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1982 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com