Wayne Cavadi | NCAA.com | April 2, 2019 DII men's basketball championship: Northwest Missouri State goes 38-0 in winning the 2019 national championship Northwest Missouri State claims the 2019 DII Men's Basketball Championship Share EVANSVILLE, IN. — A historic week comes to a close at The Ford Center. The DII Men's Elite Eight ended with the Northwest Missouri Bearcats defeating the Point Loma Sea Lions 64-58 for the 2019 DII men's basketball championship. The Bearcats were a perfect 38-0, becoming the fifth DII men's basketball team to finish a season undefeated. BRACKET: Print your own | Follow the interactive | See our predictions It was a back and forth battle in the first half. Northwest Missouri State was able to pull away in the second half. Point Loma's Daulton Hommes, the DII national player of the year, led all scorers with 26 points, but Joey Witthus (24 points), Ryan Hawkins (nine points, 12 rebounds), and Most Outstanding Player Trevor Hudgins (12 points, six assists) were too much. QUARTERFINALS JOURNAL: Alex Stein, Southern Indiana bring the house down at the DII Men’s Elite Eight Relive all the action in the blog below. The 11 most played rivalries in DII football history South Dakota School of Mines and Black Hills State faced off yet again in their long history, making it the most played rivalry in DII football. Here's the complete list. READ MORE DII football Sunday: A new Power 10, Harlon Hill watchlist, and what you may have missed in Week 1 Ferris State opened with a win to maintain the top spot, but there was certainly a shakeup in the latest DII football Power 10 rankings. Take a look, plus more than 20 players to watch for the 2022 Harlon Hill Trophy. READ MORE Northwest Missouri State tops the final DII men's basketball Power 10 rankings of 2022 The Northwest Missouri Bearcats made history in capturing their third-straight national title. That puts them at No. 1 in the final DII men's basketball Power 10 rankings of 2022. READ MORE