The NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament is the annual championship organized by the NCAA to determine the national champion of men's collegiate field lacrosse among its Division II programs in the United States.

[1] The tournament has been played every year, except 2020, in two stints: first from 1974 to 1981 and then again from 1993 the present.

Before the implementation of a separate Division III tournament in 1979, the first five iterations of the event featured teams from both Divisions II and III.

After the NCAA began to sponsor a lacrosse in 1971 and before the creation of a standalone Division II event in 1974, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association added a "small college" tournament for two years for non-Division I schools.

Hobart defeated Washington College to win the subsequent 1972 USILA title, and Cortland State then beat Washington College in 1973.