NCAA D-II Men's Basketball Championship Bracket Announced

NCAA D-II Men's Basketball Championship Bracket Announced

March 10, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship.

Twenty-two conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 42 teams were selected at large by the committee.

Seven of the regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be conducted March 15, 16 and 18 at regional sites. The West regional will be conducted March 14, 15 and 17. The eight quarterfinalists will advance to the finals at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, March 26, 27 and 29.

Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:

California Collegiate Athletic Association - UC San Diego
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference - Philadelphia U.
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Johnson C. Smith
Conference Carolinas - Mount Olive
East Coast Conference - C.W. Post
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Grand Valley State
Great Lakes Valley Conference - Drury
Great Northwest Conference - Alaska Anchorage
Gulf South Conference - Christian Brothers
Heartland Conference - St. Mary's (Texas)
Lone Star Conference - Central Oklahoma
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Northwest Missouri State
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Nebraska-Omaha
Northeast-10 Conference - Bentley
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - Winona State
Peach Belt Conference - Clayton State
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference - California (Pennsylvania)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - Fort Lewis
South Atlantic Conference - Catawba
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Benedict
Sunshine State Conference - Florida Southern
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Alderson-Broaddus

Those institutions receiving at-large berths are, in alphabetical order, as follows:

Assumption
Augusta State
Augustana (South Dakota)
Brigham Young-Hawaii
Bryant
Cal State San Bernardino
Central Washington
Chaminade
Cheyney
Colorado Christian
Eckerd
Edinboro
Findlay
Fort Hays State
Gannon
Harding
Holy Family
Humboldt State
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lenoir-Rhyne
Lewis
Merrimack
Millersville
Minnesota State Mankato
North Alabama
Northern Kentucky
Northern State
Ouachita Baptist
Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Queens (North Carolina)
Saint Edward's
Saint Joseph's (Indiana)
Saint Rose
Seattle Pacific
South Carolina Aiken
South Dakota
Southwest Baptist
Tampa
Tarleton State
Virginia Union
West Texas A&M
Wingate

Barton defeated Winona State 77-75 to win the 2007 NCAA Division II Men's Elite Eight in Springfield.

For more information about the championship, log on to www.NCAA.com.