CIAA sends four teams to Division II Basketball Playoffs
March 8, 2009
The NCAA Division II Men's and Women’s Basketball
Committees have announced the field of teams for the 2009 NCAA
Division II Basketball Championship. JCSU Men & Women, FSU
Women and VUU Men have received playoff bids
Twenty-two conferences have been awarded automatic qualification.
The committee selected the remaining 42 teams at-large.
Eight regional women's tournaments, consisting of eight teams
each, will be conducted at campus sites March 13, 14 and 16. The
regional champions will advance to the NCAA Women’s Elite
Eight March 24, 25 and 27 at Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio,
Texas. St. Mary’s University (Texas) and the San Antonio
Sports will host the Elite Eight.
Seven of the regional men's tournaments, consisting of eight teams
each, will be conducted March 14, 15 and 17 at regional sites. The
West regional will be conducted March 13, 14 and 17. The eight
quarterfinalists will advance to the finals at the MassMutual
Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, March 25, 26 and 28.
All four CIAA teams will be playing in the Atlantic Regional.
