March 8, 2010

Four MIAA Schools Selected for Men's Field of 64

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -
Newly crowned MIAA Tournament champion Nebraska-Omaha, regular season champion Central Missouri, Fort Hays State and Missouri Western have received bids to the 2010 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship, the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee announced Sunday night.

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 13, 14 and 16 at regional sites. The West regional will be conducted March 12, 13 and 15. The eight quarterfinalists will advance to the finals at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass., March 24, 25 and 27.

Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:

California Collegiate Athletic Association

Cal State San B'dino

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference

Felician

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

St. Augustine's

Conference Carolinas

Mount Olive

East Coast Conference

Bridgeport

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Findlay

Great Lakes Valley Conference

Bellarmine

Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Seattle Pacific

Gulf South Conference

Arkansas Tech

Heartland Conference

Incarnate Word

Lone Star Conference

Midwestern State

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association

Nebraska-Omaha

Northeast-10 Conference

Massachusetts-Lowell

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

St. Cloud State

Pacific West Conference

TBD

Peach Belt Conference

USC Aiken

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

Indiana (Pennsylvania)

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Metro State

South Atlantic Conference

Brevard

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Tuskegee

Sunshine State Conference

Rollins

West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

West Virginia State

 

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

Alabama-Huntsville
Alderson-Broaddus
Anderson (SC)
Augusta State
Augustana (SD)
Barry
Bentley
Cal Poly Pomona
Catawba
Central Missouri
Central Oklahoma
Central State (OH)
Central Washington
Clark Atlanta
Colorado Mines
Drury
East Stroudsburg
Fairmont State
Florida Southern
Fort Hays State
Georgia College
Grand Valley State
Humboldt State
Kentucky Wesleyan
Kutztown
Merrimack
Mesa State
Minnesota State Mankato
Missouri Western
Montevallo
New Mexico Highlands
Philadelphia U.
Quincy
Saint Anselm
St. Joseph's (IN)
Stonehill
Tarleton State
Valdosta State
West Liberty
Western Washington
Winona State