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INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2006 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 11, 12 and 14 at regional sites. The West regional will be conducted March 10, 11 and 13. The eight quarterfinalists will advance to the finals at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, March 22, 23 and 25.
Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:
California Collegiate Athletic Association - Sonoma State University
Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference - Barton College
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference - Bloomfield College
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Virginia Union University
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Grand Valley State University
Great Lakes Valley Conference - Saint Joseph’s College (Indiana)
Great Northwest Conference - Seattle Pacific University
Gulf South Conference - Delta State University
Heartland Conference - St. Edward’s University
Lone Star Conference - West Texas A&M University
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Southwest Baptist University
New York Collegiate Athletic Conference - Adelphi University
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Minnesota State University Mankato
Northeast-10 Conference - Saint Anselm College
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - Winona State University
Peach Belt Conference - University of South Carolina Upstate
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - University of Nebraska at Kearney
South Atlantic Conference - Wingate University
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Stillman College
Sunshine State Conference - Rollins College
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - West Virginia State University
Those institutions receiving at-large berths are, in alphabetical order, as follows:
Alderson-Broaddus College
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Benedict College
Bentley College
Bryant University
California State University, Bakersfield
Central Missouri State University
Central Washington University
Chaminade University
Columbus State University
Drury University
Ferris State University
Fort Hays State University
Georgia College & State University
Humboldt State University
Johnson C. Smith University
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Mount Olive College
Northern State University
Northwest Missouri State University
Presbyterian College
Quincy University
Salem International University
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
St. Cloud State University
Stonehill College
Tarleton State University
Truman State University
University of Alabama, Huntsville
University of Alasaka Anchorage
University of Arkansas, Monticello
University of Bridgeport
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Findlay
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
University of Montevallo
University of North Alabama
University of South Dakota
University of Southern Indiana
Western Washington University
Wheeling Jesuit University
Virginia Union defeated Bryant 63-58 to win the 2005 NCAA Division II Men’s Elite Eight in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The 50th annual championship game will be broadcast live on CBS at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
-- Courtesy NCAA.org
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