22 Automatic Bids Up For Grabs In Coming Weeks
02-19-2008 |

Champions of 22 conferences will earn automatic qualification to the 2008 NCAA, Division II Men's Basketball Championship.  All but one of the automatic qualifiers will be determined in conference tournament play, which begins February 25.  Here's a summary of the 22 automatic qualification conferences:

California Collegiate Athletic Association
March 4 (Campus Sites)
March 7-8 (San Bernardino, Calif.)

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
March 1-8 (Campus Sites)

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
February 25-March 1 (Charlotte, N.C.)

Conference Carolinas
March 3, 6, 8 (Campus Sites)

East Coast Conference
March 5 (Campus Sites)
March 8-9 (Flushing, N.Y.)

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
March 1, 7-8 (Campus Sites)

Great Lakes Valley Conference
March 6-9 (Evansville, Ind.)

Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Regular Season Champion Earns Automatic Qualification

Gulf South Conference
March 5, 7-9 (southaven, Miss.)

Heartland Conference
March 7-8 (Denton, Texas)

Lone Star Conference
March 5-9 (Bartlesville, Okla.)

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
March 6-9 (Kansas City, Mo.)

North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
March 5, 8-9 (Campus Sites)

Northeast-10 Conference
March 1,3,6,8 (Campus Sites)

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
March 1, 7-8 (Campus Sites)

Peach Belt Conference
March 5-6, 8-9 (Aiken, S.C.)

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
March 4, 7-8 (Top Seed-East)

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
February 29-March 1 (Campus Sites)
March 7-8 (Pueblo, Colo.)

South Atlantic Conference
March 5 (Campus Sites)
March 8-9 (Hickory, N.C.)

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
March 5-9 (Birmingham, Ala.)

Sunshine State Conference
March 4 (Campus Sites)
March 8-9 (Tampa, Fla.)

West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
February 26-March 1 (Charleston, W.Va.)

NOTE:  The Pacific West Conference champion does not earn automatic qualification.