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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. |