NCAA DIVISION II MEN’S BASKETBALL COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Men’s Committee announced the field of 64 teams that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship.

Twenty-three conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 41 teams were selected at large by the committee. Seven of the eight regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be conducted March 11, 12 and 14 while one regional tournament also consisting of eight teams will be conducted March 10, 11 and 13. The eight regional champions will advance to the quarterfinals in conjunction with the 2023 NCAA Division II Men’s Elite Eight. The quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games will be conducted at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, March 21, 23 and 25.

Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:

California Collegiate Athletic Association                               Cal State San Bernardino

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference                                   Caldwell

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association                           Winston-Salem State

Conference Carolinas                                                                     Emmanuel College (Georgia)

East Coast Conference                                                                   St. Thomas Aquinas College

Great American Conference                                                        Southern Arkansas

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference                 Northern Michigan

Great Lakes Valley Conference                                                  McKendree

Great Midwest Athletic Conference                                         Ashland

Great Northwest Athletic Conference                                     Northwest Nazarene

Gulf South Conference                                                                  West Alabama

Lone Star Conference                                                                    West Texas A&M

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association              Northwest Missouri State

Mountain East Conference                                                          West Liberty

Northeast-10 Conference                                                            Saint Anselm College

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference                              Minnesota State University Moorhead

Pacific West Conference                                                               Point Loma

Peach Belt Conference                                                                  Augusta University

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference                                 Indiana (Pennsylvania)

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference                                      Fort Lewis College

South Atlantic Conference                                                           Catawba College

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference                      Miles College

Sunshine State Conference                                                         Nova Southeastern

Northwest Missouri State defeated Augusta University, 67-58 to win the 2022 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship in Evansville, Indiana.