2011 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament explained

Gender:Women's
Year:2011
Division:II
Teams:64
Finalfourcity: St. Joseph, MO
Champions:Clayton State Lakers
Titlecount:1st
Runnerup:Michigan Tech Huskies
Gamecount:1st
Semifinal1:Northwest Missouri State Bearcats
Finalfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:Shaw Bears
Finalfourcount2:1st
Coach:Dennis Cox
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Teshymia Tillman
Mopteam:Clayton State

The 2011 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2010–11 basketball season.

Qualification and tournament format

The champions of the 22 basketball conferences qualified automatically. An additional 42 teams were selected as at-large participants by the selection committee. The first three rounds of the tournament were organized in regions comprising eight participants in groups of two or three conferences (two in the Central and Midwest regions). The eight regional winners then met at the Elite Eight for the final three rounds held at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the tournament as the winner of their conference championships:[1]

Team ConferenceRegion
Cal Poly PomonaCCAAWest
Goldey–BeacomCACCEast
ShawCIAAAtlantic
BartonConference CarolinasSoutheast
C.W. PostECCEast
Michigan TechGLIACMidwest
LewisGLVCMidwest
Alaska AnchorageGNACWest
Arkansas TechGulf SouthSouth
Texas–Permian BasinHeartlandSouth Central
Texas Woman'sLone StarSouth Central
Northwest Missouri StateMIAASouth Central
BentleyNortheast-10East
Winona StateNSICCentral
Grand CanyonPacific WestWest
Georgia CollegePeach BeltSoutheast
EdinboroPSACAtlantic
Fort LewisRMACCentral
TusculumSACSoutheast
Fort Valley StateSIACSouth
Florida SouthernSunshine StateSouth
Glenville StateWVIACAtlantic

Qualified teams

South Region – Russellville, Arkansas
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Arkansas TechGulf South27–2Conference champion
  1. 2
Delta StateGulf South26–3At-large
  1. 3
Florida SouthernSunshine State25–4Conference champion
  1. 4
Florida TechSunshine State23–8At-large
  1. 5
TampaSunshine State21–7At-large
  1. 6
Ouachita BaptistGulf South20–8At-large
  1. 7
North AlabamaGulf South21–6At-large
  1. 8
Fort Valley StateSIAC22–9Conference champion
Midwest Region – Houghton, Michigan
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Michigan TechGLIAC26–2Conference champion
  1. 2
QuincyGLVC25–3At-large
  1. 3
Wisconsin–ParksideGLVC22–6 At-large
  1. 4
Grand Valley StateGLIAC20–7 At-large
  1. 5
DruryGLVC19–9At-large
  1. 6
Missouri S&TGLVC20–7At-large
  1. 7
Kentucky WesleyanGLVC17–9At-large
  1. 8
LewisGLVC15–15Conference champion
South Central Region – Tahlequah, Oklahoma
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Northeastern StateLone Star24–4At-large
  1. 2
Northwest Missouri State BearcatsMIAA24–4Conference champion
  1. 3
Tarleton StateLone Star24–4At-large
  1. 4
WashburnMIAA22–6At-large
  1. 5
Central OklahomaMIAA20–9At-large
  1. 6
Southeastern Oklahoma StateLone Star20–7At-large
  1. 7
Texas Woman'sLone Star22–10Conference champion
  1. 8
Texas–Permian BasinHeartland21–7Conference champion
West Region – Pomona, California
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Cal Poly PomonaCCAA25–4Conference champion
  1. 2
Grand CanyonPacific West27–2Conference champion
  1. 3
Cal State Monterey BayCCAA26–3At-large
  1. 4
Western WashingtonGNAC26–3At-large
  1. 5
Alaska AnchorageGNAC25–6Conference champion
  1. 6
Dixie StatePacific West24–3At-large
  1. 7
Seattle PacificGNAC20–8At-large
  1. 8
Cal State San BernardinoCCAA21–7
Central Region – Durango, Colorado
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Fort LewisRMAC28–2Conference champion
  1. 2
Metropolitan StateRMAC27–2At-large
  1. 3
Wayne State (Neb.)NSIC25–3At-large
  1. 4
Northern StateNSIC20–8At-large
  1. 5
Concordia University, Saint PaulNSIC19–9At-large
  1. 6
Colorado ChristianRMAC18–10At-large
  1. 7
Winona StateNSIC21–8Conference champion
  1. 8
Adams State CollegeRMAC21–9At-large
Atlantic Region – Edinboro, Pennsylvania
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
EdinboroPSAC26–3Conference champion
  1. 2
Johnson C. SmithCIAA24–4At-large
  1. 3
West LibertyWVIAC24–6At-large
  1. 4
Charleston (W.Va.)WVIAC24–7At-large
  1. 5
California (Pa.)PSAC22–7At-large
  1. 6
MillersvillePSAC22–6At-large
  1. 7
Glenville StateWVIAC23–8Conference champion
  1. 8
ShawCIAA21–11Conference champion
East Region – Waltham, Massachusetts
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
BentleyNE-1025–4Conference champion
  1. 2
Holy FamilyCACC23–4At-large
  1. 3
Franklin PierceNE-1024–7At-large
  1. 4
AssumptionNE-1021–7At-large
  1. 5
Saint RoseNE-1021–7At-large
  1. 6
PaceNE-1022–8At-large
  1. 7
Goldey–BeacomCACC18–11Conference champion
  1. 8
Seattle PacificECC17–12Conference champion
Southeast Region – Morrow, Georgia
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification
  1. 1
Clayton StatePeach Belt29–1At-large
  1. 2
LanderPeach Belt27–3At-large
  1. 3
South Carolina AikenPeach Belt26–5At-large
  1. 4
Georgia CollegePeach Belt22–6Conference champion
  1. 5
BartonConference Carolinas25–4Conference champion
  1. 6
TusculumSAC21–8Conference champion
  1. 7
WingateSAC19–10At-large
  1. 8
Francis MarionPeach Belt18–9At-large

Regionals

South – Russellville, Arkansas

Location: Tucker Coliseum Host: Arkansas Tech University

Midwest – Houghton, Michigan

Location: Student Development Center Gymnasium Host: Michigan Technological University

South Central – Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Location: Dobbins Fieldhouse Host: Northeastern State University

West – Pomona, California

Location: Kellogg Gymnasium Host: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Central – Durango, Colorado

Location: Whalen Gymnasium Host: Fort Lewis College

Atlantic – Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Location: McComb Fieldhouse Host: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

East – Waltham, Massachusetts

Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College

Southeast – Morrow, Georgia

Location: Athletics & Fitness Center Host: Clayton State University

Location: St. Joseph Civic Arena Host: Missouri Western State University

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division II field announced NCAA.com . 2018-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160411024641/http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/2011-03-06/division-ii-field-announced . 2016-04-11 . dead .

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