Thursday, March 13, 2014

209 Sports-2014 NCAA Division II West regional basketball preview

In my previous post, I posted some facts about the Division II tournament.  The reason why I coupled the NCAA tournament with the CCAA is because I honestly didn't think Stanislaus St. would make it this far.  Now that they did, here is some information on the tournament they are playing in now.

What: NCAA Division II basketball West region
When: March 14-17, 2014
Where: San Bernardino, CA (Home of CSU-San Bernardino)
What is at stake: A trip to the Elite 8 in Evansville, IN
Ticket prices:

First round match-ups (all times Pacific)
Noon- (6) Dixie St. vs. (3) Cal Poly-Pomona
2:30 P.M. (7) Stanislaus St. vs. (2) Seattle Pacific
5:00 P.M. (5) Cal Baptist vs. (4) Chico St.
7:30 P.M. (8) Chaminade vs. (1) CSU-San Bernardino

Info on teams (*=automatic qualifier)
                                         
                                         (8) Chaminade* vs.        (1) CSU-San Bernardino
Location:                                   Honolulu, HI                                         San Bernardino, CA
Conference:                               Pac West                                                  CCAA
National Ranking:                       NR                                                            16
Overall Record:                         19-12                                                       23-4
Colors:                                       Blue, White, Silver                                Blue, Black
Mascot:                                      Silverswords                                          Coyotes
Top Scorer:                     #1 Christophe Veradel 21.2 PPG              #1 Kirby Gardner 366 PTS
Top Rebounder:             #14 Kuany Kunay 8.1 RPG                       #24 Jordan Burris 131 Rebounds
# of previous
D-II apperances:                           4 (last in 2013)                                       12 (last in 2013)

                           (5) Cal Baptist vs. (4) Chico St.
Location:                                  Riverside, CA                       Chico, CA
Conference:                              Pac West                                   CCAA
National Ranking:                        17                                          NR (Received 7 votes in poll)
Overall Record:                           24-3                                        22-7
Colors:                                       Navy Blue, Gold                    Cardinal, White
Mascot:                                      Lancers                                   Wildcats
Top Scorer:                      #10 Ryan Berg 474 PTS                  #11 Rashad Parker 425 PTS
Top Rebounder:               #34 Kevin Crabb 174 REB             #45 Jordan Semple 228 REB
# of previous D-II
appearances:                                None                                     10 (last in 2013)


                           (6) Dixie St. vs. (3) Cal Poly-Pomona
Location:                                  St. George's, UT              Pomona, CA
Conference:                              Pac West                          CCAA
National Ranking:    NR (Received 4 votes in poll)          24
Overall Record:                         21-6                                 21-6
Colors:                                      Red, Blue                         Green, Gold                  
Mascot:                                    Red Storm                         Broncos
Top Scorer:                     #42 Zach Robbins 252 PTS       #11 DeRonn Scott 395 PTS
Top Rebounder:              #42 Zach Robbins 161 REB      #40 Jordan Faison 153 REB
# of previous D-II
appearances:                         4 (last in 2013)                     11 (last in 2013)

                           (7) Stanislaus St.* vs. (2) Seattle Pacific*
Location:                                  Turlock, CA                                   Seattle, WA
Conference:                              CCAA                                            GNAC
National Ranking:       NR (Received 2 votes in poll)                     #11
Overall Record:                         21-8                                               26-5
Colors:                                     Red, Gold                                       Maroon, White
Mascot:                                   Warriors                                          Falcons
Top Scorer:                 #24 Marcus Bell 512 PTS                 #2 David Downs 627 PTS
Top Rebounder:          #24 Marcus Bell 306 REB                #10 Riley Stockton 179 PTS
# of previous D-II                                     
appearances:                             None                                            ?

Other regions
On this portion, I will just list the teams, locations, and conferences (*=Automatic Bids)

Southeast- Host: Aiken, SC (South Carolina-Aiken)
(8) Limestone* (Gaffney, SC) Conf. Carolinas vs. (1) South Carolina-Aiken* (Aiken, SC) PBC
(5) Augusta St. (Augusta, GA) PBC vs. (4) Anderson (Anderson, SC) SAC
(6) Georgia Southwestern (Americus, GA) PBC vs. (3) Montevalo (Montevalo, AL) PBC
(7) Carson-Newman (Jefferson City, TN) SAC vs. (2) Lincoln Memorial* (Harrogate, TN) SAC

Atlantic- Host: East Stroudsburg, PA (East Stroudsburg)
(8) Livingstone* (Salisbury, NC) CIAA vs. (1) East Stroudsburg* (East Stroudgburg, PA) PSAC
(5) Gannon (Erie, PA) PSAC vs. (4) Charleston (Charleston, WV) MEC
(6) West Chester (West Chester, PA) PSAC vs. (3) Indiana (PA) (Indiana, PA) PSAC
(7) Glenville St. (Glenville, WV) MEC vs. (2) West Liberty (West Liberty, WV) MEC

Note: Because the Mountain East is a new conference, it did not get an automatic bid.

Midwest- Host: Springfield, MO (Drury)
(8) Wisconsin-Parkside (Kenosha, WI) GLVC vs. (1) Drury (Springfield, MO) GLVC
(5) Lake Superior St. (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) GLIAC vs. (4) Findlay* (Findlay, OH) GLIAC
(6) Michigan Tech (Houghton, MI) GLIAC vs. (3) Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN)* GLVC
(7) Bellarmine (Louisville, KY) GLVC vs. (2) Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN) GLVC

South Central- Host: Denver, CO (Metro St.)
(8) Col.-Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO) RMAC vs. (1) Metro St.* (Denver, CO) RMAC
(5) St. Mary's (TX) (San Antonio, TX) Heartland vs. (4) Colorado Mines (Golden, CO) RMAC
(6) Arkansas-Ft. Smith (Ft. Smith, AR) Heartland vs. (3) Midwestern St. (Wichita Falls, TX) LSC
(7) Texas A and M-Int'l* (Laredo, TX) Heartland vs. (2) Tarleton St.* (Stephenville, TX) LSC

South- Host: Lakeland, FL (Florida Southern)
(8) Tuskegee* (Tuskegee, AL) SIAA vs. (1) Florida Southern* (Lakeland, FL) SSC
(5) Tampa (Tampa, FL) SSC vs. (4) North Alabama* (Florence, AL) GSC
(6) Barry (Miami Shores, FL) SSC vs. (3) Delta St. (Cleveland, MS) GSC
(7) West Alabama (Livingston, AL) GSC vs. (2) St. Leo (St. Leo, FL) SSC

Central- Host: Mankato, MN (Minnesota St.-Mankato)
(8) Harding* (Searcy, AR) GAC vs. (1) Minnesota St.-Mankato* (Mankato, MN) NSIC
(5) Northwest Missouri St. (Maryville, MO) MIAA vs. (4) Winona St. (Winona, MN) NSIC
(6) Fort Hays St. (Hays, KS) MIAA vs. (3) Missouri Southern St.* (Joplin, MO) MIAA
(7) Arkansas Tech (Russellville, AR) GAC vs. (2) Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO) MIAA

East- Host:New Haven, CT (Southern Connecticut St.)
(8) Bridgeport* (Bridgeport, CT) ECC vs. (1) Southern Connecticut St.* (New Haven, CT) NE-10
(5) Philadelphia* (Philadelphia, PA) CACC vs. (4) Franklin Pierce (Rindge, NH) NE-10
(6) Le Moyne (Syracuse, NY) NE-10 vs. (3) St. Anselm (Goffstown, NH) NE-10
(7) Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NJ) CACC vs. (2) New Haven (West Haven, CT) NE-10

1st game in Elite 8
Central vs. East
South vs. South Central
Midwest vs. Atlantic
Southeast vs. West

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