2011 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament

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:

Team Conference RegionCal Poly PomonaCCAAWestGoldey–BeacomCACCEastShawCIAAAtlanticBartonConference CarolinasSoutheastC.W. PostECCEastMichigan TechGLIACMidwestLewisGLVCMidwestAlaska AnchorageGNACWestArkansas TechGulf SouthSouthTexas–Permian BasinHeartlandSouth CentralTexas Woman'sLone StarSouth CentralNorthwest Missouri StateMIAASouth CentralBentleyNortheast-10EastWinona StateNSICCentralGrand CanyonPacific WestWestGeorgia CollegePeach BeltSoutheastEdinboroPSACAtlanticFort LewisRMACCentralTusculumSACSoutheastFort Valley StateSIACSouthFlorida SouthernSunshine StateSouthGlenville StateWVIACAtlantic

Qualified teams

South Region – Russellville, ArkansasSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Arkansas TechGulf South27–2Conference champion#2Delta StateGulf South26–3At-large#3Florida SouthernSunshine State25–4Conference champion#4Florida TechSunshine State23–8At-large#5TampaSunshine State21–7At-large#6Ouachita BaptistGulf South20–8At-large#7North AlabamaGulf South21–6At-large#8Fort Valley StateSIAC22–9Conference champion Midwest Region – Houghton, MichiganSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Michigan TechGLIAC26–2Conference champion#2Quincy GLVC25–3 At-large#3Wisconsin–Parkside GLVC22–6 At-large#4Grand Valley State GLIAC20–7 At-large#5DruryGLVC19–9At-large#6Missouri S&TGLVC20–7At-large#7Kentucky WesleyanGLVC17–9At-large#8LewisGLVC15–15Conference champion South Central Region – Tahlequah, OklahomaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Northeastern StateLone Star24–4At-large#2Northwest Missouri State BearcatsMIAA24–4Conference champion#3Tarleton StateLone Star24–4At-large#4WashburnMIAA22–6At-large#5Central OklahomaMIAA20–9At-large#6Southeastern Oklahoma StateLone Star20–7At-large#7Texas Woman'sLone Star22–10Conference champion#8Texas–Permian BasinHeartland21–7Conference champion West Region – Pomona, CaliforniaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Cal Poly PomonaCCAA25–4Conference champion#2Grand CanyonPacific West27–2Conference champion#3Cal State Monterey BayCCAA26–3At-large#4Western WashingtonGNAC26–3At-large#5Alaska AnchorageGNAC25–6Conference champion#6Dixie StatePacific West24–3At-large#7Seattle PacificGNAC20–8At-large#8Cal State San BernardinoCCAA21–7

Central Region – Durango, ColoradoSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Fort LewisRMAC28–2Conference champion#2Metropolitan StateRMAC27–2At-large#3Wayne State (Neb.)NSIC25–3At-large#4Northern StateNSIC20–8At-large#5Concordia University, Saint PaulNSIC19–9At-large#6Colorado ChristianRMAC18–10At-large#7Winona StateNSIC21–8Conference champion#8Adams State CollegeRMAC21–9At-large Atlantic Region – Edinboro, PennsylvaniaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1EdinboroPSAC26–3Conference champion#2Johnson C. SmithCIAA24–4At-large#3West LibertyWVIAC24–6At-large#4Charleston (W.Va.)WVIAC24–7At-large#5California (Pa.)PSAC22–7At-large#6MillersvillePSAC22–6At-large#7Glenville StateWVIAC23–8Conference champion#8ShawCIAA21–11Conference champion East Region – Waltham, MassachusettsSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1BentleyNE-1025–4Conference champion#2Holy FamilyCACC23–4At-large#3Franklin PierceNE-1024–7At-large#4AssumptionNE-1021–7At-large#5Saint RoseNE-1021–7At-large#6PaceNE-1022–8At-large#7Goldey–BeacomCACC18–11Conference champion#8Seattle PacificECC17–12Conference champion Southeast Region – Morrow, GeorgiaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordQualification#1Clayton StatePeach Belt29–1At-large#2LanderPeach Belt27–3At-large#3South Carolina AikenPeach Belt26–5At-large#4Georgia CollegePeach Belt22–6Conference champion#5BartonConference Carolinas25–4Conference champion#6TusculumSAC21–8Conference champion#7WingateSAC19–10At-large#8Francis 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

Elite Eight – St. Joseph, Missouri Location: St. Joseph Civic Arena Host: Missouri Western State University

See also 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2011 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2011 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament 2011 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2011 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

References 2011 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com