Английская Википедия:2014 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

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The 2014 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 64 teams that was played to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2013–14 basketball season.

The eight regional winners met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The championship game was played on March 29, 2014 and was aired nationally on CBS.

The Central Missouri Mules defeated the West Liberty Hilltoppers, 84–77, to win their second national championship and first since the 1984 NCAA Division II Tournament. Шаблон:Location map+

Qualification and tournament format

The champions of 22 of the 24 Division II basketball conferences qualified automatically. The list of automatic qualifying conferences changed as follows from the 2013 tournament:

• The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) disbanded at the end of the 2012–13 school year, with most of the former members forming the Mountain East Conference (MEC) under a new charter. The MEC will not be eligible for an automatic berth until the 2016 tournament.
• The Great American Conference, which began competition in the 2011–12 school year, became eligible for an automatic berth.

In addition to the MEC, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) was not eligible for an automatic berth. Although the G-MAC began conference competition in 2012–13, it was not officially accepted as a Division II conference until 2013–14, meaning that it will not receive an automatic berth until the 2016 tournament.

An additional 42 teams were selected as at-large participants by the selection committee. As in previous years, the first three rounds of the tournament were organized in regions comprising eight participants in groups of two or three conferences (two in the Atlantic and Central regions) with seeds assigned by the selection committee. The Elite Eight regional winners met ar one site for the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the national tournament as the champions of their conference tournaments.

Team	Conference	Region
Cal State Stanislaus	CCAA	West
Philadelphia	CACC	East
Livingstone	CIAA	Atlantic
Limestone	Conference Carolinas	Southeast
Bridgeport	ECC	East
Harding	Great American	Central
Findlay	GLIAC	Midwest
Southern Indiana	GLVC	Midwest
Seattle Pacific	GNAC	West
North Alabama	Gulf South	South
Texas A&M International	Heartland	South Central
Tarleton State	Lone Star	South Central
Missouri Southern State	MIAA	Central
Southern Connecticut State	Northeast-10	East
Minnesota State Mankato	NSIC	Central
Chaminade	Pacific West	West
South Carolina–Aiken	Peach Belt	Southeast
East Stroudsburg	PSAC	Atlantic
Metro State	RMAC	South Central
Lincoln Memorial	SAC	Southeast
Tuskegee	SIAC	South
Florida Southern	Sunshine State	South

Regionals

East - New Haven, Connecticut

Location: James Moore Fieldhouse Host: Southern Connecticut State University Шаблон:8TeamBracket

Central - Mankato, Minnesota

Location: Taylor Center Host: Minnesota State University, Mankato Шаблон:8TeamBracket

South - Lakeland, Florida

Location: Jenkins Field House Host: Florida Southern College Шаблон:8TeamBracket

South Central - Denver, Colorado

Location: Auraria Events Center Host: Metropolitan State University Шаблон:8TeamBracket

Midwest - Springfield, Missouri

Location: Weiser Gymnasium Host: Drury University Шаблон:8TeamBracket

Atlantic - East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Location: Koehler Fieldhouse Host: East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Шаблон:8TeamBracket

Southeast - Aiken, South Carolina

Location: USCA Convocation Center Host: University of South Carolina, Aiken Шаблон:8TeamBracket

West - San Bernardino, California

Location: James and Aerianthi Coussoulis Arena Host: California State University, San Bernardino Шаблон:8TeamBracket

Elite Eight – Evansville, Indiana

Location: Ford Center Host: University of Southern Indiana Шаблон:8TeamBracket

All-tournament team

• Dillon Deck (Central Missouri)
• Shawn Dyer (West Liberty)
• Charles Hammork (Central Missouri)
• Cedric Harris (West Liberty)
• Daylen Robinson (Central Missouri)

References

• 2014 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com