This is your guide to the NAIA DII Conference Tournament Championship Week. This page will be updated each and every day as we go through the week!
Tuesday, February 25th – The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA), and The Sun Conference, both kick off Conference Tournament week starting tonight.
Wednesday, February 26th – The Cascade, Chicagoland, Crossroads, GPAC, River States, and WHAC all start 1st round action today!!
Thursday, February 27th – The AAC, and KCAC start first round action today!
Friday, February 28th – The Aii gets started with 1st round play, while the AAC, CCAC, and The Sun all feature semifinal matchups!
Saturday, February 29th – Busy day in DII action, The Cal Pac Tournament starts today with semifinal action. There is also semifinal action in the Aii, Cascade, Crossroads, KCAC, and River States Conferences. We get the day started though with the AAC Conference Tournament Championship game between Union and Montreat! Then The Sun Tournament Championshipbetween Southeastern (FL) and St. Thomas is later this evening! FULL day with some great action!
Sunday, March 1st – We have already had quite the February, BUT Marcy is FINALLY here! In today’s DII action, we have the Aii Championship and 3rd place game, as well as the North Star Championship game.
Monday, March 2nd – We have the Cal Pac, CCAC, KCAC and WHAC Championship games tonight!!! A lot up for grabs in these games, as teams who need at large spots will be watching closely.
Tuesday, March 3rd – We finish up DII Conference Tournament action with the Cascade, Crossroads, GPAC and River States Championship games!
Read The: NAIA Hoops Report DII Conference Tournament Breakdown
NAIA Division II National Tournament Bids:
Qualified for National Tournament
Host Auto Bid: Northwestern College
AAC: Union – Montreat
AII: Lincoln (IL) – College of the Ozarks – Crowley’s Ridge
Cal-Pac: Antelope Valley
CCC: College of Idaho – Southern Oregon
CCAC: Olivet Nazarene – Holy Cross – IU Southbend
CL: Indiana Wesleyan – Marian
GPAC: Morningside – Concorida (NE)
KCAC: Ottawa – Oklahoma Wesleyan
NSAA: Mayville St
RSC: WVU Tech – IU East
TSC: Southeastern – Keiser
WHAC: Indiana Tech – Madonna
AT LARGE RANKINGS based on the 02/26/20 NAIA Top 25 Poll
**Teams listed here are projected as to NOT get an auto bid through the tournament.
At Large | Team | Ranked | Result |
---|---|---|---|
AL1 | Oregon Tech | 9 | In Cascade Title Game |
AL2 | Washington Adventist | 10 | Lost to 8 seed Lincoln Christian |
AL3 | Dakota Wesleyan | 11 | Lost to CUNE in GPAC Championship |
AL4 | Grace | 13 | Lost in CL QF |
AL5 | Spring Arbor | 24 | Lost in CL Semifinal |
AL6 | St. Francis (IN) | 16 | Lost to Spring Arbor CL QF |
AL7 | Dordt | 19 | Lost in GPAC QF |
1st Out | IU Kokomo | 22 | In River States Title Game |
2O | Southwestern (KS) | 25 | Lost in KCAC QF |
3O | St. Thomas | 36 | Lost in Sun Title Game |
Conference Tournaments
Appalachian Athletic Conference – (Kingsport, TN)
AAC Tournament Champs: Union Bulldogs
Association of Independent Institutions – (Hosted by Lincoln College)
Teams with At Large Chance: Washington Adventist
Aii Tournament Champs: Lincoln Lynx
Cal Pac (Lancaster, California)
Cal Pac Tournament Champs: Antelope Valley Pioneers
Cascade (Higher Seed)
Chicagoland (Higher Seeds)
CCAC Tournament Champs: IU Southbend Titans
Crossroads League (Higher Seed)
Crossroads Champions: Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats
Great Plains Athletic Conference (Higher Seed)
GPAC Champions: Concordia Bulldogs
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (Final at Hartman Arena in Park City, KS)
Teams with At Large Chance: Southwestern