2003 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee Announces Championship Field Brackets
Four CIAA teams get bids
March 10, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2003 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship. Twenty-one conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 43 teams were selected at large by the committee.
Eight regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be conducted March 14, 15 and 17 at regional sites. The eight quarterfinalists will advance to the finals at Jenkins Arena in Lakeland, Florida, March 26, 27 and 29.
Conferences that received automatic qualification are:| California Collegiate Athletic Association | Cal State San Bernardino |
| Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference | Belmont Abbey |
| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Bowie State |
| Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Michigan Tech |
| Great Lakes Valley Conference | Northern Kentucky |
| Gulf South Conference | Henderson State |
| Heartland Conference | St. Mary's (Texas) |
| Lone Star Conference | West Texas A&M |
| Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association | Missouri Western State |
| New York Collegiate Athletic Conference | Adelphi |
| North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | St. Cloud State |
| Northeast-10 Conference | Massachusetts-Lowell |
| Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | Minnesota-Duluth |
| Pacific West Conference | Brigham Young-Hawaii |
| Peach Belt Conference | Columbus State |
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | Millersville |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Metropolitan State |
| South Atlantic Conference | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Morehouse |
| Sunshine State Conference | Florida Southern |
| West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Alderson-Broaddus |
CIAA runner-up Virginia Union, Johnson C. Smith and Shaw received at-large berths in the tournament.
Metropolitan State defeated Kentucky Wesleyan 80-72 to win the 2002 NCAA Division II Men's Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana.
The 47th annual championship game will be broadcast live on CBS at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
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