Saturday, March 12, 2011

NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament Preview and Analysis

The NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament gets underway today (Saturday).  Here are the links to both the Southeast and South Regionals, respectively, as well as the complete 64-team bracket below.

Southeast Region (at Augusta State)

South Region (at Alabama-Huntsville)

NCAA Division II Tournament Interactive Bracket (courtesy of NCAA.com)

Analysis: Although seeded first, as well as being the host team yet again for the Southeast Region, the path to a fourth straight NCAA Division II Elite Eight will be anything but smooth for Augusta State (28-3), as South Atlantic Conference regular season and tournament champion Lincoln Memorial (27-2) comes into the regional as the second seed.  

In the South Region, it's a crapshoot, as all eight teams including top seed and host Alabama-Huntsville (26-4) have at least four losses.  Additionally, both the Gulf South Conference and SIAC have three teams in the South Regional, while the Sunshine State Conference landed the other two bids.  That alone should make for an interesting regional.

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