Here are the pairings for the NCAA Division II tournament, which gets underway Saturday.
And it will actually end in March!
And news from the Division II home page.
The NCAA announced its 64-team field for this year’s Division II Tournament Sunday night and the two teams that finished the season undefeated could hook up in a national quarterfinal match if they can both win regionals that they will be hosting this weekend.
Findlay, the top seed in the Midwest after finishing the year at 30-0, could square off with No. 2 LIU-C.W. Post (27-0) should the Pioneers win the East title. Findlay will …read more

Here’s the latest news and notes and rankings from the world of Division II basketball from the DII home page.
Oilers, Pioneers stay atop rankings
(Feb. 10): Findlay retains the top spot in the NABC/Division II Coaches Poll for this week after recording two home victories and LIU-C.W. Post remains second, but a slight shuffle took place after that after two of the top 10 teams suffered losses last week.
The Oilers (20-0) and Pioneers (18-0) stayed in their places atop the poll, but Central Oklahoma’s loss to Northeastern State dropped the Bronchos seven spots to tenth this week. As a result, a …read more

Plenty of movement in the first poll of the new year.
Southern Indiana makes the biggest leap from 18th to eighth. Bellarmine, Ky. is up from 13th to fifth.
South Carolina-Aiken takes the biggest nosedive falling from number two to 11. Arkansas-Monticello falls from fifth to 14th.
Findlay, Ohio hangs on to the number one spot.
Rank School (first place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1 Findlay, Ohio (7) 10-0, 199, 1
2 Southwest Baptist, Mo. (1) 11-0, 193, 3
3 LIU-C.W. Post, N.Y. 9-0, 181, 6
4 Central Oklahoma 11-2, 159, 8
5 Bellarmine, Ky. 12-0, 155, 13
6 Minnesota State 13-2, 154, 9
7 Gannon, Pa. …read more

The college basketball season is barely a few hours old, and we’ve already had a couple of huge upsets.
And please don’t tell me that these games don’t matter because they are in the “pre-season”.
They DO matter…