2014 Men’s Basketball
Championship
INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA has named 73 sites to serve as hosts for championships from 2013 through 2015. Representing 18 sports, this is the largest single announcement of sites ever done by the NCAA.
Sites were selected for 54 of the 89 championships across all three divisions. The sites represent 30 states, including nine in the state of North Carolina across five cities. The state of Ohio is next with seven sites, while Florida and Texas were awarded five sites each.
“We are excited by all of the hosts selected. More than 12,000 student-athletes will compete at these newly announced sites,” said Mark Lewis, NCAA executive vice president of championships and alliances. “In almost every sport there were very difficult choices, but all of the committees involved did a tremendous job of selecting the best possible venues. We are very appreciative of the amount of work put in by so many people in working on these selections.”
More than 200 bids were received from 36 states. The Division I Men’s Golf Championships received the most bids of any championship with 27 contenders for the 2014 Championships finals as well as the six regional sites for both 2014 and 2015. The Division I Women’s Golf Championships were not far behind with 25 bids for the 2014 Championships finals and the three regional sites for both 2014 and 2015.
Raleigh, N.C. was awarded three bids, more than any other city. The City of Oaks will host the 2014 Division I Men’s Golf Regionals and the 2015 Division I Women’s Golf Regionals at Lonnie Poole Golf Course, as well as hosting the 2014 Division II Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track Championships at the George Williams Athletic Complex.
Three sites were selected to host more than one championship: Lonnie Poole Golf Course; Meadows Golf Course in Allendale, Mich.; and the Rock Barn Golf and Spa in Conover, N.C. The Meadows Golf Course has previously hosted the Division II men’s championships in 2001 and 2007 and the Division II women’s championships in 2002, 2006 and 2011.
There were also three sites that were selected to host for more than one year: French Field House in Columbus, Ohio (2014 and 2015 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships); Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C. (2014 and 2015 Division III Men’s Golf Championships); and Mission Inn Resort in Howey in the Hills, Fla. (2014 and 2015 Division III Women’s Golf Championships).
In addition, the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., was awarded a three-game Division I Men’s Ice Hockey regional in 2014. The total of 45 NCAA regional hockey games hosted in this building will be the most in the 66 year history of the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey tournament.
The Division I Men’s Basketball Championship preliminary round sites for 2014 and 2015 along with the Division II and Division III Men’s Basketball Finals sites for 2014 will be announced Nov. 12.
The following championship sites, by sport and division (I, II, III or National Collegiate), year and host(s) are:
| Championship | Year | Site | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s DII Basketball Final | 2014 | Erie Insurance Arena — Erie, Pa. | Gannon |
| Women’s DIII Basketball Final | 2014 | Quandt Fieldhouse — Stevens Point, Wisc. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| Women’s Bowling | 2014 | Freeway Lanes — Wickliffe, Ohio | Mid-American Conference, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission |
| DIII Cross Country Finals | 2013 | LS Ayres Complex — Hanover, Ind. | Hanover |
| Fencing | 2014 & 2015 | French Field House — Columbus, Ohio | Ohio State |
| Men’s DI Golf Regionals | 2014 | Auburn University Club — Auburn, Ala. | Auburn |
| The Club at Old Hawthorne — Columbia, Mo. | Missouri | ||
| Lonnie Poole Golf Course — Raleigh, N.C. | NC State | ||
| Rich Harvest Farms — Sugar Grove, Ill. | Northern Illinois | ||
| Eugene Country Club — Eugene, Ore. | Oregon | ||
| Briggs Ranch Golf Club — San Antonio, Texas | UTSA | ||
| Men’s DI Golf Finals | 2014 | Prairie Dunes – Hutchinson, Kan. | Wichita State |
| Men’s DII Golf Finals | 2014 | The Meadows — Allendale, Mich. | Grand Valley State |
| Men’s DIII Golf Finals | 2014 & 2015 | Grandover Resort — Greensboro, N.C. | Guilford, Greensboro Sports Commission |
| Men’s DI Golf Regionals | 2015 | The Sagamore Club — Noblesville, Ind. | Ball State |
| UNC Finley Golf Course — Chapel Hill, N.C. | North Carolina | ||
| The Farms Golf Club — San Diego, Calif. | San Diego | ||
| The Rawls Course — Lubbock, Texas | Texas Tech | ||
| Gold Mountain Golf Club — Bremerton, Wash. | Washington | ||
| The Course at Yale — New Haven, Conn. | Yale | ||
| Men’s DII Golf Finals | 2015 | Rock Barn Golf and Spa — Conover, N.C. | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| Women’s DI Golf Regionals | 2014 | SouthWood Golf Club — Tallahassee, Fla. | Florida State (East) |
| Karsten Creek — Stillwater, Okla. | Oklahoma State (Central) | ||
| Tumble Creek at Suncadia Resort — Ce Elum, Wash. | Washington (West) | ||
| Women’s DI Golf Finals | 2014 | Tulsa Country Club — Tulsa, Okla. | Tulsa, Tulsa Sports Commission |
| Women’s DII Golf Finals | 2014 | Rock Barn Golf and Spa — Conover, N.C. | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| Women’s DIII Golf Finals | 2014 and ’15 | Mission Inn Resort — Howey in the Hills, Fla. | Oglethorpe, Central Florida Sports Commission |
| Women’s DI Golf Regionals | 2015 | Lonnie Poole Golf Course — Raleigh, N.C. | North Carolina State (East) |
| Briggs Ranch Golf Club — San Antonio, Texas | UTSA (Central) | ||
| Women’s DII Golf Finals | 2015 | The Meadows — Allendale, Mich. | Grand Valley State |
| Men’s Gymnastics Finals | 2014 | Crisler Center — Ann Arbor, Mich. | Michigan |
| Women’s Gymnastics Regionals | 2014 | Barnhill Arena — Fayetteville, Ark. | Arkansas |
| Stegeman Coliseum — Athens, Ga. | Georgia | ||
| PMAC — Baton Rouge, La. | LSU | ||
| Sports Pavilion — Minneapolis | Minnesota | ||
| Rec Hall — University Park, Pa. | Penn State | ||
| Alaska Airlines Arena — Seattle, Wash. | Washington | ||
| Women’s Gymnastics Finals | 2014 | BJCC Arena — Birmingham, Ala. | Alabama, Alabama Sports Foundation |
| Men’s DI Ice Hockey Regionals | 2014 | DCU Center — Worcester, Mass. | Holy Cross |
| Webster Bank Arena — Bridgeport, Conn. | Fairfield, Yale | ||
| U.S. Bank Arena — Cincinnati, Ohio | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Xcel Energy Center — St. Paul, Minn. | Minnesota | ||
| Women’s Ice Hockey Final (NC) | 2014 | TD Bank Sports Center — Hamden, Conn. | Quinnipiac |
| Women’s DIII Ice Hockey Final | 2013 | Siinto S. Wessman Arena — Superior, Wis. | Wisconsin-Superior |
| Men’s DI Lacrosse Quarterfinals | 2014 | Delaware Stadium — Newark, Del. | Delaware |
| James M. Shuart Stadium — Hempstead, N.Y. | Hofstra | ||
| Women’s DI Lacrosse Final | 2014 | Johnny Unitas Stadium — Towson, Md. | Towson |
| Women’s DII Lacrosse Final | 2014 | Kerr Field — Salem, Va. | WVIAC, the City of Salem |
| Women’s DIII Lacrosse Final | 2014 | Clark Field — Gettysburg, Pa. | Gettysburg |
| Women’s Rowing Finals | 2014 | Eagle Creek Park — Indianapolis, Ind. | Notre Dame, Indiana Sports Corporation |
| Skiing Finals | 2014 | Park City Mountain Resort (Alpine), Soldier Hollow (Nordic) — Park City and Midway, Utah | Utah |
| DII Softball Final | 2014 | Moyer Complex — Salem, Va. | WVIAC, the City of Salem |
| DIII Softball Final | 2014 | UT Tyler Ballpark — Tyler, Texas | Texas-Tyler |
| Men’s DI Swimming & Diving Finals | 2014 | Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center — Austin, Texas | Texas |
| Women’s DI Swimming & Diving Finals | 2014 | Minnesota Aquatic Center — Minneapolis | Minnesota |
| DII Swimming & Diving Finals | 2014 | SPIRE Institute — Geneva, Ohio | Edinboro, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission |
| Men’s & Women’s DI Tennis Finals | 2014 | Dan Magill Tennis Complex — Athens, Ga. | Georgia |
| Men’s & Women’s DII Tennis Finals | 2014 | Sanlando Park — Altamonte Springs, Fla. | Sunshine State |
| Men’s & Women’s DIII Tennis Finals | 2014 | Biszantz Family Tennis Center — Claremont, Calif. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| Men’s & Women’s DI Indoor Track & Field Finals | 2014 | Albuquerque Convention Center — Albuquerque, N.M. | New Mexico |
| Men’s & Women’s DII Indoor Track & Field Finals | 2014 | JDL Fast Track — Winston-Salem, N.C. | Winston-Salem State, Visit Winston-Salem |
| Men’s & Women’s DIII Indoor Track & Field Finals | 2014 | Devaney Center Indoor Track — Lincoln, Neb. | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Men’s & Women’s DI Outdoor Track & Field Regionals | 2014 | Hodges Stadium — Jacksonville, Fla. | North Florida (East) |
| Men’s & Women’s DII Outdoor Track & Field Finals | 2014 | George Williams Athletic Complex — Raleigh, N.C. | Saint Augustine’s |
| Men’s & Women’s DIII Outdoor Track & Field Finals | 2014 | George Gauthier Track — Delaware, Ohio | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Men’s Volleyball Final (NC) | 2014 | Gentile Arena — Chicago | Loyola-Chicago |
| Men’s DIII Volleyball Final (III) | 2014 | Kennedy Sports & Recreation Center — Huntingdon, Pa. | Juniata |
| Women’s DII Volleyball Final | 2013 | U.S. Cellular Center-Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Upper Iowa |
| Women’s Water Polo Final | 2014 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center — Los Angeles, Calif. | Southern California |
| DII Wrestling Finals | 2014 | Public Hall — Cleveland, Ohio | Ashland, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission |
The selections of these sites were made by the respective sport committee in each division, then officially approved by the Division I Championships/Sport Management Cabinet, chaired by Jane Miller, senior associate director of athletics at the University of Virginia; the Division II Championships Committee, led by Erin Lind, associate commissioner of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference; and the Division III Championships Committee, chaired by Stuart Robinson, athletics director at State University College at New Paltz.
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