INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams that will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship.
Twenty-four conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 40 teams were selected at large by the committee.
Eight eight-team regionals will be played at on-campus sites March 10, 11 and 13. The eight regional champions advancing to the Women’s Elite Eight will be seeded by the Women's Basketball Committee after completion of the regionals. The 2017 NCAA Division II Women’s Elite Eight will be held at Alumni Hall in Columbus, Ohio, March 21, 22 and 24. Ohio Dominican University and the Greater Columbus Sports Commission will serve as hosts.
Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:
| CONFERENCE | SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| California Collegiate Athletics Association | Cal State East Bay |
| Central Atantic Collegiate Conference | University of the Sciences |
| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Johnson C. Smith |
| Conference Carolinas | King (Tennessee) |
| East Coast Conference | Molloy |
| Great American Conference | Harding |
| Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Ashland |
| Great Lakes Valley Conference | Drury |
| Great Midwest Athletic Conference | Malone |
| Great Northwest Athletic Conference | Alaska Anchorage |
| Gulf South Conference | Valdosta State |
| Heartland Conference | St. Edward's |
| Lone Star Conference | Tarleton State |
| Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association | Emporia State |
| Mountain East Conference | Wheeling Jesuit |
| Northeast-10 Conference | Adelphi |
| Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | Northern State |
| Pacific West Conference | California Baptist |
| Peach Belt Conference | Columbus State |
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | Indiana (Pennsylvania) |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado-Colorado Springs |
| South Atlantic Conference | Wingate |
| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Benedict |
| Sunshine State Conference | Eckerd |
Those institutions receiving at-large berths are:
| Anderson (South Carolina) | Limestone |
| Angelo State | Lincoln Memorial |
| Arkansas Tech | Mercyhurst |
| Assumption | MSU Moorhead |
| Bellarmine | New York Institute of Technology |
| Bentley | Nova Southeastern |
| Caldwell | Pittsburg State |
| California (Pennsylvania) | Point Loma |
| Central Missouri | Queens (New York) |
| Central Oklahoma | Regis (Colorado) |
| Clayton State | Rollins |
| Colorado State Pueblo | Saginaw Valley State |
| Eastern New Mexico | Shippensburg |
| Florida Southern | Simon Fraser |
| Glenville State | UC San Diego |
| Grand Valley State | Ursuline |
| Hawaii Pacific | Virginia Union |
| Lander | West Florida |
| Lee | West Texas A&M |
| Lewis | Western Washington |
Atlantic Region | Central Region | East Region | Midwest Region | South Central Region | South Region | Southeast Region | West Region
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