INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2020 championship.
Forty-three conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for the 2020 championship. There is one berth reserved for Pool B and the final 20 berths are reserved for Pool C, which includes institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and any remaining Pool B teams.
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Sixteen first/second-round sites will be conducted March 6-7. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites March 13-14. Winners of the four sectional sites will advance to the national semifinals and final March 20-21. All games, except the semifinals/final, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. The semifinals/final will be conducted at Capital Center Performance Arena on the campus of Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, hosted by Capital University and the Greater Columbus Sports Commission.
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Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (43):
| CONFERENCE | AUTOMATIC QUALIFIER |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | La Roche (20-6) |
| American Rivers Conference | Wartburg (24-3) |
| American Southwest Conference | Mary Hardin-Baylor (24-4) |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport (23-4) |
| Centennial Conference | Haverford (23-4) |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | Brooklyn (21-6) |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Illinois Wesleyan (19-8) |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Keystone (21-6) |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Endicott (18-10) |
| Empire 8 | St. John Fisher (21-6) |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Emmanuel (Massachusetts) (21-7) |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Transylvania (25-2) |
| Landmark Conference | Scranton (24-3) |
| Liberty League | Ithaca (22-5) |
| Little East Conference | Eastern Connecticut State (23-4) |
| Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | Framingham State (22-5) |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Hope (27-0) |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Messiah (23-4) |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | DeSales (23-4) |
| Midwest Conference | Monmouth (Illinois) (21-6) |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Bethel (Minnesota) (26-1) |
| New England Collegiate Conference | New England College (21-6) |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Bowdoin (25-2) |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | Smith (24-4) |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Rowan (24-3) |
| North Atlantic Conference | Husson (19-8) |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | DePauw (27-1) |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | SUNY Polytechnic Institute (20-7) |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Edgewood (25-2) |
| Northwest Conference | George Fox (21-6) |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Baldwin Wallace (26-2) |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Randolph Macon (18-9) |
| Presidents’ Athletic Conference | Grove City (25-2) |
| Skyline Conference | Merchant Marine (23-4) |
| Southern Athletic Association | Oglethorpe (27-1) |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Redlands (21-6) |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Austin (23-4) |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Webster (20-7) |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY New Paltz (24-3) |
| University Athletic Association | Chicago (20-5) |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | Bethany Lutheran (23-3) |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Berea (25-3) |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (18-10) |
Pool B Berth (1):
- Marymount (Virginia) (23-4)
Pool C Berths (20):
- Albright (22-5)
- Amherst (22-4)
- Benedictine (Illinois) (24-3)
- Gettysburg (22-5)
- Loras (23-4)
- Montclair State (21-6)
- New York University (20-5)
- SUNY Cortland (21-6)
- Texas-Dallas (22-5)
- Trine (21-6)
- Trinity (Texas) (23-4)
- Tufts (26-1)
- Western New England (21-5)
- Wheaton (Illinois) (20-7)
- Whitman (24-3)
- Widener (21-5)
- Williams (18-8)
- William Peace (23-4)
- Wisconsin-La Crosse (19-7)
- Wisconsin-Whitewater (23-3)
The selection announcement and the full bracket are posted here.
