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New regional format planned for men's golf


Aug 27, 2001 4:02:10 PM


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The Division II Men's Golf Committee discussed plans for regional alignment at its annual meeting July 9-12 in Lake Tahoe, California. The committee revisited the plan to move from a three-region format to a 10-region system starting in 2002. This decision was made in conjunction with the Division II Championships Committee.

Under the new plan (see the accompanying chart for an outline of the new regions), each region will have an advisory committee composed of two coaches and a national committee member. The committee assignments for the 2001-02 school year will be on a one-year interim basis. The Division II Men's Golf Committee will make those assignments. Conference commissioners will recommend future committee assignments to the Division II Men's Golf Committee. After this season, the length of appointments will be for three years.

The 10 regionals will be split into five super-regional sites. Two regions will travel to one site and compete for a spot in the finals. The regional groupings will be Northeast and East, Atlantic and Southeast, Great Lakes and Central, South and South Central, and Northwest and West.

Bids are being accepted from institutions interested in hosting one of the five super-regionals. The committee also mandated that each year, the host region shall alternate between the two regions represented at the super-regional. For example, if the Northeast region hosts the super-regional next year, the East region will host in 2003.

With the new format, changes also were made regarding regional and championship selections. With regionals, eight teams and five individuals will be selected to compete in their respective regional tournament.

Effective for the 2003 tournament, teams will be required to have at least 50 percent of their competition against Division II institutions. The committee determined that in order for a tournament to be counted in the 50 percent rule, at least half of the teams competing must be from Division II. Included in the criteria for this season are regional head-to-head competition, statistical data, scoring average against other regional institutions, regional ranking and recommendations from the regional advisory committee.

For individual selections, the committee noted that each region would select three individuals from teams not already selected to compete at their prospective regional tournament. The selection process will be based on the individual's stroke average for the year versus all other golfers in the region.

For the finals, 18 teams and 12 individuals will qualify for the 2002 championships. Each regional champion will advance automatically, so each super-region will advance a minimum of two teams to the finals. The remaining eight teams will be selected at large after regional competition is complete. The selection criteria for the at-large teams will be national head-to-head results, regional results, yearly scoring average, national ranking and committee decision.

For individuals, each region will advance the lowest-scoring individual not already selected to the championship. Two at-large individuals also will be selected for a total of 12 individuals. The two at-large individuals will be selected based on the best scoring average of individuals not advancing with a team.

Information about the 2002 regional tournaments will be sent to all Division II athletics directors, golf coaches and sports information directors. If schools are in interested in hosting a super-regional, they should contact Leon Smith, NCAA assistant director of championships, at the national office (317/917-6222) by September 6. The committee will review all proposals September 10, and recommendations will be forwarded to the Division II Championships Committee in mid-September.

In other action, the group discussed the Division II Championships Committee's approval of increasing the golf committee from three to five members. With 10 regions, each member of the committee will be assigned to work with two regional committees.

The golf committee also learned that the Championships Committee had approved its recommendations for future championship sites. The committee awarded the 2003 event to California State University, Chico. The tournament will be played May 20-23 at the Sunriver Resort-Crosswater Course in Sunriver, Oregon. The 2004 championship has not been awarded.

The committee reviewed the championships handbook and made several changes. Also, the group noted that championships handbooks will no longer be printed, but will be available online. Information regarding Divisions I and III has been eliminated from the handbook.

Division II men's golf regional alignment

The new 10-region format in Division II men's golf will be as follows:

Region Conferences*

Northeast Northeast-10 Conference

New York Collegiate Athletic Conference

East Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

West Virginia Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference

Atlantic Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Great Great Lakes Intercollegiate

Lakes Athletic Conference

Great Lakes Valley Conference

Southeast Peach Belt Conference

South Atlantic Conference

Region Conferences*

South Sunshine State Conference

Gulf South Conference

Central Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference

South Heartland Conference

Central Lone Star Conference

Northwest Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

North Central Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference

West California Collegiate Athletic Conference

Pacific West Conference

*All independents will be placed in the appropriate region based on their geographic location.


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