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DIVISION I
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The opening round will be March 12 at Dayton, Ohio. The first/second rounds (March 14 and 16) will be at Albuquerque, New Mexico; Greenville, South Carolina; Sacramento, California; and St. Louis. The first/second rounds (March 15 and 17) will be at Chicago, Dallas, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. Two of the four regionals (March 21 and 23) will be in Lexington, Kentucky, and San Jose, California, and the other two (March 22 and 24) will be in Madison, Wisconsin, and Syracuse, New York.Field: A total of 65 teams will be selected, 31 of which will automatically qualify as conference champions. The remaining teams will be selected at large.
Selection date:
March 10.2001 champion:
Duke.Top team contenders:
Duke, Kansas, Maryland, Cincinnati, Oklahoma.Players to watch:
Jason Williams and Michael Dunleavy, Duke; Drew Gooden and Kirk Hinrich, Kansas; Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter, Maryland; Steve Logan, Cincinnati; Hollis Price, Oklahoma; Rod Grizzard, Alabama; Matt Bonner, Florida.DIVISION II
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Regionals will be March 7-9 or 8-10 on the campus of one of each region's teams. The Elite Eight will be March 20 (quarterfinals), March 21 (semifinals) and March 23 (championship) at Evansville, Indiana.Field:
A total of 48 teams will be selected, 20 of which will be automatic-qualifying conference champions. The other selections will be at large.Selection date:
March 3.2001 champion:
Kentucky Wesleyan.Top team contenders:
Cal State San Bernardino, Kentucky Wesleyan, Northeastern State, Northwest Missouri State, Tampa, Adelphi, Charleston (West Virginia), Seattle Pacific, Henderson State.Players to watch:
Glenn Summerall, Cal State San Bernardino; Ron Evans, Kentucky Wesleyan; Jon Shepherd, Northeastern State; Scott Fleming, Northwest Missouri State; Jon Brown, Tampa; Mookie Felder, Charleston (West Virginia); Niki Arinze, Henderson State; Yusef Aziz, Seattle Pacific.DIVISION III
Dates and sites:
First-round games are February 28 on campus. Second-round games are March 2 on campus. Sectionals will be March 8-9 on campus. The semifinals (March 15) and championship game (March 16) will be at Salem, Virginia.Field:
A total of 48 teams will be selected.Selection date:
February 24.2001 champion:
Catholic.Top team contenders:
Staten Island, Brockport State, Otterbein, Catholic, Washington (Missouri), Keene State, Randolph Macon, Buena Vista.Players to watch: David Paul, Staten Island; Mike Medbury, Brockport State; Jeff Gibbs, Otterbein; Matt Hilleary, Catholic; Chris Jeffries, Washington (Missouri); Dave Stantial, Keene State; Kurt Bergmann, Randolph Macon; Adam Jones, Buena Vista.
Division I will be using new bracketing procedures designed to keep teams closer to their home regions, thus reducing travel costs and increasing spectator interest.
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