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About the 2003 Division III
men's basketball tournament

2003 NCAA men's tournament basics

When are the selections announced?
Selection Sunday is March 2.

Where are the games?
The first and second-round games are held at the higher seed, on March 6 and 8.* In the sectionals (March 14-15) four teams play at each of four campus sites. The Final Four is held at the Salem Civic Center at Salem, Va., on March 21 and 22. The finals will be in Salem in 2004 and 2005 as well.
* occasionally, schools that earn higher seeds will not be allowed to host NCAA tournament games because of reasons such as hosting bids not being filed, or gyms not being of proper dimensions.

What conferences receive automatic bids?
Automatic bids are awarded to the champions of:
American Southwest Conference
Capital Athletic Conference
Centennial Conference
City University of New York Athletic Conference
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Commonwealth Coast Conference
Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Empire 8
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Lake Michigan Conference
Little East Conference
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Middle Atlantic Commonwealth
Middle Atlantic Freedom
Midwest Conference
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
New England Small College Athletic Conference
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
New Jersey Athletic Conference
North Coast Athletic Conference
Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference (new for 2003)
Northwest Conference
Ohio Athletic Conference
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Skyline Conference
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
State University of New York Athletic Conference
University Athletic Association
Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Who selects teams in Pool B and Pool C?
The selections are made by the Division III men's basketball national committee, with one member from each region. Each national committee member chairs a regional committee of 4-7 people. This committee produces the regional rankings the last six weeks of the regular season.

How does the committee evaluate strength of schedule?
The Division III Championships Committee approved the following index to assist in the evaluation of teams’ relative strength of schedule:

The index:
• Includes only contests versus regional competition leading up to the championship.
• Is calculated by adding the total number of points and dividing by the number of games.
• Defines a neutral games as being in neither team’s locale and, as such, is awarded as if it were an away game.
• Is calculated for ratings using an opponent’s record at the time of the rating and for selection to the championship using an opponent’s final record at the time of selection.

How many teams go from each region?
It doesn't work that way anymore. Now the Pool B and C bids are made on a national basis, meaning it is very possible that nine teams could go from the Midwest and only three teams from the East. Once the 48 teams are selected, they will be grouped into eight (theoretically) geographically based brackets of six teams apiece.

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