[Music] good evening and welcome to the 2024 division 2 NCAA Women's Basketball selection show I'm Kelsey Casper and tonight we will unveil the 64 teams who have a shot at winning this year's National Championship all teams have their eyes set on playing in St Joseph Missouri from March 25th through the 29th at the St Joseph Civic Center with the championship game airing on CBS Sports Network the tournament kicks off on March 15th and includes eight regions with eight teams in each after each re
gion produces a winner the final eight teams will head to St Joseph for the quarterfinal round where the final teams will be narrowed down to one national champion this year's field is composed of 23 Conference champions as well as 41 at large bids so the majority of the teams watching this show are waiting to see if they have a spot in this 64 Team Bracket so without further Ado let's see who's in the field for this year's division 2 tournament bracket we are starting things off in the west the
first team to hear their name tonight it's isua Pacific an automatic bid into the tournament as the Cougars have won three consecutive pack West Conference tournament titles this group also Clos out the regular season on a 22 game winning Street which is a program record we'll see who they be facing now this team they're not going to have to sweat it out for long Cal State LA is in a sigh relief for the golden eagles who are making back-to-back appearances in the tournament for the first time i
n in program history moving down our bracket the four seed belongs to Montana State Billings the yellow jackets coming off in appearance in the gnack championship game this group is led by Cola bad bear who is selected as both the gnack player of the year as well as the conference newcomer of the year they will match up against the Cho State Wildcats heartbreak for the Wildcats in the CCAA Conference Championship but the resume Chico State put together was good enough for an at llarge bid and fi
fth seed in in the tournament up next the two seed it's Cal State San Marcos the Cougars took the conference title in the CCAA title game this group is back-to-back conference Champs with Jordan Vasquez crowned tournament MVP scoring 21 points and 17 rebounds to earn her team an automatic bid they will have a DAT in the first round with Point LMA this is the sea Lion's first NCAA West Regional appearance since 201617 in its first NCAA postseason appearance back in 2015 Point lomma pulled off a s
tunning upset defeating nationally number one Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage as the number eight seat in the region so hey it's safe to say this team knows how to pull off a big upset let's see who the final two teams are in the west region snagging the three seed is Western Washington the Vikings earning an automatic bid after winning their second consecutive gnack tournament title to earn a spot in the big dance in that game Stephanie Peterson filled the statue with eight points eight rebounds
with six assists three Steals and one block and finally in the west waiting patiently to hear their name it's Cal State poly penoma the five-time national champion Broncos reached 20 wins this season this at llarge bids earns the program their 29th NCAA tournament appearance in school history this team knows what it feels like to win in the postseason well one region down we got seven to go we move to the South Central Region the top seed and the host Texas Women's University in the regular seas
on this team tied most wins in a season at 26 and defeated five top 25 teams and they'll prepare to face the eth seed that belongs to Colorado School of Mines this group finished the season with a record of 21 and8 to secure the final at large bid in the South Central moving down our list we have Texas perum Basin at the four seat this team Advanced to the Lone Star Conference Championship Game falling in a close matchup to Texas women but their season is far from over as they'll head to the NCA
A tournament as the four seed they'll face Adam State at the five seat the Grizzlies advance to the armax semifinals in this year's Conference tournament finishing with a record of 24 and8 well claiming that number two seed is Colorado Mesa Colorado Mesa despite being upset in the conference tournament the Mavericks still earning an atlarge bid leading this group is our MAAC Player of the Year Olivia Reed shooting 57% from the field with 16 points per game they'll have the tall facts of facing l
eit Christian in the first round the lady Champs advance to the L LSC Championship final for the fifth season in a row the final matchup of the South Central is Regis at the three seat a 31-point performance from Josie Ryan leads the Rangers to their second consecutive RAC tournament title in an automatic bit to the NCAA tournament they'll have a date with UT Tyler in the first round this group put together an impressive 25 win season to secure an at llarge bid in this year's NCAA tournament wel
l we are now halfway through the right side of your bracket as we continue with the Southeast region at the top katba Kataba College Indians were a final four participant from last season but this year the Indians had a nation leading 33 game home win streak at the Goodman Arena this group is led by sack Player of the Year and defensive Player of the Year LC Thorne who leads the region with 20 points per game as well as two-time reigning sack Coach of the Year Terrence McCutchen and they'll go h
ead toad with UNC Penbrook the Braves get the final spot in the Southeast after winning the conference Carolina championships this afternoon to earn the automatic big congratulations to the four five matchup it's Lenor Ryan who's dancing next the Bears are in the tournament for the second straight season Blake Le Cooks is averaging 16 points per game while racking up six 64 steals this season the Bears will look to avenge their first round loss last season to make a playoff run but they'll have
to get through Georgia's Southwestern first the lady hurricanes are the PBC regular season champs this team also Advanced for the second round of the NCAA tournament last season continuing on we now welcome Carson Newman to the show the sack tournament runner-ups earned the number two in the NCAA tournament the lady Eagles have qualified for the conference tournament twice in the last three seasons this offense is led by brillan weel who averages a whopping 8.7 points per game and they'll have t
o be ready for battle against the Jaguars of Augusta despite following in double OT Thriller in the second round of the Peach Belt tournament the Jags team still managed to earn an at llarge bid aam Phillips is one of the biggest Shooters on this squad as she leads the conference in three-pointers made per game while averaging 15 points a contest rounding out the last matchup in the Southeast it's Windgate the sack Champs are in winggate Bulldogs claimed a lead record winning their 11th sack tou
rnament title with Hannah Clark earning tournament MVP honors this program has kept themselves busy in the postseason and this is Wing Gate's 11th NCAA tournament bid in the last 13 Seasons but ready to take on the Bulldogs are the Trojans Anderson claims the six seat as a team the Trojans led the South Atlantic conference in both scoring and field goal percentage putting up 78.1 points per game while shooting 43% one final region to unveil on the right side of your bracket to the South Region w
e go hosting as your top seed Valdosta State the lady Blazers have won a nation's best 26 straight games to go along with their GSC Conference Championship title Junior Khalifa Ford was tabbed conference Player of the Year while had coach Dian Shermer earned Coach of the Year a tall task to face the lady Blazers but I have a feeling miles is is up for the task the miles lady Bears shut out Savannah State in overtime to secure a spot in their second straight siac title game where they defeated Ke
ntucky State for the conference Crown up next let's he for the sharks of no Nova Southeastern this team earning an atlarge bid as the number four seed in the South Region the Sharks put together an impressive 9 And1 road record this season also six players earning all SSC conference Awards including freshman of the Year Caitlin Terrell and Coach of the Year Leanne Freeland Curry and they'll be battling it out with Lee in the first round the Lee Flames finish as the conference Runner UPS in the G
SC tournament the lady Flames had an exciting comeback win over Union to secure a spot in the conference championships this lead team is led by first team allc conference member mallerie Hampton who led the GSC in scoring the season with 19 points per game the final two matchups on the top right of your bracket the number two seed it's going to Union the union Lady Bulldog earning an atlarge bid going 22-2 in Gulf South Conference play this season led by The Duo of shenik Lewis and Macy Lee Unio
n will gear up to face eard as their first opponent another automatic bid in the South belongs to the eard tritons the SSC tournament champions led by three-time conference Defensive Player of the Year Lauren Vieira this season she was named both Player of the Year and defensive player of the year setting four new program records one last matchup to announce in the South Region the number three seed belongs to Tampa Tampa Trojans are the SSC tournament runner-ups falling to accur in the conferen
ce championships but this team putting together an impressive season to earn them good positioning they made it to the quarterfinal round last season are looking to put together another postseason run emry riddle they're in the eagle season is still alive earning an at llarge bid putting together a 20 win season Madison Jee Louie reached 1,000 career points during the conference tournament becoming the fifth player to reach that milestone in program history so that does it for the first half of
your bracket 32 of the 64 teams unveiled for the 2024 division 2 women's basketball tournament we'll take a quick 30 second break catch our breath and when we return 32 more teams to unveil if you're not here for Phantom 101 you're in the wrong class here we learned the fundamentals of fanology the basics of bringing the noise and the physics a freaking out your path to Fan Mastery begins here it's all part of the curriculum the NCAA championships attendance is encouraged passion is mandatory bu
y your seats today at ncaa.com ticket class dismissed welcome back to the 2024 NCAA division 2 women's basketball selection show we already announced the first 32 teams so let's wait waste no time revealing the next 32 we take you to the bottom left section of your bracket in the Midwest region the top seed belongs to Grand Valley State the team won their third straight regular season gliac title and this will be their ninth consecutive season making the NCAA tournament this group is led by Rile
y bisil the gliac player of the year surpassed 1,000 career points this year and had coach Mike Williams conference coach of the year who became the the winningest coach in program history they'll be taking on tra nazarin the Trojans advaned the GMAC conference title game for the second straight season and finished the year 1911 record to earn them the number eight seed moving on it's Northern Michigan the four spot in the midwest the Wildcats Advance with the GLI AC Championship final for the f
irst time in Five Seasons finishing this year with a 21 and nine record they'll have the challenge of taking on Kentuck Kentucky Wesleyan the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers snagging out L at large bid in the midwest the Panthers fell in an overtime Heartbreaker in the quarterfinal of the conference tournament but this team still did enough to get into the dance the trio of Emmy Ralph Jordan bar and Karina Conley lead the Panthers each averaging 11 points per game we continue in the midwest it's Ashl
in who lands the number two seed the Eagles are looking to repeat as division 2 Champs I'm after winning the national title last season the Eagles have continued their success into this season winning 64 their last 65 games featuring a 19 game win streak head coach Carri Pickins is looking to bring Ashen their fourth division 2 title since 2013 and who will they face it'll be Drury in the first round despite having their run of seven straight glvc championships come to an end the lady Panther st
ill impressed the season to earn the seventh seat in this year's tournament the last two in the Midwest it's feris state who's locked into the three seat the feris State Bulldogs receiving an atlarge bid tonight they finish out their season with a 22 and5 record led by senior Khloe adoni who averaged 16 and a half points per game to go along with an impressive field goal percentage of 51.4 the final team in the midwest it's the Lewis Flyers they earn the six seed after securing the glvc conferen
ce championships led by Jenna badaldi who had a career high 31 points in this matchup moving on to the east region it's Bentley at the top the Bentley Falcons are the three p Champs of the ne10 conference the first time that has been done in a decade this is the program's 23rd conference championships this win was highlighted by a 15-point Performance Off the Bench from Sierra Norman they will meet Mercy in the first round Mercy is making their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1985 sophomo
re Angelina Berea was named the ECC Defensive Player of the Year and head coach Scott lagas was named Coach of the Year Mercy has their most wins in the season since 1985 up next says the number four seed it's Jefferson the Thomas Jefferson Rams capped off a perfect season in conference Play by taking the cacc Championship today the Rams only had one loss all season and that one went into triple overtime the Rams feature cacc Player of the Year Sam yena and three-time Conference defensive the ye
ar in Haley minel the ramps they're going to gear up to take on Southern New Hampshire Southern New Hampshire penmen are backto back any1 Player of the Year Adriana Timberlake who leads the conference in scoring averaging 18.3 points per game the number two seed in the East belongs to assumption the Assumption Greyhounds co- regular season Champs in the ne10 conference up set in the semi-finals of the conference tournament but they have been paced All Season by Molly Stokes shooting 44 4% from t
hree while averaging 15 points per game they will gear up to take on Franklin Pierce the Ravens Conference tournament may have been cut short but their season is still alive Franklin PRI Pierce was riding a niname win streak heading in to the n10 semi-final matchup rounding out the east as a number three seed it's St Rose the St Rose golden kns from the ne10 conference make the tournament field for the first time since the 2010 2011 season and the last team in the East it's the six seed Damon is
in the Wildcats have won the last three ECC championship titles and are the winners of the past five regular season titles conference Player of the Year Alana pagee was voted most outstanding player in the tournament after dropping 27 points this afternoon well we only have 16 more teams to go in this year's tournament field as we take you to the Central Division the top spot belongs to Southern Nazarene Southern Nazarene Crimson only lost one game of the regular season Hannah giddy was named t
he GAC Defensive Player of the Year while had coach Trent May earned Coach of the Year honors the Crimson earned back-to-back GAC regular season titles and earning the a seed in the Central Division it's Henderson State the Reedy actually beat Southern Nazarene in the GAC tournament so these two will have a rematch in the NCAA tournament taking the four seat it's Pittsburgh state Pittsburgh state finished ing out with an impressive 24 and7 record to make it to the NCAA tournament and they will f
ace Harding in the first round a perfect 15-0 record at home for the Harding lady bison this season Harding's Josie Williams received GAC freshman of the Year award leading this team in assist Steals and three-pointers the two seed in the central region belongs to Missouri Western a 25 win season for the W for the Griffins is good enough for an at llarge bid to the tournament this group is led by MIAA Coach of the Year candy Wier ranked first in the conference in seven offensive and defensive ca
tegories including scoring 75 points per game and they will have the challenge of facing Minnesota state representing the nsic conference in the tournament Champs are the Mavericks the first conference title in program history Joey bat was named tournament MVP after averaging 19 points per game in each game of the tournament rounding out the central region is Fort Hayes the number three seed first year head coach Talia car's 20 plus wins for her team for the 13th straight season that's the longe
st active streak in division 2 this is their eighth appearance in the last 10 seasons and finally it's Northwest Missouri State at the six seat the Bearcats were picked to finish seventh in the preseason conference coaches poll Northwest put together its second best MIAA season ever with 16 conference wins to earn the number two seed in the conference tournament well finally we have made it to the Atlantic region the final 18s on the top left of your bracket so let's get to it the number one see
d belongs to ganet with a 32- win season and a peack championship the golden knights return to the NCAA tournament for the third straight year and 10th Under head coach cleave R they will prepare to face West Virginia state the West Virginia state Yellow Jackets advance to their first ever Conference Championship in program history after taking down Concord in the Mec semifinals following those teams we find Lock Haven at the four seat the Lockhaven bald eagles were the champions of the Eastern
Division of the P sack this year finishing with an impressive 28 and3 record Lock Haven will have a date with California the California Vulcans from the pack East St and at large bid the Vulcan were on a seven-game winning streak heading into the conference tourn tournament they're led by DJ Terrell averaging 15.6 points per game well here are the final two matchups it's Fairmont State snagging the two seat Fairmont State earned their first Mountain East Conference regular season title the Falco
ns are led by Alyssa D'Angelo who averages just under 20 points per game earning her first team All Conference accolades they will have to face the golden Rams of Westchester the golden Rams of Westchester were riding a 15g game win streak heading in into the pack tournament Leah Johnson was the conference player of the year and she has just Rewritten the record Brooks breaking the conference career scoring assist and triple double records and finally we have reached our final two teams in this
year's tournament field we applaud you all for your patience well the number three seed it's Fayville State it's a record setting year for fville State who finished the regular season with its best record of 24-2 in program history and the best overall record record under interim head coach Tyrese Brown senior annah Bryant went 11 for 11 from the field and five for five from three-point range for 31 points in the semi-final game against Virginia state and last but certainly not least it's the nu
mber six seed Indiana the iup Crimson Hawks earn an at llarge bid out of the pack East and this group it's led by Kiera bomman who's averaging 14.8 points per game well that will do it for us tonight all 64 teams in this year's division 2 basketball tournament as a reminder the top eight teams will advance to play in St Joseph Missouri from March 25th through the 29th at the St Joseph Civic Center with the championship game airing on CBS Sports Network best of luck to all the student athletes an
d teams competing in this year's championships if you're not here for Phantom 101 you're in the wrong class here we learn the fundamentals of fanology the basics of bringing the noise and the physics of freaking out your path to Fan Mastery begins here it's all part of the curriculum the NCAA championships attendance is encourag passion is mandatory buy your seats today at ncaa.com class dismissed
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