ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon women's basketball team remained No. 1 for the second consecutive week in the latest NCAA Division II Atlantic regional rankings released Wednesday afternoon.
The NCAA regional rankings determine the post-season participants for the NCAA Division II Tournament. Eight teams will play in the Atlantic Regional. Automatic berths will be granted to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) champions. Five teams will be granted at-large bids.
The Atlantic Region has changed its post-season format this season. The top two seeds will host four-team regionals March 12-13. The top remaining seed will host the region's title game March 15.
Gannon is the region's top-ranked team with a 22-0 record against Division II opponents and 16-0 mark against in-region opponents. California (Pa.) (15-4, 15-4), West Liberty State (11-5, 11-5), Bowie State (11-4, 11-4) and Glenville State (10-5, 9-4) completed the top five.
Millersville (15-4, 15-4), Charleston (13-4, 13-4), Virginia State (13-4, 12-3), Johnson C. Smith (14-5, 14-5) and Kutztown (13-6, 13-6) rounded out the top 10.
Gannon, which was ranked third in the latest
USA Today ESPN Top 25, enters tonight's game at rival Mercyhurst with a 22-0 overall record and 6-0 PSAC Western Division mark. Game time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. The contest can be heard live on Jet Radio 1400 and via the Internet at
http://www.gannon.edu/athletics/werg/knightsound.html. A live B2 Networks video broadcast will be available at
http://www.b2livetv.com/partner_members.asp?id=85.
For the complete NCAA Division II women’s basketball regional rankings, please
click here.