March 7, 2007

2007 BRACKET

OLATHE, Kan. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released its 32 qualifying teams for the 27^th Annual Division I Women's Basketball National Championship, which will be held March 14-20 at Jackson, Tenn.'s Oman Arena.

The championship field comes from 17 automatic qualifiers from post-season qualification tournaments and the remainder of the tournament is comprised of 15 at-large bids, which are selected based on the season's final rating, released last Wednesday, Feb. 28.

No. 4 Oklahoma City University faces No. 5 Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) to tip-off the tournament Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. Highlighting day one of the tournament will be No. 1 Vanguard University (Calif.), who plays No. 8 Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) at 12 noon Wednesday.

The state of Tennessee will be well represented at the tournament, with six teams from throughout the volunteer state playing for a national title. Teams include No. 5 Freed-Hardeman University, No. 2 Trevecca Nazarene University, No. 3 Cumberland University (Tenn.), No. 1 Lee University (Tenn.), No. 1 Union University (Tenn.), and No. 5 Lambuth University (Tenn.).

The first 30 games of the tournament will be video streamed live on the Internet, while the National Championship Game will air live nationwide on College Sports Television (CSTV), with Ann Schatz calling the action and Patti Phillips providing in-depth analysis.

Automatic Qualifiers

American Midwest Conference - Harris Stowe State (Mo.)

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference - Saint Xavier University (Ill.)

Frontier Conference - Carroll College (Mont.)

Golden State Athletic Conference - Vanguard University (Calif.)

Golden State Athletic Conference - Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)

Gulf Coast Athletic Conference - Loyola University (La.)

Gulf Coast Athletic Conference - Xavier (La.)

Independent Qualifying Tournament - Brescia University (Ky.)

Mid-South Conference - West Virginia Tech

Red River Athletic Conference - Langston University (Okla.)

Red River Athletic Conference - Houston Baptist University (Texas)

Sooner Athletic Conference - Lubbock Christian University (Texas)

Sooner Athletic Conference - Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)

Southern States Athletic Conference - Lee University (Tenn.)

Southern States Athletic Conference - Auburn Montgomery University (Ala.)

TranSouth Athletic Conference - Union University (Tenn.)

TranSouth Athletic Conference - Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.)

At-Large Berths

At-Large A - Westmont University (Calif.)

At-Large B - Westminster College (Utah)

At-Large C - Oklahoma City University

At-Large D - Oklahoma Christian University

At-Large E - Oklahoma Baptist University

At-Large F - University of Montana-Western

At-Large G - McKendree College (Ill.)

At-Large H - The Master's University (Calif.)

At-Large I - Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)

At-Large J - Lambuth University (Tenn.)

At-Large K - Freed-Hardman University (Tenn.)

At-Large L - University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)

At-Large M - Cumberland University (Tenn.)

At-Large N - Columbia (Mo.)

At-Large O - Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)