INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2005 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship.

Twenty two conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The committee selected the remaining 42 teams at-large.

Eight regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be conducted at campus sites March 11, 12 and 14. The regional champions will advance to the Women’s Elite Eight March 23, 24 and 26 at Summit Arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Henderson State University will host the Elite Eight.

Conferences that received automatic qualification, and the institutions representing them, are as follows:

California Collegiate Athletic Association - Cal State Chico
Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference - Anderson (South Carolina)
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference - Holy Family
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Shaw
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Grand Valley State
Great Lakes Valley Conference - Quincy
Great Northwest Athletic Conference - Seattle Pacific
Gulf South Conference - Central Arkansas
Heartland Conference - Drury
Lone Star Conference - Angelo State
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Washburn
New York Collegiate Athletic Conference - Bridgeport
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - North Dakota
Northeast-10 Conference - Bentley
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - Concordia-St. Paul
Peach Belt Conference - Clayton State
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference - Millersville
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - Metropolitan State
South Atlantic Conference - Carson-Newman
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Paine
Sunshine State Conference - Rollins
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Wheeling Jesuit

Those institutions receiving at-large berths are, in alphabetical order:

Abilene Christian
American International
Bellarmine
Bryant
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal State Bakersfield
Cal State Dominguez Hills
California (Pennsylvania)
Central Missouri State
Charleston (West Virginia)
Clarion
Columbus State
Emporia State
Fairmont State
Fayetteville State
Florida Tech
Fort Hays State
Fort Valley State
Glenville State
Henderson State
Indianapolis
Lake Superior State
Lewis
Merrimack
Michigan Tech
Minnesota State Moorhead
Minnesota Duluth
Montana State-Billings
Newberry
Northeastern State
Pace
Regis (Colorado)
St. Cloud State
St. Martin’s
South Carolina-Aiken
Southern Connecticut State
Tuskegee
Valdosta State
West Texas A&M
Western Washington
Wingate
Wisconsin-Parkside

Last year, California (Pennsylvania) used a last-minute three-pointer to defeat Drury in the Division II Women’s Basketball Championship March 27, in St. Joseph, Missouri.