MD2 NCAA Tournament Selection Criteria

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General Information

The Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship consists of a four-team, single-elimination tournament. One team from each of the geographic regions (North, Central, South) and one at-large team from any region will be selected. Team's must have a .500 or better record to be selected.

See conferences for members and current standings. The distribution of institutions by geographic region is as follows:

North Region
Assumption Bentley Bryant Franklin Pierce Green Mountain Le Moyne Merrimack Pace Southern New Hampshire Saint Anselm St. Michael's

Central Region
Adelphi C.W. Post Dominican Dowling Mercyhurst Molloy NYIT Notre Dame de Namur not eligible for the 2007 championship

South Region
Belmont Abbey Catawba Lees-McRae Limestone Mars Hill Pfeiffer Presbyterian Queens St. Andrews Saint Leo Seton Hill Wheeling Jesuit Wingate not eligible for the 2007 championship

Primary Factors for Selecting Teams

The Division II Men's Lacrosse Committee considers (in no specified order) the following factors in making selections for the tournament, with an emphasis on in-region results:

Overall won-lost record
In-region won-lost record
Overall strength of schedule (average opponents' winning percentage)
Head-to-head competition
Results against common opponents
Eligibility and availability of student-athletes

Secondary Factors for Selecting Teams

When teams under considerataion are tied on all criteria above, the committee will consider the following secondary criteria in the selection process (again not in priority order):

Results against Division II out-of-region competition
Results against common opponents
Results against teams already selected

Teams must have played a minimum of eight games during the traditional season against Division II opponents to be considered for tournament selection.