Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Men's Championship Division

24 teams in 8-Three Team pools will compete for the national championship. Regions III & VI have 5 teams each. Regions IV & V have 4 teams each. Regions I & II have 3 teams each.

9 of the 16 teams that reached the Round of 16 in 2007 are back (Colorado State, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, UCLA, Arizona, UCSB, Minnesota and Wisconsin-Milwaukee). In all 11 teams will return to compete this year from last year's championship division (Texas A&M and Pennsylvania are the others).

13 teams that were not in the championship division last year are here this year: Baylor, Johns Hopkins, Michigan State, North Dakota State, Texas State, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, USC, Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Virginia.

The Men's Championship pools are as follows:

Pool A:
Arizona, Texas State and Minnesota

Pool B:
North Carolina, UCLA and Missouri

Pool C:
Ohio State, Oregon and Colorado State

Pool D:
Florida, Indiana and Johns Hopkins

Pool E:
Michigan State, Pennsylvania and Texas A&M

Pool F:
Colorado, Virginia and Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Pool G:
UCSB, Penn State and Baylor

Pool H:
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, North Dakota State and USC

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