Page 133 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

7. BASKETBALL – WOMEN’S – DIVISION
Section 1. Tournament Site Selections
A. Colleges or organizations wishing to host the NJCAA Championship Basketball Tournament must submit a written request or bid to
the NJCAA National Office by September 1st prior to the subsequent Annual Meeting. Bids shall be for sites three years hence.
B. The NJCAA National Office shall place all bids before the Committee on Championship Events as provided in Article X.
Section 2. Tournament Dates
The NJCAA Women's Championship Basketball Tournament begins on the Monday prior to the third Tuesday in March.
March 16-21, 2020 at Rip Griffin Center; Lubbock, TX
March 15-20, 2021 at Rip Griffin Center; Lubbock, TX
March 14-19, 2022 at Rip Griffin Center; Lubbock, TX
March 20-25, 2023 at Rip Griffin Center; Lubbock, TX
Section 3. Tournament Host Pre-Tournament Responsibilities
A. The Tournament Host will notify the qualifying teams of the time schedules and other pertinent tournament information.
B. The Tournament Host shall be responsible for the promotion, advertising and ticket sales of the contest. They shall secure the
playing site and make all the arrangements for the handling of spectators.
C. No entry fee will be required.
Section 4. Division I Qualifications of Teams for Tournament Play
A. Sixteen districts and eight at-large teams will participate in the 2020 NJCAA Tournament. No more
than three teams from one district may be chosen in any combination (district champions and at-large).
B. The 2020 Tournament Bracket will be a 24-team single elimination bracket (see Tournament Seeding).
C. Sixteen District Champions will receive automatic bids.
D. Upon qualification for the National Tournament, each team will be required to upload a complete game film in one file for their last
game played – including postseason – to the NJCAA official film exchange per instructions provided by the NJCAA
National Office. If an At-Large team’s last game was against a National Tournament qualifier who will already have a different game
uploaded to the film exchange, the At-Large qualifier will upload film from their last game played against a team that didn’t qualify for
the National Tournament. Teams must upload their game film no later than 48 hours following the release of the fully seeded
bracket. Game films must be from a half-court view and must be of good quality where player numbers are visible. Penalties for non-
compliance will include, but are not limited to: the offending institution will not have access to the uploaded games on the NJCAA
official film exchange, a letter of reprimand to offending college president and the head coach will be suspended from coaching the
first National Tournament game.
E. Districts:
2019-2020 DISTRICTS
DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S)
West 1 Southwest 5 Northwest Plains 9 Rocky Mountain 18
South Central 2 Plains 6 Southeast 10, 17 South 22
Northeast 3, 15, 20 Appalachian 7 Central 11, 16 Gulf 23
North Central 4, 13 South Atlantic 8 Mid-South 14 Midwest 12, 24

F. District winners must be determined by the second Saturday prior to the start of the championship tournament.
G. A district championship game must be played in order for teams to qualify for the national championship. If a district fails to
provide a representative to the National Tournament, the substitute team will come from the district which won the National
Tournament the previous year. If a second substitute is needed, it will come from the district that finished second in the National
Tournament the previous year.
H. The district playoff winner will receive a plaque to be provided by the host region.
I. District playoff games must be played on regulation size court.
J. The At-Large Selection Committee will be a six-member committee made up of two Sport Committee members( Chair and
Vice-Chair) and four at-large members, who will serve two-year terms on the committee. The At-Large Committee will make
the at-large selection on Sunday, March 8, 2020.
Full-time members (approved every three years by the NJCAA)
Chair of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee
Vice-Chair of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee
At-Large members (two-year terms) selected by the Division I Basketball Committee and approved by the NJCAA
a. 2018-20 Southeast Regional Director( Regions 7-8-10-17-22-23) Michelle Ivey
b. 2018-20 Midwest Regional Director ( Regions4-6-11-13-16-24) Dan Mason
c. 2020-22 Northeast Regional Director ( Regions 3-12-15-19-20-21) Jo Ann Rogers
d. 2020-22 West Regional Director ( Regions 1-2-5-9-14-18) Marci Henry
Section 5. Rules and Procedures
A. NCAA Rules shall be used with the exception of uniform NCAA authenticating mark that requires preapproval prior to production.
B. The official tournament ball will be the Spalding TF1000 Legacy 28.5 (74-8209)
C. Teams are limited to the number of players which corresponds to the number of letters of intent as listed in the basketball sport
procedures. Once the roster is entered in the official scorebook, no substitutions may be made.
D. For each game of the tournament, the team with higher seed (lower number) in each game will be the HOME TEAM and wear light
colored jerseys/uniform. The lower seed (higher number) will be the VISITOR TEAM and wear dark colored jerseys/uniform.
E. The 2020 National Tournament Bracket with placement and game numbers are as follows: