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Texas-Pan American (T-PA) and five independent Division 1 schools have joined the Great West Conference, starting conference play in basketball during the 2009-10 season. Immediately it helps give these independents a chance to get into a strutured season schedule. But the elusive NCAA post-season participation is pretty complicated.
The basketball side of the conference includes Houston Baptist, NJIT, North Dakota, South Dakota, T-PA and Utah Valley. Yes, the Great West apparently includes the New Jersey Institute of Technology ... cartographers please take note.
Because the NCAA has several rules regarding participation in the post-season NCAA tournament, there's varying times by which members could actually participate in the post-season tournament ... and the idea of an automatic bid is years down the path.
"The GWC, in addition to altering the hoops landscape as the 32nd Division I conference, could also significantly impact the shape of the NCAA tournament's bracket in the next decade" according to ESPN.com The NCAA requirements can get pretty confusing so if you're interested, read the article at this link
The basketball side of the conference includes Houston Baptist, NJIT, North Dakota, South Dakota, T-PA and Utah Valley. Yes, the Great West apparently includes the New Jersey Institute of Technology ... cartographers please take note.
Because the NCAA has several rules regarding participation in the post-season NCAA tournament, there's varying times by which members could actually participate in the post-season tournament ... and the idea of an automatic bid is years down the path.
"The GWC, in addition to altering the hoops landscape as the 32nd Division I conference, could also significantly impact the shape of the NCAA tournament's bracket in the next decade" according to ESPN.com The NCAA requirements can get pretty confusing so if you're interested, read the article at this link