NCAA 2017 Winter Champs

[Chieftain2009]

The bracket for the D3 men's ice hockey tournament has been released:

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket ... ey-men/d3/

The final four and championships will be March 24-25 at Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, NY.

[Chieftain2009]

The bracket for the D3 women's ice hockey tournament has been released:

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket ... -women/d3/

The final four and championship will be March 17-18 at a site that is TBD.

[Chieftain2009]

The D3 men's and women's indoor track and field qualifier list has been announced:

http://results.deltatiming.com/ncaa/tf/ ... mpionships

The championship is March 10-11 at the Res Rec Center in Naperville, IL.

[Chieftain2009]

Next championship qualifiers announced will be tomorrow:

DI Men's Swimming & Diving; DI Wrestling

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The DI Wrestling Championships brackets have been released:

http://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/ ... ackets.pdf

The tournament will feature 3 Ohio Bobcats and 9 Ohio State Buckeyes.

The Championships will be March 16-18 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO.

[Chieftain2009]

The DI Men's Swimming & Diving qualifiers have been announced today. Here is the press release for the qualifiers, including the psych sheet

http://www.ncaa.com/news/swimming-men/a ... ampionship

The Championship will be March 22-25 at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.

[Chieftain2009]

No more sports qualifiers for the championships will be announced in Sunday, March 12 when the following will be announced:

DI Men's Basketball

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The first title has been awarded for the winter, as West Virginia shooting a championship record score of 4723, which was the 5th consecutive season that the Mountaineers have claimed the NCAA title in Rifle and their record 19th overall title in Rifle. TCU finished runner-up with a score of 4706 and Murray State finished 3rd with a score of 4692. Ohio State placed 7th.

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In the Skiing national championship, it was Utah that claimed the title, their first since 2003 and their 11th overall title in the sport. Going into the final day, Utah trailed Denver by 34.5 points but had a massive final day in the men's freestyle and the women's race. The Utes scored 541.5 points en route to the title, followed by Denver with 525 points and Colorado with 524 points.

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In the DIII Indoor Track National Championship, the two most successful programs in the history of DIII did not disappoint. Wisconsin-La Crosse captured the national title on a tie-breaker, which is extremely rare. They tied at 34 points a piece with North Central (ILL) and ultimately took home the title after finishing higher in the final event, the 4x400. In the record books, the title is technically shared, but UW La Crosse will take the home the trophy. This is UW-La Crosse's record 18th indoor national title and 32nd overall (14 outdoor). Wisconsin Whitewater took home third place with 30 points and Wisconsin Steven's Point took fourth with 27 points.

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On the women's side of indoor DIII track and field, Washington-St. Louis clinched the program's first ever indoor national title with a total of 44 points. Ithaca finished 2nd with 41.25 points and George Fox was 3rd with 31 points.

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In DII Women's Indoor Track & Field action, the ladies from Adams State took home the title, their 3rd overall indoor title and their first since 2014. Adams State scored 47 points to win, Grand Valley State was runner-up with 39 points and Chardon State took home 3rd place with 38 points.

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On the men's side in DII, Tiffin took home the title, for the second time in school history. Not only was it their second title ever, but it was their second in a row. The Dragons scored 63 points to take home the title, Ashland was runner-up with 52 points and in 3rd place was St. Augustines with 46 points. Logan grad Coy Blair led Tiffin scoring 20 points by himself by winning the individual national titles in both the shot put and the weight throw.

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It was a busy day in the track and field world, as the DI champions were crowned today as well. On the men's side, Texas A&M (the host school) claimed the program's first ever indoor title, and it was essentially a buzzer beater as they took the lead in the final event, the 4x400. Texas A&M scored 46 points, only defeating runner-up Florida by half of a point who scored 45.5. Oregon finished 3rd with 38 points.

Individual event winners:

60m: Christian Coleman (6.45) - Tennessee (NCAA Meet Record/Facility Record)
200m: Christian Coleman (20.11) - Tennessee (Facility Record)
400m: Fred Kerley (44.85) - Texas A&M (Facility Record)
800m: Emmanuel Korir (1:47.48) - UTEP
Mile: Josh Kerr (4:03.22) - New Mexico
3000m: Edward Cheserek (7:55.91) - Oregon
5000m: Edward Cheserek (13:41.20) - Oregon
4x400m: Texas A&M (3:02.80) (NCAA Meet Record/Facility Record)
Distance Medley Relay: Ole Miss (9:31.32)
60m Hurdles: Grant Holloway (7.58) - Florida
Heptathlon: Devon Williams (6177) - Georgia
Long Jump: KeAndre Bates (26' 4.5") - Florida
Pole Vault: Chris Nilsen (18' 8.25") - South Dakota (Facility Record)
High Jump: Trey Culver (7' 5") - Texas Tech
Triple Jump: Clive Pullen (55' 3.75") - Arkansas
Shot Put: Mostafa Hassan (69' 9.5") - Colorado State (Facility Record)
Weight Throw: Johnnie Jackson (75' 0.75") - LSU

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The dynasty of Oregon continued today, as the Oregon women's indoor team claimed the national title, which was their 7th in the last 8 years and 7th overall. The Ducks absolutely dismantled the competition scoring 84 points, runner-up Georgia scored 51 and 3rd place Alabama scored 37.

Individual event winners:

60m: Hannah Cunliffe (7.14) - Oregon
200m: Ariana Washington (22.42) - Oregon (Facility Record)
400m: Shakima Wimbley (51.07) - Miami (FL)
800m: Raevyn Rogers (2:01.09) - Oregon (NCAA Meet Record/Facility Record)
Mile: Karisa Nelson (4:31.24) - Samford
3000m: Dani Jones (9:09.20) - Colorado
5000m: Karissa Schweizer (15:19.14) - Missouri (Facility Record)
4x400m: USC (3:27.03) (NCAA Meet Record/Collegiate Record/Facility Record)
Distance Medley Relay: Colorado (11:00.34)
60m Hurdles: Sasha Wallace (7.90) - Oregon (Facility Record)
Pentathlon: Kendell Williams (4682) - Georgia (Facility Record)
Long Jump: Sha'Keela Saunders (22' 7.75") - Kentucky (Facility Record)
High Jump: Madeline Fagan (6' 4") - Georgia
Triple Jump: Keturah Orji (46' 3.5") - Georgia (Facility Record)
Pole Vault: Lakan Taylor (14' 7.25") - Alabama
Shot Put: Raven Saunders (64' 2.25") - Ole Miss (NCAA Meet Record/Collegiate Record/Facility Record)
Weight Throw: Annette Echikunwoke (73' 6.75") - Cincinnati

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In DII Men's Swimming and Diving, Queens captured their 3rd consecutive title and 3rd title overall with a score of 563.5, blowing out runner-up Drury with 350, and Nova Southeastern finished 3rd compiling 313.

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Queens also captured the national title on the women's side, posting 467 points, well ahead of runner-up Drury with 385 and 3rd place Wingate with 346. That's a 3rd consecutive and 3rd overall on the women's side as well.

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The DII Wrestling Championship took place today as well, and Notre Dame (OH) took home the team title with a score of 103.5. That was well ahead of runner-up St. Cloud State with 67 points and 3rd place California Baptist with 56.5 points. For Notre Dame, it was their second title in school history and first since 2014, they were also runner-up last year.

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In DIII Wrestling action, Wartburg claimed it's record 13th national title in wrestling, ahead of runner-up Messiah today. Wartburg scored 129.5 points and Messiah with 100 points.

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March Madness! The D1 Men's Basketball tournament brackets has been revealed:

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket ... all-men/d1

NCAA Tournament Schedule:

First Four: March 14-15 (Dayton)
1st/2nd Round: March 16-19 (Buffalo, Milwaukee, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Greenville, Indianapolis, Tulsa, Sacramento)
Regionals: March 23-26 (Kansas City, San Jose, Memphis, New York)
Final Four/Championship: April 1&3 (Phoenix)