Conference Tourneys (2009)
Besides the UMAC in the Central Region, winners of these tournaments will be awarded Pool A Bids (40 total) to the NCAA tournament. The UMAC is still a Pool B conference in 2009.
I listed multiregional conferences just once. For example, the UAA has teams from six of the eight regions, but it is listed only in the Central.
Not all conferences award Pool A bids to tournament champions.
CENTRAL REGION
IIAC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: Simpson
Winner: Simpson
MIAC, Nov. 3, 5, 7
No. 1 seed: Saint Benedict
Winner: Saint Benedict
SLIAC, Nov. 7
No. 1 seed: Webster
Winner: Webster
UAA, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: Washington
Winner: No. 2 seed Emory
UMAC (NO POOL A), Nov. 3, 7
No. 1 seed: Northwestern
Winner: No. 2 seed St. Scholastica
MIDWEST REGION
CCIW, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: Carthage
Winner: Carthage
MWC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: St. Norbert
Winner: St. Norbert
Northern AC, Nov. 3, 5, 7
No. 1 seed: Dominican
Winner: No. 2 seed Lakeland
WIAC, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: UW Oshkosh
Winner: No. 2 seed UW-Whitewater
GREAT LAKES REGION
HCAC, Nov. 7-8
No. 1 seed: Bluffton
Winner: Bluffton
MIAA, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: Hope
Winner: No. 2 seed Calvin
NCAC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: Wittenberg
Winner: Wittenberg
OAC, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: Heidelberg
Winner: No. 3 seed Ohio Northern (EDIT: Heidelberg still Pool A)
PAC, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: Thomas More
Winner: Thomas More
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
AMCC, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: Frostburg St.
Winner: Frostburg St.
CAC, Nov. 3, 5, 7
No. 1 seed: Salisbury
Winner: Salisbury
Centennial, Nov. 4, 7-8
No. 1 seed: Haverford
Winner: Haverford
CSAC, Nov. 3, 5, 7
No. 1 seed: Cabrini
Winner: Cabrini
Commonwealth, Nov. 4, 7
No. 1 seed: Lebanon Valley
Winner: Lebanon Valley
Freedom, Nov. 4, 7
No. 1 seed: Eastern
Winner: Eastern
Landmark, Nov. 4, 7
No. 1 seed: Juniata
Winner: Juniata
NEW ENGLAND REGION
GNAC, Nov. 3, 5, 7
No. 1 seed: Emerson
Winner: Emerson
LEC, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: UMass Boston
Winner: UMass Boston
MASCAC, Nov. 7
No. 1 seed: Westfield State
Winner: Westfield State
NAC, Oct. 31, Nov. 7
No. 1 seed: Maine Maritime
Winner: Maine Maritime
NESCAC, Nov. 6-8
No. 1 seed: Tufts
Winner: No. 2 seed Williams
NEWMAC, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: MIT
Winner: No. 2 seed Wellesley
TCCC, Nov. 3, 5, 7
No. 1 seed: Endicott
Winner: No. 4 seed Roger Williams
NEW YORK REGION
CUNYAC, Nov. 3, 6
No. 1 seed: Baruch
Winner: No. 2 seed City College of New York
Empire 8, Nov. 7
No. 1 seed: Stevens
Winner: Stevens
NEAC, Nov. 6-8
No. 1 seed: Morrisville State
Winner: No. 4 seed U of Dallas
NJAC, Nov. 3, 5, 7
No. 1 seed: Montclair State
Winner: No. 2 seed Richard Stockton
Skyline, Nov. 7
No. 1 seed: NYU-Poly
Winner: NYU-Poly
SUNYAC, Nov. 5-7
No. 1 seeds: New Paltz, Fredonia
Winner: New Paltz
SOUTH REGION
ASC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seeds: Texas-Dallas, Hardin-Simmons
Winner: Texas-Dallas
GSAC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: Maryville
Winner: Maryville
ODAC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: Randolph-Macon
Winner: Randolph-Macon
SCAC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: Southwestern
Winner: Southwestern
USA South, Nov. 3, 6-7
No. 1 seed: Christopher Newport
Winner: Christopher Newport
WEST REGION
NWC (No tournament – regular-season champ is Pool A)
Winner: Pacific Lutheran
SCIAC, Nov. 6-7
No. 1 seed: Redlands
Winner: Redlands
-Ricky Nelson
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