D4 Final Four set

16 started and now only 4 remain. The often criticized LNCUTMV Conference made a clean sweep of the regionals and it will be an all LNCUTMV Final Four. The LNCUTMV made a controversial move this year by refusing to play non-conference games. All 8 of their teams qualified for this years tournament and half are still dancing.


Defending D4 Champ Alaska-Adak now 19-17 on the year won the Firewater College Regional with wins over fellow LNCUTMV member Daisy Moses Medical College and then ran the host Firewater College (IND) off their own floor to claim a return trip to Hooterville.






"System originator" Mount Pilot Central State 20-14 had little difficulty in the Los Robles-Carizzo Springs regional despite playing two LNCUTMV teams Southern NAIA Tech-Hooterville was the victim in the first round and Pigs Knuckle Hollow-Creekside fell in the second.







Southern NAIA Tech 21-12 hosted a regional at Sam Drucker Court at Haney Automotive Arena and quickly dispatched Forked Tongue University (MANIAC) and Morris Wanchuk (IND) to get to play on.









Rounding out the field is Bugtussle St. at 17-17. They are the lowest remaining seed having started out as the #10 team. They upset Trout Creek A&T (IND) in the first round and were the beneficiaries of another upset as #2 Reservation St. (MANIAC) fell to #15 Wisconsin A&M-Springstead (UCWI) on their home floor.



As previously stated the Lower North Central Upper Tennessee Middle Valley (LNCUTMV) lead the way with 8 teams in the tournament, followed by the Minnesota and Northern Iowa Athletic Conference (MANIAC) and the Independents each with 3. The University Conference of Wisconsin and Illinois had 2**.

**Exeland Institute/Edgewater Institute @Ojibway (EIEIO) was selected to this years field as College of St. Redskin (IND) was ineligible due to insufficient non-medical red shirts.