2010 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS SELECTIONS
INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 teams and 16 first- and second-round sites for the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships.
First- and second-round competition will be conducted May 14-16, with the winner of each site advancing to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia, hosted by the University of Georgia. The team championship will be held May 21-25.
The teams will play a single-elimination tournament at 16 first- and second-round sites (four teams at each site) and the finals site (16-team bracket) to determine the national champion. The matches shall be regulation dual matches with three (3) eight-game, pro-set doubles played for one team point, followed by six (6) singles matches, each valued at one team point, played best of three sets. Regular scoring will be used and a 12-point tiebreaker will be played at eight games all in doubles and at six games all in singles.
Thirty-one conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below.
America East – Binghamton University
Atlantic 10 – Xavier
Atlantic Coast – Virginia
Atlantic Sun – East Tennessee State
Big East – Louisville
Big Sky – Sacramento State
Big South – Winthrop
Big Ten – Ohio State
Big 12 – Texas
Big West – UC Irvine
Colonial – VCU
Conference USA – Rice
Horizon – Cleveland State
Ivy – Columbia
Metro Atlantic – Marist
MAC – Western Michigan
Mid-Eastern – South Carolina State
Missouri Valley – Wichita State
Mountain West – TCU
Northeast – Quinnipiac
Ohio Valley – Eastern Kentucky
Pacific-10 – Southern California
Patriot – Navy
SEC – Tennessee
Southern – North Carolina-Greensboro
Southland – UTSA
SWAC – Prairie View A&M
Summit – Oral Roberts
Sun Belt – Troy
West Coast – Pepperdine
WAC – Hawaii
