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OPENING TIP: No. 23-ranked and RMAC regular season co-champion Dixie State (23-6) returns to action this weekend as the Trailblazers host the 2020 RMAC Men's Basketball Tournament semifinal and championship games inside the Burns Arena.
    The top-seeded Trailblazers will host #4 seed Colorado Mesa (19-10) in the second semifinal game on Friday night at 7 p.m. Dixie State advanced to the semifinals on the strength of an 84-71 quarterfinal victory over #8 seed Regis this past Tuesday night, while CMU slipped past UCCS by a 69-66 count in the quarterfinal round.
    It will be a "meeting of the Mines" the first semifinal game on Friday as #3 seed Colorado School of Mines (21-9) squares off against #7 seed South Dakota Mines (17-12) at 5 p.m. Colorado School of Mines earned its trip to St. George with a 73-66 quarterfinal win over #6 seed New Mexico Highlands on Tuesday night, while SD Mines (17-12) upset #2 seed Black Hills State, 80-71 on Tuesday.
    The two semifinal winners will advance on to play in the 2020 RMAC Tournament Championship game, which will take place on Saturday night at 7 p.m. The winner of that contest will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament South Central Regionals, which will be held this upcoming March 13-17 (location and game times TBA).

DIXIE STATE ON THE AIR: Dixie State's RMAC Tournament run will be broadcast live on DSU's campus radio station, 91.3 KXDS-FM, with DSU Assistant Media Relations Coordinator Keric Seegmiller calling the play-by-play action and DSU Associate AD and former assistant coach Mike Olson providing color commentary. Along with the radio coverage, all DSU home games are simulcast on KCEC-TV (TDS Cable Channel 22), with tape-delay rebroadcasts throughout the following week.

DIXIE STATE AGAINST THE TOURNEY FIELD: Dixie State is 8-4 all-time against Colorado Mesa and has won five-straight and seven of the last eight meetings overall, which includes a pair of slug fests earlier this season (at DSU 74, CMU 68 - 1/24/20; DSU 67, at CMU 62 - 2/8/20).
    DSU is 0-2 vs. Colorado School of Mines, with both of those losses coming in RMAC play, including an 80-79 overtime setback vs. the Orediggers in the Burns Arena this past Jan. 4. Last year in Golden, Dixie State came out on the wrong end of a 93-75 decision on the Orediggers' home floor (1/5/19).  
    On the flip side, Dixie State is 2-0 is in its brief series vs. SD Mines. The Blazers posted a 77-69 home victory over the Hardrockers back on Dec. 6, and came away with a 71-65 result in the first-ever game between the two sides last season in Rapid City (12/7/18).

LAST TIME OUT: Dixie State picked up its first-ever RMAC Tournament victory this past Tuesday night as the top-seeded Trailblazers dispatched #8 seed Regis, 84-71, inside the Burns Arena.
    Junior forward Hunter Schofield led four Blazers in double figures with 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting and 8-of-11 at the foul line. The junior also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds to go with three blocks and two steals.
    Senior guard Jack Pagenkopf added 14 points with seven boards and five dimes, and freshman forward Frank Staine and senior guard Andre Wilson chipped in 13 points apiece.

LAST SEASON IN THE RMAC: After joining the RMAC in 2018, the 2019-20 season will mark the second and final season the Trailblazers will be a competing member of the conference. In the upcoming 2020-21 season, Dixie State begins its transition to NCAA Division I status and will become a new member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). 

NATIONAL/REGIONAL RANKINGS: Dixie State moved up two spots to No. 23 in this week's NABC Division II Top-25 Coaches poll and remained at No. 21 in the latest D2SIDA Media top-25 poll. In addition, the third 2020 NCAA South Central Regional rankings were released last Wednesday and the Trailblazers remained the top RMAC team on the 10-team list at No. 3. Black Hills State checked in at No. 4, followed by Colorado School of Mines at No. 5 and CMU at No. 10. 

COACHING STAFF: Six-time PacWest Conference Coach of the Year Jon Judkins (Utah State, 1988; 569-260 career record) is in his 15th season on the Dixie State bench, where he has compiled a 285-132 overall record, including a 265-120 mark during DSU's NCAA Division II era.
    Last season, Judkins led DSU to an 18-9 overall record, the program's 11th-straight winning seasons, which includes seven 20-win campaigns, highlighted by a school-record 23 victories in 2017-18, and 22 wins during both the 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons. He also guided DSU to six Pacific West championships, including four-straight titles from 2009-13 and two more crowns in 2014-15 and 2017-18, along with PacWest Tournament titles in 2013 and 2018. In addition, Judkins has led Dixie State to eight trips to the NCAA Tournament in the last 10 seasons overall from 2010-19, advancing all the way to the "Sweet 16" in the 2011 West Regional final.
    Prior to his arrival at Dixie State, Judkins served as head coach at Snow College for 12 full seasons and posted a 284-128 overall record. He led the Badgers to a pair of Scenic West Athletic Conference titles in 1999 and 2000, which earned him SWAC Coach of the Year honors. Judkins played for one season at Dixie State before transferring to Utah State, where he became the second Aggie to post a triple-double. During the 1987-88 season, he helped lead the Aggies to the PCAA title and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
    Judkins is joined on the Trailblazer sidelines this season by assistant coaches Jake Schroeder (Portland State, 2006), who returns for his second stint as a DSU assistant coach, Andrew May (BYU, 2010), who joins the DSU program this season after serving as director of basketball operations at BYU, and third-year volunteer assistant coach David Foster (Utah, 2013).

569 AND COUNTING: Coach Judkins became the first men's coach in Utah collegiate basketball history to reach the 500-win plateau when Dixie State defeated Hawai'i Hilo (81-72) back on January 28, 2017.
    Coach Judkins (569 career wins; .687 W%) is currently second all-time in coaching victories in Utah college basketball history, trailing only legendary University of Utah head women's coach Elaine Elliott, who amassed 582 career wins (582-234) in her 27 seasons on the Utes' sideline.

NEW YEAR = NEW STREAK?: Dixie State's road loss at Western Oregon (12/20) snapped the Blazers' NCAA-era program record 23-game regular season win streak, which included the final 13 regular season games last year.  
    In the 2017-18 campaign, the Trailblazers won their final 15 regular season games, and pushed that streak to a school record 17-straight victories overall in the Pacific West Conference tournament, en route to an NCAA-era program record 23 wins (23-7). Coincidentally, the 2017-18 win streak also came to an end on WOU's home court in Monmouth as the Trailblazers carried the streak into their NCAA Division II Tournament West Regional first round game vs. Azusa Pacific, but came away with a season-ending 69-65 loss.
    As the calendar turned to a new year and decade, DSU has played to a whopping 170-51 (.769) overall record during the final two months of the regular season in the program's NCAA era (13-plus seasons), including a 12-5 mark this year.

IT'S NOT HOW YOU START....: Dixie State tied an NCAA era program record in the win vs. Adams State on Feb. 14, as the Blazers reached the 20-win plateau in game No. 24. That feat was first achieved in the 2011-12 season when DSU needed only 24 games to hit the 20-win mark, though that team lost its final three games of the year to finish the campaign at 20-7.  

ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY THIS WEEKEND: Dixie State enters this weekend's RMAC Tournament action with a chance to make history. Not only will two more victories give the Blazers their first RMAC postseason tournament title and ninth NCAA Tournament appearance, but a win Friday night vs. CMU will also break the program's NCAA era record for single-season victories.
    DSU tied the record with its 23rd win of the season last Tuesday vs. Regis. The record was first set two seasons ago during the 2017-18 campaign as the Blazers posted a 23-7 overall mark. That season also included PacWest regular season and postseason tournament titles and a trip to the 2018 NCAA Division II Tournament West Regionals.

A DECADE OF DOMINANCE: Dixie State closed out the 2010-19 decade as one of the most dominant programs in the NCAA Division II ranks. DSU posted a 208-74 (.737) overall record and captured six Pacific West Conference championships (and two PacWest tournament crowns) over that 10-year span. In addition, the program earned eight NCAA Tournament bids, including seven-straight NCAA postseason appearances from 2010-16.
    Dixie State notched six 20-win seasons in the decade, including a NCAA-era record 23 victories in the 2017-18 season.
    DSU also began the decade with a seven-game winning streak and won 10 of its first 11 games overall to finish that year 15-3 (20-6 overall), while the Trailblazers closed the decade, coincidentally, by winning 10 of its final 11 games over the first two months of the 2019-20 season. 

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK: Dixie State's come-from-behind overtime victory at New Mexico Highlands (109-108; 12/13/19), during which DSU erased a 19-point second half deficit, marked the second-largest double-digit comeback in the program's NCAA era. In the 2013-14 season, Dixie State rallied from a 21-point (14-35) first half hole at home vs. Chaminade (2/15/14), outscoring the Silverswords 76-42 over the final 30-plus minutes of play to post a 90-77 triumph.
    The Trailblazers' 19-point rally at NMHU is the largest road comeback in the program's four-year era, passing the 17-point first half deficit DSU erased in a thrilling 66-64 win at California Baptist in the 2018 PacWest Tournament championship game (3/3/18).

HOME SWEET HOME: Since becoming an NCAA Division II program in 2006-07, Dixie State has played to a 135-28 (.828) overall record on its home floor under Head Coach Jon Judkins, including an 12-1 mark this season. DSU has posted eight 10-plus win seasons during its four-year era, highlighted by a perfect 12-0 record in 2009-10, and 11-1 records in consecutive seasons in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
    Dixie State clinched its 13th-straight home winning season record in 14 seasons of NCAA competition in the home win over Regis this past Jan. 18.

HOME SWEET HOME, PART 2: Dixie State is currently second in the NCAA D-II ranks in average attendance (2,498) and third in total attendance (32,475) through 13 home dates this season, which includes a season-high 3,493 fans that saw the Trailblazers defeat Western Colorado back on Jan. 25.  
    DSU finished the 2018-19 season ranked in the top-three nationally at the NCAA Division II level in home game attendance. Last season's accomplishment also marked the 10th-straight season overall that the Trailblazer program has closed a season ranked in the top-10 in the nation in home attendance.
    The Trailblazers posted the third-highest total attendance number in the country at 34,882 fans in 15 home dates, which was also first in both the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and the NCAA South Central Region. In addition, DSU finished tied for second nationally (with Fort Hays State) in season attendance average at 2,325 fans per home game, behind only Northern (SD) State, which led the nation in both total attendance (51,526/14 games) and attendance average (3,680).
    Since the 2008-09 season, Dixie State has been annually ranked in the top-15 in Division II in home attendance, including second-overall in 2012-13 and 2013-14, and third in the country in 2010-11 and 2011-12 campaigns. DSU was also ranked fourth-overall in 2016-17, fifth in 2014-15, sixth in 2015-16, ninth in 2009-10 and 2017-18, and 14th in 2008-09.

HOW ABOUT WHEN THE BAGS ARE PACKED?: Dixie State is 131-93 (.585) in 224 games away from home in its Division II era under Head Coach Jon Judkins, including a combined 11-5 record this season (7-5 road; 4-0 neutral). Overall, the Trailblazers have played to a 103-72 record (.588) in true road games, and a 28-21 mark (.571) in neutral site games during Judkins' tenure.
    The Trailblazers, who posted a 7-5 regular season road mark last year, were a combined 14-6 as road warriors in the 2017-18 campaign, including a 10-4 road mark to go with a 4-2 record in neutral-site games. DSU has now won eight or more games away from home in 11 of its 14 D-II campaigns overall, including a program best 15-5 record (10-2 in road contests) in 2010-11.

RELEASE...ROTATION...SPLASH: Dating back to late in the 2016-17 season, Dixie State has hit at least one 3-pointer in 88-straight games, including a season-high 12 3-pointers at Westminster, (2/28) and 11 trifectas in the come-from behind win at New Mexico Highlands (12/13).
    Last season, DSU nailed a school record-tying 13 treys at Colorado Mesa (1/25/19), which was followed by 10 more 3-pointers the next night at Western Colorado (1/26/19). That feat marked the first time in the program's NCAA era that Dixie State had made 10 or more 3-pointers in back-to-back games.
    In all, Dixie State has hit at least one three pointer in 289 of its last 291 games overall, and in 383 of the program's 387 NCAA-era games since the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
    Dixie State has reached double-figures in made 3-pointers 19 times in its four-year era overall, highlighted by a single-game 3FGM school record of 13 first set at Carroll College on Nov. 11, 2008.

TRAILBLAZERS LAND THREE ON ALL-RMAC AWARDS LIST: Senior guard Jack Pagenkopf was named Player of the Year to highlight Dixie State's representation in the 2019-20 RMAC Men's Basketball postseason awards announcement on Tuesday. Pagenkopf, along with junior forward Hunter Schofield, earned first team all-RMAC honors, while junior guard Dason Youngblood was an honorable mention pick.
    Pagenkopf has started in all 29 games played and scored in double figures in 24 of those contests, including 20 of 22 RMAC contests with six 20-point outings in conference play. He has scored 10 or more points in 19-straight games and finished the regular season as one of only two players ranked in the top-20 in the conference in scoring (17th), rebounding (12th), assists (1st and 18th-nationally) and steals (2nd and 44th-nationally).
    Pagenkopf scored a career-high 27 points in DSU's home win vs. Fort Lewis (2/15) and poured in 23 points in DSU's RMAC co-championship clinching win at Westminster College (2/28). In addition, he became the first player in Dixie State's NCAA era to record a triple-double, going for 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a win vs. UT-Tyler (11/9), which earned him RMAC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
    The senior has pulled down 10 or more rebounds on five different occasions and dished out six or more assists 16 times on his way to breaking DSU's single-season assist record (173).
    Pagenkopf enters this weekend's RMAC tournament needing only three steals to eclipse DSU's single-season steals record (58, No. 2 all-time), and he is currently ranked fifth all-time in career steals (59) and sixth in career assists (250). The senior is also ninth in career scoring average (11.6), FT% (.764) and 3FG% (.356), t-ninth in career 3FGM (73), and 10th in rebounding average (4.9).
    Thanks to his 24-point night vs. Regis, Schofield enters Friday night's game vs. CMU needing only five points to become Dixie State's single season scoring leader. The junior (480 pts) passed former Blazer forward Matt Conway (467, 2018-19) for second on the list on Tuesday night, while former DSU forward and former assistant coach Kasey Winters owns the record with 484 points scored during the 2007-08 season.
    Schofield has scored in double figures in 25 of 29 games this season with eight 20-plus point outings, and has led DSU in scoring 13 times. He finished the regular season as the only RMAC player to be ranked in the top-10 in the conference in scoring (10th), rebounding (9th) and field goal percentage (6th), and has a co-team high three double-doubles to his credit.  
    In addition to his 24 points on Tuesday night, Schofield became Dixie State's single-season leader in FGM (184) and he is now tied atop the season FGA list (343) with Pagenkopf. The junior has scored in double figures in 15 of DSU's last 18 games since the calendar turned to 2020 with five 20-plus point outings. Schofield poured in a game-high 25 points on 10-of-11 shooting (3-3 3FG) in DSU's win at Westminster last Friday, and tallied a career-high 28 points in a road win at CSU-Pueblo (12/14).  
    Youngblood has started in 28 of 29 games played and is currently ranked in the top-25 nationally in assist-turnover ratio with an RMAC leading 2.8 ratio. The junior scored in double figures in 14 of those 29 outings, highlighted by a career-high 27-point night in a win vs. Alaska Fairbanks (11/23), which earned him RMAC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
    Youngblood scored 15 or more points on six occasions, including an RMAC season-high 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting vs. Western Colorado (1/25), and dished out five or more assists six times and had registered eight assists twice, both in road wins at New Mexico Highlands (12/13) and at Fort Lewis (1/31). He finished the regular season t-12th in the RMAC in assists (3.5 apg) and was a 2019-20 First Team Academic all-RMAC honors.

2019-20 TEAM NOTES:  
* - Freshman forward Frank Staine has been showing signs that he's returning to early season form as he has averaged 9.6 ppg on nearly 50-percent shooting over his last 10 games ... the freshman posted his first collegiate double-double at Westminster (2/28), against which he went for 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting (3-of-5 3FG) and a game and career-high 11 rebounds ... Staine then followed that up with 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting (3-of-4 3FG) with four boards vs. Regis last Tuesday ... Staine has shot 57.1 percent (20-of-35) from the perimeter during this current stretch and has hit two or more 3-pointers on seven occasions, including four treys at Fort Lewis (1/31) as part of a 15-point night ... Staine has scored in double figures in 13 of his 28 starts overall, highlighted by a career high 20 points in a home win vs. UCCS (1/3).
* - Senior reserve guard Andre Wilson tied a career-high with 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers in the win at Chadron State (1/11), which coincidentally, he also scored 16 points against nearly a year-to-the-day in the Burns Arena (1/12/19) ... the senior also came up big in Tuesday's win vs. Regis as he poured in 13 points and picked off a career-high tying three steals in his second start of the year ... Wilson hit a 3-pointer and went 6-of-6 at the foul line, all of which came with 1:36 on the clock after he was fouled in securing his third steal ... Regis was then assessed two technical fouls, and Wilson knocked down all six charity tosses to seal the win ... Wilson has scored 10 or more points in six of his last 20 outings and he currently leads the team in 3FG% (.456 - 3rd on DSU's single season list; 31-of-68).
* - The number "13" has been a lucky one for senior forward Cameron Chatwin, who has scored in double figures in five of his last 10 games, including three 13-point nights during that stretch vs. Western (1/25), at FLC (1/31) and at CCU (2/22) ... Chatwin also posted his first DSU double-double with 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds in 17 reserve minutes vs. Adams State (2/14), and pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds with six points at Regis (2/21) ... the senior has averaged 7.4 points and 4.8 rebounds over his last 18 games overall.
* - Junior forward Jarod Greene will look to return to action this weekend after he has missed the last five games due to injury ... Greene enjoyed a break-out night in DSU's win over Colorado Christian (1/17) as he knocked down 6-of-7 of his shots from the floor and 5-of-6 at the line on his way to a career-high 17 points in just 17 minutes of action ... Greene also posted a perfect night (outside of foul trouble) at Western (2/7) with 12 points on 5-of-5 from the floor and 2-of-2 at the line with a game and career-high tying eight rebounds.
* - Greene was inserted into the starting line-up for the first time at Western Oregon (12/20), against which his scored nine points with five rebounds in 19 minutes ... Greene, who DNP vs. FLC last Saturday, has started each of his last 13 games since and his averaging 6.6 ppg as a starter.
* - Speaking of perfect, sophomore forward Jacob Nicolds also enjoyed "perfection" at Western (2/7) as he went 5-of-5 with a 3-pointer and 6-of-6 at the charity stripe on his way to a career-high 17 points ... Nicolds also grabbed three boards and picked off a steal in a career-high 25 minutes of action.  
* - Nicolds' night at Western eclipsed his previous career night at Chadron State (1/11), against which he went for 16 points on 3-of-4 from the floor and 10-of-11 at the foul line, and pulled down a career-best seven rebounds for good measure.
* - Nicolds, who has started in each of the last four games, is averaging 6.7 ppg over his last 17 outings, has proven himself as one of DSU's best all around shooters this season as he has connected on 43-of-64 (.672) from the floor, which includes a 54.5 clip (6-of-11) from the perimeter, and a team-best 82.0 percent (50-of-61) at the line in limited duty.
* - Sophomore Josh Newbold just missed notching his first collegiate double-double in the Adams State win (2/14) as he went for 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting and a career-high nine boards in just 14 minutes ... Newbold poured in seven points on a perfect 3-of-3 shooting with a 3-pointer and three rebounds in seven minutes vs. Regis last Tuesday.
* - DSU reserves have outscored their opponent's reserves by a combined 732-557 (25.2 ppg-19.2 ppg) count through 29 games this season, including a season-high 45 points and a season-best +30 (45-15) scoring margin in the win vs. Adams State (2/14) ... DSU's previous season-high bench point total was 42 (42-26) in the road win at Chadron State (1/11) ... DSU's bench has outscored its opponents' reserves in 21 of 29 games overall.
* - Dixie State reached the 100-point plateau for the third time this season in win vs. ASU (2/14) ... DSU is 3-0 this season when scoring 100+ points, including overtime wins vs. UT-Tyler (100-91, 11/9) and at New Mexico Highlands (109-108, 12/13).
* - Dixie State's 109 points scored at NMHU (12/13) were the third-most in the program's NCAA era, while the 108 points scored by NMHU are a DSU opponent single-game record, which eclipsed the previous record of 105 points scored by Dominican (L, 90-105; 2/20/14) during the 2013-14 season ... Colorado Christian (105 pts) also tied for the second-most points given up by a Dixie State team in that OT result (2/22).
* - Meanwhile, the 217 combined points scored in the DSU/NMHU game are also a new DSU program record, beating the previous total of 207 set in a 104-103 overtime loss at Azusa Pacific (12/10/16) during the 2016-17 campaign.
* - DSU has now lost two-straight overtime games and is 2-2 in four OT game this season, which includes the loss at CCU (2/22), and the home OT loss to Colorado School of Mines (1/4), which snapped DSU's five-game OT win streak ... DSU also notched OT wins at NMHU (12/13) and vs. UT-Tyler (11/9) earlier this season ... The DSU/CCU OT game was just the 33rd overtime game in the program's NCAA era (385 games), and DSU is 20-13 all-time in overtime games ... Four of those 33 games have gone to double-overtime (2-2), the last was a 79-75 loss at Cal Poly Pomona (11/10/17) in the 2017-18 season opener.
* - Dating back to the 2016-17 season, Dixie State has had 58 of its last 112 games decided by nine points or less, including three of its last six and in 13 of 29 games this season (9-4).
* - Meanwhile, 14 of Dixie State's 23 wins have come by double-digits, including eight of its last 12, highlighted by a season-high +30 point margin vs. WCU (1/25) ... DSU's +8.4 scoring margin is currently second in the RMAC and good for t-50th nationally.
* - Also dating back to 2016-17, Dixie State has shot 50 percent or better in 42 of its last 107 games overall, including three-straight and in nine of the last 13 games overall, highlighted by a season-high 58.5 clip (35-of-60) at Fort Lewis (1/31), and a 58.3 night vs. Western Colorado (1/25).
* - Dixie State tied NCAA-era program record lows in FTM (3) and FTA (4) in the home win vs. CMU (1/24) ... DSU was held to three FTM on three prior occasions, the last coming last season at home against Western Colorado (2/8/19), while it was just the second time in the program's four-year era that the Blazers attempted only four total free throws in a game (vs. Texas A&M-Commerce - 11/29/14).
* - Dixie State connected on a season-high 90.0 percent (27-of-30) at the line in the Blazers' road win at Western Colorado (2/7).
* - DSU shot a sizzling 70.0 percent (21-of-30) in the second half vs. Western Colorado (1/25) ... in fact, DSU knocked down 19 of its 21 shots from inside the 3-point arc in the frame ... that effort was the second-best shooting half of the season behind only a 73.1 second half (19-of-26) in the win vs. Black Hills State (12/7).
* - DSU has dished out 509 assists (17.6 apg - 1st in RMAC/15th-nationally) to 383 turnovers (13.3 tpg) through 29 games this year ... that number includes a season high 27 dimes (vs. just 10 TOs) at Fort Lewis (1/31), and a 24-assist, 9-turnover night at home vs. WCU (1/25).
*- DSU is also tops in the RMAC and ranked 37th-nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.32).
* - DSU has won the "Battle of the Boards" in 24 of 29 games of the year, highlighted by a season-best +30 margin (54-24) vs. Adams State (2/14), and a +20 margin (43-23, 11-2 on offensive glass) at Westminster (2/28) ... DSU has outrebounded an opponent in 67 of its last 83 games dating back to the 2017-18 campaign ... Dixie State leads the RMAC and is ranked 24th-nationally in rebounding margin (+5.9), and is ranked 44th-nationally in rebounds/game with an RMAC-leading 38.7 rpg average ... DSU also leads the RMAC and is ranked 17th in the country in defensive rebounds (28.6 rpg). 

UP NEXT: The winner of the RMAC Tournament championship will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament South Central Regionals, which will be held on March 14-17 (site and times TBA). The 2020 NCAA Division II Tournament Selection Show will be broadcast live on NCAA.com this Sunday, March 8, at 8:30 p.m. (MT).