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College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III.
Conferences
Division I
There are 347 schools in 32 Division I basketball conferences. Each conference, except for the newly formed Great West Conference, receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship. The conferences are as follows:
*America East Conference
*Atlantic 10 Conference
*Atlantic Coast Conference
*Atlantic Sun Conference
*Big 12 Conference
*Big East Conference
*Big South Conference
*Big Sky Conference
*Big Ten Conference
*Big West Conference
*Colonial Athletic Association
*Conference USA
*Great West Conference
*Horizon League
*Ivy League
*Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
*Mid-American Conference
*Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
*Missouri Valley Conference
*Mountain West Conference
*Northeast Conference
*Ohio Valley Conference
*Pacific 10 Conference
*Patriot League
*Southeastern Conference
*Southern Conference
*Southland Conference
*Southwestern Athletic Conference
*Sun Belt Conference
*The Summit League
*West Coast Conference
*Western Athletic Conference
There are also 6 independent Division I schools without conference affiliation, for the 2009-10 season.
Division II
There are 22 Division II basketball conferences. The conferences are as follows:
*California Collegiate Athletic Association
*Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
*Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
*Conference Carolinas
*East Coast Conference
*Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
*Great Lakes Valley Conference
*Great Northwest Athletic Conference
*Gulf South Conference
*Heartland Conference
*Lone read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College+basketball
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