The Dickinson State women's basketball team knows who it'll be playing in the first round of the NAIA Division II Tournament.
The fifth-ranked Blue Hawks (24-6) face unranked Ohio Dominican (19-11) at 11 a.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, March 12 at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. First-round play for the national tournament begins Wednesday, March 11.
If the Blue Hawks win their first game, they'll face the winner of a first-round game between 10th-ranked Concordia (Ore.) and 22nd-ranked Iowa Wesleyan at 12:45 p.m. Friday, March 13. A win there would put the team into the national quarterfinals on Saturday, March 14. The national semifinals are scheduled for the night of Monday, March 16 with the national championship game being played Tuesday, March 17.
DSU is the second-seeded team in its eight-team bracket. Third-ranked College of the Ozarks (Mo.) has the top seed. Ozarks is 26-5 on the season.
The Blue Hawks lucked out to a certain degree.
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They're not in the same bracket as No. 1-ranked Morningside College (Iowa) or second-ranked Shawnee State (Ohio). Both teams are undefeated.
Black Hills State (24-7), ranked 11th in the final poll, plays 23rd-ranked Southern Oregon (25-6) at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Jamestown College (20-9), ranked 21st, earned a fifth seed and will face Huntington, Ind. (24-6) at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
