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Wednesday, Feb. 29 2012 NSIC/Sanford Health Men’s Basketball Tournament First Round
Site - Highest Seed
Game A: No. 8 Wayne State at No. 1 Bemidji State 7:00 pm
Game B: No. 7 Minnesota Duluth at No. 2 Southwest Minnesota State 7:00 pm
Game C: No. 6 Winona State at No. 3 St. Cloud State 7:00 pm
Game D: No. 5 Augustana at No. 4 MSU Moorhead 7:00 pm

Saturday, March 3, 2012 - Semifinal Games
Site - Taylor Arena- Rochester, Minn.
Semifinal Game A Winner vs. Game D Winner 2:30 pm
Semifinal Game B Winner vs. Game C Winner 7:30 pm

Sunday, March 4, 2012 Championship Game
Site - Taylor Arena - Rochester, Minn.
Championship Semifinal Winner vs. Semifinal Winner 4:30 pm

Tie-Breakers: SMSU over SCSU 2. SMSU 2-0 in season series; MSUM over Augie 3. Point Rating System; WSC over NSU 3. Point Rating System;

NOTE: NSIC Men’s Basketball Tournament Champion earns automatic qualification to the 2012 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Central Regional Tournament held March 10-11, 13 - site to be determined. The winner of the Central Region will advance to the Elite Eight to be held March 21-22, and 24, 2012 at Bank of Kentucky Center - Highland Heights, Kent. - Host: Northern Kentucky University.

NSIC Tie-Breaking Criteria
The tie-breaking criteria for seeding into the NSIC / Sanford Health Basketball Tournaments will be as follows. (Note: The formula will be used to break one tie at a time. Once a team is seeded via the following tiebreaker, the formula will repeat itself from the beginning to determine any additional seeding for the tournament due to ties in the conference standings. The formula will be used to break the highest-seeded tie first according to the conference standings).
Tie-Breakers
1. Conference Record
2. Head to head if two games are played
3. Point rating system – Conference only games
4. Head to head if one game is played
5. Point rating system – include DII non-conference games
6. Coin Flip
Any game played on a neutral court will be calculated as a “road game”