2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships: qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships. A total of 21 teams entered the tournament. Six of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their regional tournaments. The automatic bid of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Roller Hockey Association, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. 17 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCRHA Selection Committee. 5 teams declined their bids, so 2 teams were granted alternate bids. All teams were seeded 1 to 21, and broken into 5 pools.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

All automatic bids were granted for winning a regional championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Roller Hockey Association given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the regional tournament.

Automatic bids
Qualifying School	Record (Reg.)	Last app.	Region	Finish	Regular Season Second Place	Second Place Record (Reg.)	Finish
Colorado State	12–2–2 (17–4–3)	2009	RMCRHA	1st	Only one team in Division I
Qualifying School	Record (Reg.)	Last app.	Regional tournament	Seed	Reg. Finals Runner-Up	Runner-Up Record (Reg.)	Runner-Up Seed
Florida Atlantic	8–3–3 (13–4–3)	–––	SECRHL	3	Central Florida	12–4–3 (13–8–3)	2
North Texas	14–1–2 (18–3–3)	2009	SCHL	1	Louisiana-Lafayette	14–1–2 (16–6–2)	2
Michigan State	14–1–0 (18–4–0)	2009	MCRHL	1	Ohio State	9–5–1 (13–10–1)	3
Lindenwood	17–0–0 (23–0–0)	2009	GPCIHL	1	UMSL	11–6–0 (15–8–0)	2
Buffalo	17–0–1 (27–2–2)	2009	ECRHA	1	Rhode Island	13–3–2 (20–7–3)	2
Long Beach State	12–7–0 (15–10–1)	2009	WCRHL	2	Arizona State	18–1–0 (23–3–0)	1

At-large bids

Seeds listed are seeds within the regional tournaments.

At-large Bids
School	Record	Region	Reg. record	Last app.	Regional tournament result
					Seed	Round eliminated	Lost to (Seed)
Arizona State	23–3–0	WCRHL	18–1–0	2009	1	Championship	Long Beach State (2)
Army	15–7–6	ECRHA	9–4–5	2009	5	First round	Rutgers (3)
Cal Poly	6–17–1	WCRHL	6–13–0	2006	5	Round robin	–––
Central Florida	13–8–2	SECRHL	12–4–3	2009	2	Championship	Florida Atlantic (3)
Central Michigan	12–8–1	MCRHL	11–3–1	–––	2	Quarterfinals	Eastern Michigan (4)
Connecticut	12–12–4	ECRHA	7–9–2	–––	6	First round	Stony Brook (8)
Eastern Michigan	8–9–4	MCRHL	4–7–4	2008	4	Semifinal	Ohio State (2)
Missouri	9–13–0	GPCIHL	9–11–0	2009	3	Round robin	–––
NC State	15–7–0	SECRHL	14–5–0	2007	1	Round robin	–––
Ohio State	13–10–1	MCRHL	9–5–1	2009	3	Championship	Michigan State (1)
Rhode Island	20–7–3	ECRHA	13–3–2	2009	2	Championship	Buffalo (1)
Rutgers	17–9–2	ECRHA	12–6–0	2009	3	Semifinals	Buffalo (1)
Stony Brook	11–19–1	ECRHA	4–13–1	2009	8	Semifinals	Rhode Island (2)
Towson	11–14–1	ECRHA	11–6–1	2009	4	Round robin	–––
UC Santa Barbara	13–12–0	WCRHL	11–8–0	2009	3	Semifinals	Arizona State (1)
UMSL	15–8–0	GPCIHL	11–6–0	2009	2	Championship	Lindenwood (1)
UNLV	16–9–0	WCRHL	11–8–0	2009	4	Semifinals	Long Beach State (2)

Alternate bids

Seeds listed are seeds within the regional tournaments.

Alternate Bids
School	Record	Region	Reg. record	Last app.	Regional tournament result
					Seed	Round eliminated	Lost to (Seed)
Hofstra	7–17–2	ECRHA	5–13–0	–––	7	Round robin	–––
Sam Houston State	10–13–2	SCHL	8–9–0	–––	5	Semifinals	North Texas (1)
Michigan	3–16–4	MCRHL	2–10–3	–––	5	Second round	Eastern Michigan (4)

Declining bids

Schools Declining Bids
School	Region	Bid type
Colorado State	RMCRHA	Automatic bid
Central Michigan	MCRHL	At-large bid
Missouri	GPCIHL	At-large bid
NC State	SECRHL	At-large bid
UNLV	WCRHL	At-large bid
Michigan	MCRHL	Alternate bid

Listed by grouping and seedings

Pool A					Pool B
Seed	School	Organization	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Organization	Record	Berth type
1	Lindenwood	GPCIHL	23–0–0	Tournament champion	5	Arizona State	WCRHL	23–3–0	At-large bid
2	Buffalo	ECRHA	27–2–2	Tournament champion	6	North Texas	SCHL	18–3–3	Tournament champion
3	Michigan State	MCRHL	18–4–0	Tournament champion	7	Florida Atlantic	SECRHL	13–4–3	Tournament champion
4	UMSL	GPCIHL	15–8–0	At-large bid	8	Rhode Island	ECRHA	20–7–3	At-large bid
Pool C					Pool D
Seed	School	Organization	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Organization	Record	Berth type
9	Rutgers	ECRHA	17–9–2	At-large bid	13	Army	ECRHA	15–7–6	At-large bid
10	Central Florida	SECRHL	13–8–3	At-large bid	14	UC Santa Barbara	WCRHL	13–12–0	At-large bid
11	Long Beach State	WCRHL	15–10–1	Tournament champion	15	Connecticut	ECRHA	12–12–4	At-large bid
12	Ohio State	MCRHL	13–10–1	At-large bid	16	Eastern Michigan	MCRHL	8–9–4	At-large bid
Pool E
Seed	School	Organization	Record	Berth type
17	Towson	ECRHA	11–14–1	At-large bid
18	Sam Houston State	SCHL	10–13–2	Alternate bid
19	Stony Brook	ECRHA	11–19–1	At-large bid
20	Hofstra	ECRHA	7–17–2	Alternate bid
21	Cal Poly	WCRHL	6–17–1	At-large bid

Bids by member organization

Bids	Member Organization(s)	Schools
8	ECRHA	Buffalo, Rhode Island, Rutgers, Army, Connecticut, Towson, Stony Brook, Hofstra
4	WCRHL	Arizona State, Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly
3	MCRHL	Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan State
2	GPCIHL	Lindenwood, UMSL
	SCHL	North Texas, Sam Houston State
	SECRHL	Florida Atlantic, Central Florida
0	RMCRHA	–––

Bids by states

Bids	State(s)	Schools
4	New York	Buffalo, Army, Stony Brook, Hofstra
3	California	Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly
2	Florida	Florida Atlantic, Central Florida
	Michigan	Michigan State, Eastern Michigan
	Missouri	Lindenwood, UMSL
	Texas	North Texas, Sam Houston State
1	Arizona	Arizona State
	Connecticut	Connecticut
	Maryland	Towson
	New Jersey	Rutgers
	Ohio	Ohio State
	Rhode Island	Rhode Island