2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
| 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA | ||||
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The 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship will be the 46th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Sixteen teams will compete in the tournament, based upon their performance during the regular season, and for some, by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier or by winning a play-in game. The initial 14 teams will be announced on May 8, with the final two spots to be determined by the winners of two play-in games on May 11.
Tournament overview
The first round and play-in games (play-in games are not considered NCAA Tournament games, and teams which lose the play-in games are not credited with an NCAA Tournament appearance), will be played at campus sites on May 14 and 15. The quarterfinal games will be played on May 21, 2016 at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island, and May 22, 2016 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
The semifinals will be contested on May 28, 2016, and the championship on May 30, 2015. The semifinals and championship will be held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and hosted by Drexel University.[1]
Schools from 10 conferences, the America East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big East Conference, Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), Big Ten Conference, Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), Northeast Conference (NEC), Patriot League, and Southern Conference (SoCon) will be eligible for the eight automatic bids into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments, leaving eight remaining at-large bids for top ranked teams.[2]
Bracket
| Play-in game May 11 | ||||
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| First Round May 14–15 | Quarterfinals May 21–22 Brown Stadium Ohio Stadium | Semifinals May 28 Lincoln Financial Field | Final May 30 Lincoln Financial Field | ||||||||||||||||
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References
- ↑ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "2015 NCAA Championship Format". NCAA.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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