Oklahoma State's facilities are attracting NCAA championship events in three sports over the next three years, according to the Tuesday announcement of future host sites for Division-I postseason play through the 2019-22 bid cycle.
UMHB will also co-host the 2019 and 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Golf National Championships. "The NCAA understands that Kansas City is the flawless site for the football national championship game", MIAA Comissioner Mike Racy said in a statement.
Omaha will host first- and second-round games in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and the Division I women's volleyball final four in 2020.
"Today is a great day for Kansas City and the MIAA". This year's NCAA Championships are at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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This year, the Bobcats ski team finished sixth at the NCAA Skiing Championships, hosted by the University of New Hampshire. The 2015 game between Northwest and Shepherd hosted 16,181 fans, the most ever for a Division II championship. The NCAA received more than 3,000 bid submissions from NCAA member schools, conferences, sports commissions and cities vying to host predetermined rounds of 84 of the NCAA's 90 championships. The NCAA Championships were last held in the prominent wrestling hub of Western Pennsylvania for the 1957 event at the Fitzgerald Field House.
The UMHB athletic department has hosted numerous NCAA football and basketball postseason contests and also hosted a men's soccer First Round game in 2009.
The championships will take place November 17-18 in 2018 and November 23-24 in 2019.
Lawrence and KU will hold Division I men's and women's outdoor track preliminaries at Rock Chalk Park and a men's and women's cross country regional at Rim Rock Farm in 2020.
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