Organization of College Basketball

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1 Overview
2 Membership
- 2.1 Men's Basketball
- 2.2 Women's Basketball

Overview

Three administrative bodies oversee the operations of college basketball in the United States. The best-known is the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Member schools of the NCAA are divided into three divisions, roughly according to their size and resources. Division I encompasses about 325 of the largest and most prominent college athletic programs in the country. Colleges and universities which place less emphasis on inter-collegiate athletics and with fewer resources are found in Divisions II and III.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is similarly divided into two divisions. NAIA members tend to be smaller colleges in the West, Midwest and South. The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) administer varsity sports programs of member two-year colleges. They sponsor championships in three divisions.

All these organizations have tournaments for men and women. Over 3,300 teams compete within these three organizatons.

Example

Administrative Body (e.g. NCAA)
- Division I
  - Conference (e.g. "Big Ten")
    - Team 1 (e.g. "Ohio State")
    - Team 2
    - Etc.
  - Another Conference
  - Etc.
- Division II

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Membership

In the 2006-07 basketball season, those organizations reported the following figures for member institutions eligible to participate in their post-season tournaments.

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