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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | St. Joseph Civic Arena St. Joseph, MO | ||||
| Champions | Clayton State Lakers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Michigan Tech Huskies (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Dennis Cox (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Teshymia Tillman (Clayton State) | ||||
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The 2011 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2010–11 basketball season.
Qualification and tournament format
The champions of the 22 basketball conferences qualified automatically. An additional 42 teams were selected as at-large participants by the selection committee. The first three rounds of the tournament were organized in regions comprising eight participants in groups of two or three conferences (two in the Central and Midwest regions). The eight regional winners then met at the Elite Eight for the final three rounds held at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Automatic qualifiers
The following teams automatically qualified for the tournament as the winner of their conference championships:[1]
| Team | Conference | Region |
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| Cal Poly Pomona | CCAA | West |
| Goldey–Beacom | CACC | East |
| Shaw | CIAA | Atlantic |
| Barton | Conference Carolinas | Southeast |
| C.W. Post | ECC | East |
| Michigan Tech | GLIAC | Midwest |
| Lewis | GLVC | Midwest |
| Alaska Anchorage | GNAC | West |
| Arkansas Tech | Gulf South | South |
| Texas–Permian Basin | Heartland | South Central |
| Texas Woman's | Lone Star | South Central |
| Northwest Missouri State | MIAA | South Central |
| Bentley | Northeast-10 | East |
| Winona State | NSIC | Central |
| Grand Canyon | Pacific West | West |
| Georgia College | Peach Belt | Southeast |
| Edinboro | PSAC | Atlantic |
| Fort Lewis | RMAC | Central |
| Tusculum | SAC | Southeast |
| Fort Valley State | SIAC | South |
| Florida Southern | Sunshine State | South |
| Glenville State | WVIAC | Atlantic |
Qualified teams
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