Jagluski, thanks for correcting me.  So that means 8 teams from two conferences.  It's hard to imagine that in D3 there are conferences with 4 teams while many others only got 1.  I'm happy my team made it. 

I really think that the decision not to continue the women's game between SCSU and CSB was mutual.  SCSU didn't get help from winning and could only be hurt by losing to the Blazers (as you stated about Mankato's reluctance to play GAC).  However, CSB didn't see any great gain in playing SCSU because if they win, it didn't count towards evaluation of their winning percentage for an at large bid in the NCAA playoffs.  In fact, if I remember right, St. Ben's was kept out of the playoffs the year they played SCSU (one year after finishing 2nd in the nation) and many felt it was because the Blazers needed one more win vs. a D3 region team.  On the men's side, SJU is going to play SCSU again this year.  That rivalry was renewed about 6 years ago I think.  I don't think St. John's has beat SCSU since they started playing again, but many of the games have been competitive and exciting.