PHILADELPHIA MEN'S BASKETBALL TO FACE TOP SEEDED C.W. POST AT NCAA REGIONAL
Courtesy of Sarah Punderson, Philadelphia SID
PHILADELPHIA, PA- The Philadelphia University men's basketball team (25-5, 14-2 CACC) has been selected as the #8 seed in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball East Region Tournament, as announced on Sunday night. The team will face the tournament host and #1 seed C.W. Post (27-0) on Saturday, March 14th at 6 p.m.
"We've accomplished our first goal of winning the CACC
championship this season, and on
Saturday we'll continue to pursue the ultimate goal which is to win
a regional and then a national championship," said head coach Herb
Magee.
Philadelphia's 2008-09 tournament trip marks the 24th time that
Coach Magee has taken his team to the "dance". The Rams received an
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year
with a 63-56 win over Bloomfield College in the CACC Tournament
Championship game. Junior point guard Russell Frederick was named
Tournament MVP for the second consecutive season, while juniors
Mike Yocum and Macolm Ingram were named to the All-Tournament
team.
Fast Facts
What: 2009 NCAA East Region Men's Basketball Tournament
Where: C.W. Post campus-Long Island University, Pratt Center
When: Saturday, March 14th at 6:00 p.m.
Who: #8 PhilaU vs. #1 C.W. Post
Tickets: $8 general admission, $4 students with valid I.D. and
senior citizens
C.W. Post won their second East Coast Conference Championship with
a 62-56 win over the University of Bridgeport, and returns to the
tournament for the second straight year.
Regional winners advance to the men's Elite Eight which will be
hosted by American International College and the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts on 3/25,
3/26, 3/28.
More information about the men's regional can be found here. The schedule for the tournament is below.
Saturday, March 14 at C.W. Post
Game 1: No. 3 UMass-Lowell vs. No. 6 Merrimack - 12:00 pm
Game 2: No. 2 Bentley vs. No. 7 Bridgeport - 2:30 pm
Game 3: No. 1 C.W. Post vs. No. 8 Philadelphia - 6:00 pm
Game 4: No. 4 Assumption vs. No. 5 Stonehill - 8:30 pm
Sunday, March 15
Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner - 5:00 pm
Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 Winner - 7:30 pm
Tuesday, March 17
Regional Championship - 7:00 pm