ERIE, Pa. - Start times, ticket information and media outlets have been released for this weekend's NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Regional in Ettrick, Virginia.
Gannon (22-9) enters the NCAA Tournament as the Atlantic region's No. 7 seed and play No. 2 seed East Stroudsburg during the first round scheduled for Saturday, March 10. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship game rematch is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
Virginia State will host the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional which kicks off Saturday. The action begins with No. 3 Wheeling Jesuit (26-5) versus No. 6 West Chester (21-6) at 12 noon and No. 2 East Stroudsburg (24-5) versus No. 7 Gannon (22-9) at 2:30 p.m. The day continues with No. 1 Virginia State (24-4) versus No. 8 Virginia Union (18-14) at 5 p.m. No. 4 West Liberty (26-3) faces No. 5 Shippensburg (23-7) in the final game at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday's semifinal match-ups are scheduled for 5 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday's title game is slated for 7 p.m.
Tickets for all sessions of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Atlantic Regional are currently available at
www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. There will be no tickets available at Gannon. The direct link for Saturday's first session that includes Gannon can be found by
clicking here. Single-day tickets cost $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens (age 55 or older), $10 for students (must show current college ID) and $5 for children between three- and five-years old. All children two-years old and younger are free of charge. There will be no all-tournament packages available.
All Gannon games this weekend can be heard live on Jet Radio 1400 and online via the 90.5 WERG stream at
www.wergfm.com. Sean Amicucci will handle the play-by-play duties. Live gameday statistics for all games will be available at
http://www.sidearmstats.com/vsu/mbball. Information on possible video webcasts will be released at a later time.