Fitchburg State To Take On Johnson and Wales This Evening In Second-Round NCAA Tournament Action
Plattsburgh, N.Y. - The Fitchburg State University men's basketball team will take on the Wildcats of Johnson and Wales University this evening in second round action of the 2016 NCAA DIII Men's Basketball Championship Tournament in the Plattsburgh Regional.
Massachusetts Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Regular-Season Co-Champions and Conference Tournament Champions Fitchburg State (18-9) will play the Wildcats of Johnson and Wlales (27-2), who captured both the 2015-16 Greater Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Regular-Season and Post-Season Tournament crowns in a second-round contest this evening at 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Hall on the campus of SUNY Plattsburgh.
There will be 200 tickets reserved for Fitchburg fans at the door. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students with an ID.
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Forty-three conferences have been granted automatic qualification for the 2016 championship, while 19 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic-qualifying conferences who did not receive their conference automatic qualification (Pool C) were selected by using specific selection criteria approved by the Division III Championships Committee.
Two first-round games will be conducted Thursday, March 3 with the winners advancing to play Saturday, March 5 against teams that received first-round byes. Fourteen sites will host four teams for first and second-round competition Friday-Saturday, March 4-5. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional-round sites March 11-12. Winners of the four sectional games will advance to the semi-finals and finals March 18 and 19. All games, except the semi-finals and finals, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. The semi-finals and finals will be conducted at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va.