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March 9, 2008

Bryant men & women selected for DII Tournament

The Bryant University men’s and women’s basketball teams were selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA Division II Championships as the 64-team men’s and women’s brackets were announced Sunday evening.

The Bryant women (20-11) will face Stonehill College (26-4) in the first round this Friday at Philadelphia, PA. The two teams met Sunday in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship won by the Skyhawks 90-79. The Bulldogs are the No. 7 seed of the tournament while Stonehill is the No. 2 seed of the Northeast Region.

Holy Family is the top seed and will host the regional this weekend. The semifinals will take place Saturday with the championship scheduled for Monday. Times of regional games will be announced this week. The winner will advance to the NCAA Elite Eight in Kearney, Nebraska March 26-29.

The Bryant men (17-12) are making their fifth-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championships and seventh all-time in school history. The Bulldogs, the No. 5 seed, will face fourth-seeded C.W. Post in the first round this Saturday at Bentley College’s Dana Center. The winner will advance to the second round Sunday with the regional final scheduled for Tuesday evening in Waltham, MA.

The Bulldogs have reached the NCAA regional finals in three of the last four NCAA Northeast Regional Championships. In 2004, Bryant fell to UMass Lowell in the NCAA Regional Championship at the buzzer, but a year later in 2005, the Bulldogs captured the Northeast Regional title defeating Bentley at the Dana Center for the school’s first regional title and trip to the Elite Eight. Last year, Bryant fell to top-seed Bentley in the Northeast Regional Championship

--BRYANT ATHLETICS

Posted by Chris Venditto at 11:30 PM to College Sports | Permalink

March 9, 2008

Bryant men & women selected for DII Tournament

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