Men’s Basketball To Face University Of Rochester In NCAA Division III Championship First Round
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA announced brackets for its upcoming NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship on Monday afternoon, and Elms College has earned the New England Collegiate Conference's (NECC) first-ever automatic qualifier to return to the dance for the sixth time in seven years.
Elms (20-7) will play a first round game against the University of Rochester (20-5) on Friday, March 4 at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. Game time is slated for 5:30 p.m.
Ithaca (20-6) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (19-8) will square off in the other game in the Ithaca "pod." Tip-off for that contest is slated for 7:30 p.m. The winners will play on Saturday, March 5 for the right to advance to the Sectionals scheduled for March 11-12.
Elms defeated Becker College (23-4) 79-65 in the NECC Championship tournament title game to claim its third consecutive NECC championship and its seventh straight league title overall as the Blazers won four North Atlantic Conference (NAC) tournament championships from 2004-08 prior to joining the NECC. Elms' 20 wins this season also marks the seventh straight campaign of 20-plus wins under 10th-year head coach Ed Silva.
Rochester earned a Pool A bid by winning the University Athletic Association (UAA) title with a 12-2 record in conference play. The Yellowjackets have won 11 of their last 12 games heading into Friday's contest against Elms.
