Men's Basketball - Six-Time NEWMAC Regular Season Champions and Five Straight NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances



Mar 6, 2009

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Home Page; WPI 2nd Rd. Game Saturday @ 7pm


Worcester, MA --- WPI is proud to host the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament First and Second Rounds this weekend at Harrington Auditorium. 

The tournament will begin with the WPI Regional's first and second round games Friday and Saturday, March 6th and 7th. WPI (20-5) will face Husson (16-11), winners of the North Atlantic Conference Tournament, in its opening round matchup on Friday at 6pm.  The 8pm game features UMass Dartmouth (25-3), winners of the Little East Conference, and Baruch (23-5), a Pool C selection.

The second round game will tip-off Saturday, March 7th at Harrington Auditorium. The winner will move on to the sectionals March 13th and 14th.

Middlebury (24-3), Ithaca (24-2), Texas-Dallas (24-4) and Puget Sound (24-3) each received a bye to the tournament's second round.

Eighth-year head coach Chris Bartley has guided the Engineers to a 20-5 record and the NEWMAC regular season title. It marks the sixth straight 20-win season and sixth straight regular season title for the Engineers. WPI's senior class also set a new conference record for total victories and winning percentage in their career, as the Engineers have now posted a spectacular 42-6 mark (.875) in league play over the last four seasons.  

 

First Round at WPI 

WPI (21-5) 86 - Husson (16-12) 57 - Friday March 6th

Box Score - Recap

First Round at WPI
UMass Dartmouth (26-3) 82 - Baruch (23-6) 72 - Friday March 6th Box Score - Recap
     
 
Second Round at WPI UMass Dartmouth (27-3) 81, WPI (21-6) 68 - Sat March 7 - 7pm Box Score - Recap

 

 


For more information - Visit D3hoops.com 

Full NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Bracket

Interactive NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Bracket

Ticket Sales
Ticket prices per session are as follows:
Adults $6.00
Senior Citizens, Students and Children $3.00
Children under 2 Free

Laundry Services
Laundry services will be available to the teams in the championship game for uniforms only.
Please check with Shawn McAvey, Facilities Manager, before you leave on Friday night.

Parking
Parking is available in the quad and at Higgins House Lot
Please visit this site for detailed parking information: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/

Lodging
Information on lodging can be found at the following website: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/hotels.html

Area Dining
Information on lodging can be found at the following website: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/dining-off.html

Audiocast
Updated information will be available later in the week

Live Stats
Live Stats of all three games can be found at - http://livestats.prestosports.com/wpi/

 

NCAA Tournament - WPI Regional Participant Information

 

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