Carson-Newman Takes No. 7 Seed for SAC Tournament, Eagles Travel to No. 2 Tusculum on Wednesday
ROCK HILL, SC – The Carson-Newman Eagles are the No. 7 seed for the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament and will travel to No. 2 Tusculum College on Wednesday evening. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. in Pioneer Arena in Greeneville, Tenn.
ROCK HILL, SC – The Carson-Newman Eagles are the No. 7
seed for the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men’s
Basketball Tournament and will travel to No. 2 Tusculum College on
Wednesday evening.
Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. in Pioneer Arena in Greeneville, Tenn.
Carson-Newman finished the regular season 10-17 overall and 5-11
in SAC play, while TC closed the year at 16-11 overall and 10-6 in
SAC play.
The Eagles and Pioneers split their two regular-season meetings,
with the road team winning both games. Carson-Newman won at TC in
January, 62-58, while the Pioneers exacted revenge in February,
77-51, in Jefferson City.
The Catawba College men’s basketball team, which beat Brevard
College for the conference championship on Saturday, is the top
seed.
The Catawba Indians (11-5 SAC, 18-9 overall), the defending Food
Lion SAC Tournament champions, will face eighth-seed Newberry
College (5-11 SAC, 10-17) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Newberry, Carson-Newman College and Lenoir-Rhyne University
finished in a three-way for seventh place with 5-11 conference
records. Carson-Newman and Newberry earned the final two berths per
the conference’s tie-breaking process.
In the head-to-head comparison, Carson-Newman was 3-1 against
Lenoir-Rhyne and Newberry and earned the seventh seed. Newberry and
Lenoir-Rhyne split their head-to-head matchup. Both teams split
against top-seed Catawba, and both were 0-2 against second-seed
Tusculum and third-seed Brevard.
Newberry was 1-1 against fourth-seed Mars Hill, while Lenoir-Rhyne
was 0-2, including Saturday’s season-ending 80-62 loss to the
Lions.
Tusculum and Brevard tied for second with 10-6 records. The
Pioneers and Tornados split their regular-season series. Tusculum
earned the second seed by going 1-1 against top-seed Catawba, while
Brevard lost both meetings with the Indians.
Brevard is the third seed. The Tornados (10-6 SAC, 18-9) are
participating in their first Food Lion SAC Basketball Tournament,
and will host sixth-seed Wingate University (7-9 SAC, 14-13) on
Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Mars Hill is the fourth seed. The Lions (5-3 SAC, 10-9), will host
fifth-seed Lincoln Memorial University (9-7 SAC, 19-8) on Wednesday
at 7 p.m.
On Friday it was decided that Mars Hill will nullify its first
eight conference games after it was determined that one of its
men’s basketball student-athletes was deemed ineligible for
participating in organized competition prior to his initial
collegiate enrollment. Specifically, per NCAA Division II bylaws,
a
student-athlete must serve an academic year of residence upon
enrollment at any Division II institution if they compete in
organized competition that occurs subsequent to the date of their
high school class graduation and prior to their initial collegiate
enrollment. Mars Hill withheld the individual from competition for
the remainder of the season and continues to work with the NCAA and
the SAC office to seek reinstatement for the student-athlete.
Quarterfinal winners advance to the semifinals, which will be held
at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, N.C. on Saturday.
The men’s semifinals will be at noon and 2:30 p.m., with the
championship game on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets for quarterfinal games are $6 for adults, $3 for children,
students and college students with ID. Tickets for semifinal and
championship rounds are $10 for adults and $5 for children,
students and college students with ID.
The men’s and women’s winners of the tournament will
earn automatic bids to the NCAA Division II playoffs.
2010 SAC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, March
3
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Quarterfinals, Home of Higher Seed
No. 8 Newberry at No. 1 Catawba, 7 pm
No. 7 Carson-Newman at No. 2 Tusculum, 8 pm
No. 6 Wingate at No. 3 Brevard, 7 pm
No. 5 Lincoln Memorial at No. 4 Mars Hill, 7 pm
Saturday, March
6
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Semifinals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Newberry/Catawba winner vs. Lincoln Memorial/Mars Hill winner,
Noon
Carson-Newman/Tusculum winner vs. Wingate/Brevard winner, 2:30
pm
Sunday, March
7
Food Lion SAC Tournament Championship, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Semifinal winners, 2 pm
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