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ECAC

Men's Basketball By Marisa Lombardo (Director of Sports Information)

Alvernia Selected for ECAC Tournament

Golden Wolves Top Seed, Will Get Underway on Friday

Danbury, Conn. (Feb. 28, 2022) - Alvernia Men's Basketball was selected as the top seed in this year's ECAC Division III Men's Basketball Championship, as announced by the Eastern College Athletic Conference on Monday.

The Golden Wolves will receive a first round by and then will then take on the winner #9 William Paterson on Friday at noon at Rutgers-Newark. Rutgers-Newark, the second seed, will be the host for the championship weekend. The full schedule is below. 

Alvernia, sitting at 18-7 overall, finished the season ranked #3 in the MAC Commonwealth with a conference record of 11-5. Alvernia fell to #6 Widener University in the MAC Commonwealth quarterfinals last week by a 98-80 decision. 

Alvernia has faced just one team in the field of nine entering the ECAC Championship. The Golden Wolves defeated Gwynedd Mercy in the early weeks of the season, 80-70.

First Round - Wednesday, March 2 
Game #1: No. 8 Gwynedd Mercy University* vs. No. 9 William Paterson University - 7:00 p.m.
Game #2: No. 7 Juniata College* vs. No. 10 Waynesburg University – 7:00 p.m.

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4 at Rutgers Newark
Game #3: Alvernia vs. #9 Rutgers-Newark - 12:00 p.m.
Game #4: PSU Altoona vs. USMMA - 2:30 p.m. 
Game #5: PSU Behrend vs. Manhattanville - 5:00 p.m.
Game #6: Rutgers Newark vs Winner of Game #2 - 7:30 p.m.

Semifinals - Saturday, March 5 at Rutgers Newark
Game #7: Game #3 Winner vs. Game #4 Winner - 3:00 p.m.
Game #8: Game #5 Winner vs Game #6 Winner - 5:30 p.m.

Championship - Sunday, March 6 at Rutgers Newark
Winner Game #7 vs. Winner Game #8 - 1:00 p.m.
 
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