It’s event time in NCAA Division II basketball, and 7 HBCUs have an opportunity to compete to turn out to be a nationwide champion.
The ladies wish to turn out to be the primary HBCU to assert the title since Shaw in 2012, whereas the lads wish to be the primary since Virginia Union in 2005.
Listed below are the groups competing within the NCAA Division II ladies’s and males’s basketball event.
Girls
(8-seed) Miles Golden Bears
First Spherical Matchup: Valdosta State
The primary staff to listen to their identify known as as a part of the Girls’s Division II Basketball Match discipline is the SIAC champion Miles Golden Bears, who would be the eight-seed within the South area.
Miles comes into the nationwide event with a 22-8 total report. They avenged their loss in final 12 months’s SIAC championship sport, defeating Kentucky State 75-72 to assert the title.
They’ll face a Valdosta State staff that enters the tourney with a 29-2 total report, having defeated Lee to assert the Gulf South Convention championship.
(8-seed) West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
First Spherical Matchup: Gannon
The West Virginia State Yellow Jackets had been the primary at-large bid to listen to their identify known as as a part of the NCAA event discipline.
West Virginia State boasts a 21-10 total report and was using an eight-game win streak till its loss to Fairmont State within the Mountain East championship sport.
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The Yellow Jackets would be the eight-seed within the Atlantic area, wanting ahead to a matchup with Gannon within the first spherical.
Gannon comes into the event with a 32-2 total report, having received eight straight video games, together with a win over Lock Haven within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Convention (PSAC) championship sport.
(3-seed) Fayetteville State Broncos
First Spherical Matchup: Indiana (PA)
Rounding out the ladies’s discipline within the reigning CIAA champion Fayetteville State Broncos, who enter because the three-seed within the Atlantic area.
Fayetteville State holds a 27-2 total report, having received its final 13 contests, together with beating Elizabeth Metropolis State within the CIAA championship sport.
They’ll play Indiana (PA) within the first spherical, trying to avenge its one-and-done efficiency within the PSAC event.
Males
(8-seed) Benedict Tigers
First Spherical Matchup: Nova Southeastern
Considered one of two at-large bids within the males’s event, the Benedict Tigers make its option to the nationwide event because the eight-seed within the South area.
Benedict was one among 4 groups within the SIAC to complete with at the very least 20 wins, posting a 23-7 total report. Their SIAC event run ended prematurely, shedding to Clark Atlanta within the semifinals.
The Tigers get a tricky draw within the event’s first spherical within the type of the reigning nationwide champion Nova Southeastern.
Nova Southeastern will enter the event with a 27-2 total report, together with wins in its final 15 contests. They demolished their Sunshine State Convention Match (SSC) foes, defeating every of their opponents by double digits, together with two 20+ level margin wins.
(6-seed) Clark Atlanta Panthers
First Spherical Matchup: Florida Southern
The Clark Atlanta Panthers, the staff that beat Benedict within the SIAC event, would be the sixth seed within the South area.
Clark Atlanta claimed the SIAC East division championship, posting a 22-5 report within the common season highlighted by a 13-game win streak spanning via January and mid-February.
They overcame two double-digit deficits to clinch a berth within the SIAC title sport earlier than ending the job by beating Miles 65-55.
They’ll face a Florida Southern staff that was a one-and-done within the SSC Match, shedding to Barry within the quarterfinals.
(8-seed) Lincoln (PA) Lions
First Spherical Matchup: Gannon
The Lincoln (PA) Lions punch their ticket to the NCAA event, coming off its redemptive run within the CIAA event.
Lincoln completed the common season with a less-than-spectacular 14-13 total report. They got here into the CIAA event to avenge their loss to Winston-Salem State within the title sport a 12 months prior.
After dispatching their first two opponents, the Lions accomplished the duty by knocking off Fayetteville State in a nail-biter to assert its first-ever convention title.
Lincoln now seems to be ahead to a first-round matchup in opposition to Gannon, who has received 18 straight video games, together with beating California (PA) within the PSAC championship sport.
(7-seed) West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
First Spherical Matchup: California (PA)
Talking of California (PA), they are going to face the final staff on our checklist, the seven-seed West Virginia State Yellow Jackets, within the first spherical of the nationwide event.
West Virginia State holds a 20-9 total report equivalent to its manufacturing within the earlier 12 months. They had been bounced from the Mountain East event in decisive trend shedding 104-85 to Charleston within the semifinals.
In the meantime, California (PA) has a 27-4 total report, having received 9 straight video games till shedding within the PSAC title sport.
