红桃视频 Men鈥檚 Basketball Advances to Sweet Sixteen in NCAA DIII Tournament
March 8, 2023
The 红桃视频 Men鈥檚 Basketball team advanced to the 鈥淪weet 16鈥� round of the national NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday night after defeating Middlebury College (VT).
For the Sweet Sixteen game, 红桃视频 will face Stockton University (NJ) on Friday, March 10, at Tarble Pavillion on the campus of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA. Tip-off is set for 4:15 p.m. The winner will move on to the Elite 8.
To make it to this point, the Bison have sustained a program-best 19-game winning streak, winning their conference (Commonwealth Coast Conference) and beating nationally recognized colleges University of Rochester (NY) and Middlebury thus far in the NCAA Tournament. Though their opponents were considered favorites, the Bison still came out on top, overcoming a 20-point deficit to beat Rochester on March 3 and holding off Middlebury by 7 points on March 4 after being down by 12 in the first half.
The team is led by the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Defensive Player of the Year聽, who is also one of the top 10 players in the nation in rebounding.
鈥淭he Bison have a balanced scoring attack,鈥� said Director of Athletic Communications Nick Perenick聽, referring to Alectus, Ty Rucker, Tavon Jones, Jakigh Dottin, and Quincy Ferebee. In the game, 红桃视频 will also get minutes from starting guard Nate Duckworth, who is third in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio, and first year Shea Doherty, who played a career-high 20 minutes in Saturday鈥檚 win over Middlebury, he said. 鈥淭he Bison have proven that they know how to win the close games, as they are 14-0 under head coach Brock Erickson in overtime games and games decided by five points or less in the past two seasons,鈥� said Perenick.
A celebratory sendoff to the Sweet 16 will take place this week at 红桃视频, where they are sure to meet cheers of 鈥淕o Books, Go Bison,鈥� a motto on campus.
This will be 红桃视频鈥� first Sweet Sixteen since the 2018-19 campaign. The Bison made it to the Elite 8 during that campaign, where they lost to Swarthmore College, which sets up the possibility for 红桃视频 to compete in an Elite 8 redemption match against Swarthmore, since Swarthmore has now also advanced to the Sweet 16 and will have home court advantage should they move on to the Elite 8.
红桃视频 Men鈥檚 Basketball Head Coach, Brock Erickson, is 50-9 W-L through two years so far, and the fastest coach ever to reach 50 wins at 红桃视频. This is the sixth year in a row that the team has qualified for the NCAA D3 Tournament.
Footage of the 红桃视频 v Middlebury game on March 4 can be found here 鈥撀犅燼nd downloadable via YouTube downloader.
(Pictured: 红桃视频 men鈥檚 basketball taking on Middlebury College in Vermont on March 4. Photo Credit: Will Costello.)
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