Purple Knights Set To Face Southern Connecticut State In Opening Round Of 2014 NCAA Division II East Regional

Bridgeport, Conn,-For the eighth time under the direction of 14th-year head coach Mike Ruane and the 20th time in school history, the University of Bridgeport men's basketball team will participate in  the 64-team, NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament.  Bridgeport will head to the 2014 NCAA Division II East Regional with a 18-10 overall record after winning the East Coast Conference Championship Tournament on Sunday with a 94-73 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas College to receive the ECC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II championship   The Purple Knights will be the number eight seed at the regional, and they will face the number one seed and regional host, Southern Connecticut State Owls, out of the Northeast-10 Conference on Saturday, March 15, 2014.  All games in the 2014 NCAA Division II East Regional will be played in New Haven, Connecticut on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University.   Game time for the UB/SCSU game is tentatively slated for 6:00 p.m.

Seeding for the 2014 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball East Regional is as follows:

# 1- Southern Connecticut State # 2 New Haven # 3-St. Anselm # 4-Franklin Pierce
# 5- Philadelphia U. # 6 LeMoyne  # 7 Bloomfield # 8 Bridgeport

Saturday, March 15, Division II Men's Basketball East Regional Quarterfinal Match-ups:

# 3 St. Anselm (20-7) vs. # 6 LeMoyne (17-11)-12 noon
# 2 New Haven  (21-8) vs. # 7 Bloomfield (20-8)-2:30 pm
# 1 Southern Connecticut State (27-2)  vs. # 8 Bridgeport (18-10)-6:00 pm
# 4 Franklin Pierce (20-7) vs. # 5 Philadelphia U. (25-6), 8:30 pm

The 2014 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball East Regional semifinals will be played on Sunday March 16th, and the regional final will be held on Tuesday, March 18th.

The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team has advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament in the following years: 1968-72-73-76-77-78-79-85-89-90-91-92-2003-04-06-07-09-10-13-14.

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