March Madness has once again hit the campus of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
For the second consecutive year—and the seventh time in school history—both the men’s and women’s basketball teams are playing in the NCAA Tournament in the same year. Both teams earned automatic berths into the championship by winning their respective Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (WIAC) Championships Saturday.
They learned their opponents and travel destinations Monday during the NCAA’s annual Division III Championship selection shows.
Men’s Basketball
The UWO men’s basketball team will begin defense of its national title when it battles Transylvania University during the first round of the 2020 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship on Friday, March 6 in Naperville, Illinois. The opening tip is scheduled for 5 p.m. in North Central College’s Gregory Arena.
UW Oshkosh clinched an automatic berth into the NCAA postseason by defeating UW-Eau Claire, 78-72, during the WIAC Championship title game Saturday in Oshkosh.
Transylvania University earned the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference’s automatic bid with a 49-48 home victory over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the league postseason championship game Sunday in Lexington, Kentucky.
Friday’s other first round matchup at the Naperville Regional features North Central College, ranked ninth in the country by D3hoops.com, hosting Adrian College at 7:30 p.m. The Naperville Regional title game will be contested at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7.
The Titans, making their fifth consecutive and 10th overall appearance in the Division III Championship, has an 18-8 record in the national tournament. The Titans won last year’s NCAA championship with a 96-82 victory over Swarthmore College after falling by a 78-72 score to Nebraska Wesleyan University in the 2018 national title game.
Tickets: $12 for adults, $7 for senior citizens/youth/students with valid ID. Free admission for children age 2 and under. Cash and credit cards accepted. Ticket sales will begin at 4 p.m. Friday at the ticket window of Gregory Arena.
Women’s Basketball
The Titan women’s basketball team, making its sixth NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship appearance in seven years, opens the 2020 national tournament against Edgewood College on Friday, March 6 in Arden Hills, Minn. Tipoff for the first round game is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Bethel University’s Robertson Center Gym.
UW Oshkosh secured an automatic berth into the NCAA postseason by defeating UW-Eau Claire, 52-50, during the WIAC Championship title game Saturday in Eau Claire.
Edgewood College qualified automatically for the national tournament by virtue of its 88-72 win at Benedictine University in the championship game of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference on Sunday in Lisle, Illinois.
The other Friday first round matchup at the Arden Hills Regional features Bethel, ranked ninth in the country by D3hoops.com, hosting Bethany Lutheran College at 7:30 p.m. Friday’s winners will meet at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7 for the Arden Hills Regional title.
Tickets: $8 for adults, $4 for senior citizens/students and children. Tickets will go on sale at the ticket window of Robertson Center Gym at 3:45 p.m. on Friday and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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