Bracket Announced for Men's Basketball National Championship Tournament


March 9, 2015

色库TV鈥檚 men鈥檚 basketball team plays its first game in the NJCAA Division I Men鈥檚 National Championship Tournament at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 16 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

The Titans, 29-4, three-time defending champions of the Florida College System Activities Association Southern Conference and runner-up in the NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA Tournament, face Holmes Community College of Goodman, Mississippi.

Eastern Florida is seeded 13th in the tournament. Holmes, 23-6, is seeded 20th out of 24 teams.

The winner plays No. 4 seed Indian Hills Community College of Iowa at 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. The loser goes home.

Connors State of Oklahoma (31-1) is the tournament鈥檚 top seed.

Northwest Florida State, which defeated Eastern Florida 76-69 in the state tournament final, is the fourth seed.

Holmes qualified by winning the NJCAA Region 23 Championship. It beat Pearl River Community College, 92-87, in overtime.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a very exciting day for our guys and for Eastern Florida, and now that the brackets have been released, we are ready to get to work,鈥� said Eastern Florida head coach Jeremy Shulman. 鈥淲e have a first-round matchup against an outstanding Holmes team, led by one of the nation鈥檚 best guards in Daryl Macon.

鈥淲e have a tough draw, facing Holmes, and then perennial power Indian Hills, but we have also played one of the nation鈥檚 toughest schedules, so our guys should be well prepared. I know they are excited about the opportunity in front of them.鈥�

This marks Eastern Florida's first appearance in the national tournament since 2000.

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