Men's & Women's Basketball Receive Bids to USCAA National Championships
Updated: February 26, 2015
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The tournament fields for the 2015 United States Collegiate Athletic Association Division I National Championships were announced Monday and the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) men's and women's basketball teams have earned both earned berths to the national tournament.
The Bears (18-9) will enter as the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3 Rochester College in the quarterfinals on March 4 at 3 p.m. on the campus of Penn State Fayette in Uniontown, Pa. It will be a rematch of the Bears last nationals appearance in 2013, when they entered as the No. 8 seed and drew the top-seeded Warriors who eventually went on to win the national championship.
It is the Bears sixth appearance in the tournament, making four appearances in the Division II tournament from 2003-2007, their best finish national runner-up in 2003.
The Lady Bears (17-10) fresh off winning the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title received the No. 8 seed to the tournament. St. Joseph's will face No. 1 seed and defending national champion Concordia College (AL) in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m.
It will be the Lady Bears second straight USCAA Nationals appearance and ninth appearance all-time. In last year's tournament the Lady Bears entered as the No. 7 seed falling to Ave Maria University in the opening round before closing out the season with a 67-65 victory over University of Maine-Fort Kent in the consolation game.
Championship week begins with the skills competition and banquet at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort on Tuesday, March 3, with first round play beginning on Wednesday, March 5.
2015 USCAA National Championship Website
Men's Selection Show
Women's Selection Show
2015 USCAA Men's Division I National Championship Seeding
1. Daemen College
2. Berea College
3. Rochester College
4. Concordia College (AL)
5. Florida National University
6. St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn)
7. Iowa Wesleyan College
8. Indiana University-South Bend
2015 USCAA Women's Division I National Championship Seeding
1. Concordia College (AL)
2. Iowa Wesleyan College
3. Berea College
4. The Apprentice School
5. Daemen College
6. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
7. Alfred State College
8. St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn)