Media Coverage Set For Men's BB Tourney Game
Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University basketball media
coverage plans have been announced for the opening round of the the
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men's
Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, March 2.
The fifth-seeded Bulldog men's quarterfinal-round contest at
number four seed Saginaw Valley State will be carried live from
O'Neill Arena inside the Ryder Center on local radio station WBRN
(1460 AM or 107.7 FM). Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. (EST) with Rob
Bentley calling the play-by-play action from University Center,
Mich.
The game will also be streamed online at
www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com and can be found by
visiting the "Bulldog Webcasts" banner.
Additionally, a live video webcast and live internet statistics
are tentatively slated to be offered by SVSU along with live
Twitter scoring updates. All available links can be found online by
visiting the official FSU Athletics Website at
www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com and clicking on the
"Upcoming Events" tab. Complete links to available coverage are
also listed below.
Tickets for the game will be sold at the door prior to the
contest.
The top four teams earned first round home games with the
quarterfinal-round winners advancing to the GLIAC Tournament
semifinals and finals on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6, at the
site of the highest remaining seed. Findlay earned the top seed and
would host the semifinals/finals with a win on Tuesday night.
The other quarterfinal round pairings include number two seed
Grand Valley State hosting seventh-seeded Wayne State along with
third-seeded Hillsdale at home against sixth-seeded Lake Superior
State. The eighth seed Ashland will travel to top-seeded Findlay
for the quarterfinals.
The winner of the GLIAC Tournament receives an automatic bid into
the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament slated to be held March
13-16 at a campus location yet to be determined.
The Bulldog men are 7-12 all-time in 10 previous tournament
appearances and advanced to the GLIAC Tournament Championship game
in 2005-06 before dropping an 80-58 decision in the title contest
(3/3/06) at Grand Valley State. Ferris captured the 1997-98 league
tourney title and will be making its fifth appearance in the last
six years, including a second consecutive showing.
The Bulldog men's basketball team concluded the regular-season
with a 15-12 overall record and is the league's fifth overall seed
following a 13-9 league regular-season performance. FSU tied SVSU
for fourth place in the league's overall standings, but dropped the
tiebreaker for homecourt advantage after falling to the Cardinals
twice this season including a narrow 68-66 decision last week (Feb.
18) at University Center.
Additional media coverage beyond Tuesday's quarterfinal games will
be announced later this week, if necessary.
For complete tournament matchups, please visit the GLIAC
Tournament website at this link:
www.gliac.org
Here is a listing of available media links for Tuesday's
game:
Tuesday, March
2
Men's Basketball at Saginaw Valley State, 7:30 p.m.
Live Radio On WBRN 1460 AM & 107.7 FM
Live Twitter
Scoring Updates
Live FSU Audio
Webcast
Live Internet
Statistics
Live SVSU
Video Webcast
Note: The game will not be carried via
pay-per-view by B2 Networks as SVSU does not utilize the service
for its home contests.
