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Posted by
Corey Westra
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Sat, Feb 21, 2009
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 Morningside Top Seed in GPAC Men's Basketball Tourney Morningside will be the number one seed when the 2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men's Postseason Basketball Championships begin on Tuesday, February 24. Mustangs went 15-3 to win the GPAC regular season championship and also secure an automatic berth to the NAIA Men's Division II National Tournament in Point Lookout, Missouri.
Dakota Wesleyan will be the number two seed, Briar Cliff the three seed, and Northwestern the fourth and final seed. The top four seeds will have first round byes and not play on Tuesday. The fifth through 12th seeds will play opening round games on Tuesday with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals on Thursday, February 26. The semifinals are on Saturday, February 28, at the highest two remaining seeds. GPAC Championship Tuesday, sponsored by Rawlings, will be on Tuesday, March 3. The GPAC Postseason Champion garners an automatic berth to the NAIA National Basketball Tournament (the runner-up gains the berth if the regular season champion (Morningside) wins the postseason). 2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Post-Season Tournament GPAC Men's First Round - Tuesday, February 24
<Records listed as (Overall, GPAC)> #1 Seed - Morningside (23-6, 15-3) #2 Seed - Dakota Wesleyan (23-7, 14-4) #3 Seed - Briar Cliff (23-6, 14-4) #4 Seed - Northwestern (16-12, 11-7) Game #1 - #9 Sioux Falls (15-15, 7-11) at #8 Dana (15-14, 8-10) , 7:30PM - Winner Plays at #1 Game #2 - #12 Doane (10-20, 3-15) at #5 Hastings (16-14, 11-7), 8:00 PM - Winner Plays at #4 Game #3 - #10 Midland Lutheran (8-21, 6-12) at #7 Dordt (14-13, 8-10), 8:00 PM - Winner Plays at #2 Game #4 - #11 Mount Marty (7-23, 4-14) at #6 Concordia (18-11, 10-8), 7:30 PM - Winner Plays at #3 GPAC Men's Quarterfinals - Thursday, February 26 Game #5 - #8 Dana /#9 Sioux Falls at #1 Morningside, 8:00 PM Game #6 - #5 Hastings /#12 Doane at #4 Northwestern, 8:00 PM Game #7 - #7 Dordt/#10 Midland Lutheran at #2 Dakota Wesleyan, 8:30 PM Game #8 - #6 Concordia /#11 Mount Marty at #3 Briar Cliff, 7:30 PM GPAC Men's Semifinals - Saturday, February 28 Game #9 - Game #5 Winner vs. Game #6 Winner, At Highest Seed, TBA Game #10 - Game #7 Winner vs. Game #8 Winner, At Highest Seed, TBA GPAC Men's Championship Tuesday, Presented by Rawlings, - Tuesday, March 3 Game #11 - Semifinal winners at highest remaining seed, TBA |
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