Jaguars Land Top Seed, To Host Regional

Jaguars Land Top Seed, To Host Regional
Augusta State tabbed to host third straight NCAA Tournament
Web Posted 3/8/09


AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta State will play host to its third straight
Southeast Regional on March 14, 15 and 17, according to an announcement
late Sunday night from the NCAA national headquarters in Indianapolis,
Ind.

The Jaguars (26-4) learned of their postseason fate during a selection
show gathering in Christenberry Fieldhouse on ASU's Forest Hills
campus.

The Peach Belt Conference regular-season champion and PBC Tournament
champion, ASU will be the regional's No. 1 seed and take on
eighth-seeded Tusculum on Saturday in Christenberry Fieldhouse. The
tournament will make the Jags' third straight NCAA Tournament
appearance and fifth trip to the Big Dance in the past nine seasons.

Game times and ticket information for the four NCAA Tournament
first-round games will be finalized during an NCAA conference call on
Monday, March 9.

The Peach Belt Conference will be represented in the Southeast
Regional, with the top-seeded Jaguars, No. 2 seed USC Aiken, No. 3 seed
Armstrong Atlantic State and No. 4 seed Georgia College & State.

ASU will take on Tusculum in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Pioneers (20-10) fell 63-61 to Catawba in the championship game of
the South Atlantic Conference Tournament. ASU last faced Tusculum
during the 2005-06 season, splitting a home-and-home series with the
Pioneers.

The other regional matchups will feature No. 2 USC Aiken vs. No. 7
Lenoir-Rhyne, No. 3 Armstrong Atlantic State vs. No. 6 Catawba and No.
4 Georgia College & State vs. No. 5 Barton.

For more information on the 2009 NCAA Southeast Regional, visit the
official website of ASU Athletics at www.aug.edu/athletics or call the
ASU Ticket Office at 706-737-1626.

NCAA Southeast Regional
March 14, 15 & 17
Augusta, Ga. -- Christenberry Fieldhouse
Hosted by Augusta State University

1. AUGUSTA STATE
2. USC Aiken
3. Armstrong Atlantic State
4. Georgia College & State
5. Barton
6. Catawba
7. Lenoir-Rhyne
8. Tusculum



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Robbie McKinlay

Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
Augusta State University
706-729-2449
South Atlantic Regional Champions 2008
National Finalists 2008