SEEDINGS SET FOR NORTHEAST-10 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. (February 21, 2007) - The pairings for the 2007 Northeast-10 Men's and Women's Basketball Championships were announced by the league office Wednesday morning.
The American International College women's team (21-6, 16-6) has
earned the No. 3 seed and a first round bye. They will host
the winner of Sunday's first round matchup between No. 6 Pace
(20-7, 15-7) and No. 11 Le Moyne (9-18, 5-17 NE-10) on Tuesday,
February 27 at 7:00 pm. It marks the fourth straight year the
AIC women have earned a first-round bye.
The Yellow Jacket men (15-12, 13-9) have earned
the No. 5 seed and will host their first NE-10 tournament game
since the 2001-02 season when they entertain 12th-seeded
Merrimack (8-19, 7-15) on Saturday,
February 24 at 2:00 pm. The winner of that game will advance
to face No. 4 seed Bryant (18-9, 14-8) Monday evening.
All games in the 2007 Northeast-10 Tournament can be seen on http://www.ne-10.tv/. All of AIC's games can be heard in the Springfield area on WAIC 91.9 FM as well as through http://www.aicyellowjackets.com/.
The women's basketball team, which is ranked No. 16 nationally, will be looking to advance to the NE-10 semifinals for the first time since 2003-04. The Yellow Jackets dropped both games to Pace this season by scores of 45-41 and 69-41, but swept Le Moyne by scores of 56-33 and 61-42.
The men's squad, which has already posted its highest win total since 2001-02, swept a pair of games against Merrimack this season, winning by scores of 58-48 and 67-60. Should it advance to face Bryant, AIC split a pair of games with the Bulldogs, losing 72-68 in a non-conference game at Bryant before posting a 52-45 win at home in February. It would also mark the third time in four seasons AIC will have faced Bryant in the league tourney.
Complete tournament pairings can be found at http://www.northeast10.org.