INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Montevallo men's basketball team earned its fifth consecutive berth to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament and its ninth bid in the past 11 years March 9 after earning an at-large bid as the No. 3 seed in the Southeast Region.
Montevallo (24-5) will face Georgia Southwestern, the No. 6 seed, in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region tournament quarterfinals Saturday, March 15 at the USC Aiken Convocation Center in Aiken, S.C.
The quarterfinal matchup is set to tip-off March 15 at 12 p.m. EST/11 a.m. CST.
The NCAA Division II Southeast Region tournament semifinals will be held Sunday, March 16, followed by the region tournament championship game Tuesday, March 18. The Southeast Region tournament champion will advance to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, which will be held March 26-29 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.
The Falcons, who claimed the Peach Belt Conference West Division championship, split a pair of regular season meetings with the Hurricanes (20-10) during the regular season. Montevallo defeated Georgia Southwestern 61-59 at home Jan. 15 at Trustmark Arena. The Falcons fell to the Hurricanes 83-74 on the road Feb. 12 in Americus, Ga.
USC Aiken, the No. 1 seed in the Southeast Region, will host the tournament. The Pacers will face No. 8 seed Limestone College, the Conference Carolinas tournament champion, in the quarterfinals.
USC Aiken, the Peach Belt Conference East Division and tournament champions, defeated Montevallo 61-59 in the Peach Belt Conference tournament title game March 9 at the Frank G. Lumpkin Center on the Columbus State University campus in Columbus, Ga.
Lincoln Memorial University, the South Atlantic Conference regular season and tournament champion, earned the No. 2 seed and will face No. 7 seed and conference foe Carson-Newman College in the quarterfinals. Anderson University, which earned an at-large bid from the South Atlantic Conference as the No. 4 seed, will face No. 5 seed GRU Augusta, an at-large selection from the Peach Belt Conference.
The Falcons, who have advanced to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament nine times in program history, own a 18-8 all-time record in the tournament.
Montevallo owns three region tournament championships in the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. The Falcons captured back-to-back South Region championships during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons and took home the Southeast Region title during the 2011-2012 season.
All nine of the Falcons' appearances in the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament have come in the past decade under head coach Danny Young, who captured his 300th career win March 7 after guiding Montevallo to a 85-80 win over Francis Marion University in the Peach Belt Conference tournament quarterfinals. Young picked up his 250th win at Montevallo in the Falcons' 96-87 double-overtime win over GRU Augusta in the semifinals March 8.
NCAA DIVISION II SOUTHEAST REGION TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Saturday, March 15 – Quarterfinals
12 p.m. – No. 3 Montevallo vs. No. 6 Georgia Southwestern
2:30 p.m. - No. 2 Lincoln Memorial vs. No 7 Carson-Newman
5 p.m. – No. 1 USC Aiken vs. No. 8 Limestone
7:30 p.m. – No. 4 Anderson vs. No. 5 GRU Augusta
Sunday, March 16 – Semifinals
5 p.m. – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
7:30 p.m. – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Tuesday, March 18 – Region Championship
7 p.m. – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENT HISTORY
2003-2004 (SOUTH REGION)
March 13 Valdosta State (W) 56-49
March 14 Henderson State (W) 78-57
March 16 Rollins (L) 75-63
2004-2005 (SOUTH REGION)
March 12 BARRY (W) 74-48
March 13 ECKERD (W) 65-62
March 15 LYNN (L) 54-67
2005-2006 (SOUTH REGION)
March 11 Benedict (W) 69-59
March 12 Rollins (W) 81-68
March 14 Arkansas-Monticello (W) 89-86 (OT)
March 22 Seattle Pacific (L) 65-79 (ELITE EIGHT)
2006-2007 (SOUTH REGION)
March 10 ALBANY STATE (W) 78-62
March 11 HENDERSON STATE (W) 66-58 (OT)
March 13 ECKERD (W) 64-61
March 21 Central Missouri (L) 69-86 (ELITE EIGHT)
2009-2010 (SOUTHEAST REGION)
March 13 Mount Olive (W) 84-70
March 14 USC Aiken (W) 88-71
March 16 Augusta State (L) 71-79
2010-2011 (SOUTHEAST REGION)
March 12 Georgia Southwestern (W) 62-59
March 13 Anderson (L) 76-82
2011-2012 (SOUTHEAST REGION)
March 10 BARTON (W) 96-87
March 11 LINCOLN MEMORIAL (W) 61-60
March 13 ANDERSON (W) 86-73
March 21 Metro State (W) 67-65 (ELITE EIGHT)
March 22 Bellarmine (W) 79-72 (FINAL FOUR)
March 24 Western Washington (L) 65-72 (CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
2012-2013 (SOUTHEAST REGION)
March 15 Barton (L) 81-73
