Men's Basketball Set to Host ECAC Championship Tournament

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team has been selected as the host for the 2017 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Men's Basketball Championship tournament.

The Lions (19-7) were selected as the No. 3 seed and have earned a first round bye with No. 1 seed Moravian (19-8), No. 2 DeSales (18-9), and No. 4 Carnegie Mellion (14-11).

The first round games will take place on Wednesday, March 1 to determine who will advance to the quarterfinal games on Friday. SUNY Canton (19-8) will host Pine Manor (16-9), Stockton (14-11) hosts Baruch (18-9), Bethany (15-12) will host Penn State Altoona (14-13), and Westminster (15-11) will host Juniata (13-12).

After being upset by La Roche in the AMCC semifinals Saturday, Behrend has their eye set on an ECAC Championship as they compete in the tournament for the 15th time in school history.

The Lions will play the winner of SUNY Canton and Pine Manor on Friday at 8 p.m.

Full tournament layout is as follows:

First Round - Wednesday, March 1
Game 1: Pine Manor College (16-9) at SUNY Canton (11-7)
Game 2: Baruch College (18-9) at Stockton University (14-11)
Game 3: Penn State Altoona (14-13) at Bethany College (15-12)
Game 4: Juniata College (13-12) at Westminster College (15-11)

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3 - Hosted by Penn State Behrend
Game 5: 11:00 a.m. Moravian College (19-8) vs. Winner Bethany/Altoona
Game 6: 2:00 p.m. DeSales University (18-9) vs. Winner Juniata/Westminster
Game 7: 5:00 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University (14-11) vs. Winner Stockton/Baruch
Game 8: 8:00 p.m. Penn State Behrend (19-7) vs. Winner Canton/Pine Manor

Semifinals - Saturday, March 4 - Hosted by Penn State Behrend
Game 9: 3:00 p.m. Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5
Game 10: 6:00 p.m. Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 6

Championship - Sunday, March 5 - Hosted by Penn State Behrend

Game 11: 1:00 p.m. Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6