MIAA ANNOUNCES MEN'S TOURNAMENT BRACKETS AND SEEDING

NWMSU earns top spot, UCM, MSSU and LWU all earn byes

Josh Slaughter - The MIAA

Men's Basketball | 2/28/2015 10:09:10 PM

Bracket in PDF

Kansas City, Mo. –
Northwest Missouri defeated Central Missouri today to claim the MIAA regular season championship and earn the top seed in the MIAA Tournament. For a complete recap of today’s action visit www.themiaa.com later tonight.
 
Northwest Missouri earns the top seed in the tournament and will await the winner of #8 Washburn against #9 Fort Hays State to be played at 7 p.m. on March 2 in Topeka. Second seed Central Missouri will await the winner of #7 Central Oklahoma and #10 Missouri Western at 7 p.m. on March 2 from the campus of UCO.

Third seed Missouri Southern will await the winner #6 Nebraska-Kearney and #11 Southwest Baptist at 7 p.m. on March 2 from Kearney. Fourth seed Lindenwood will make their first appearance in Kansas City as they await #5 Pittsburg State or #12 Northeastern who will face off on March 2 at 7 p.m. from Pittsburg.

Men's quarterfinals on Kansas City are slated for 12 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 from Municipal Auditorium. For tickets to the Kansas City games contact the ticket office of your favorite MIAA institution.

Monday, March 2, 2015 (Campus Sites)
Game 1: #9 Fort Hays State at #8 Washburn                                7 p.m.
Game 2: #12 Northeastern State at #5 Pittsburg State                7 p.m.
Game 3: #10 Missouri Western at #7 Central Oklahoma             7 p.m.
Game 4: #11 Southwest Baptist at #6 Neb-Kearney        7 p.m.

Thursday, March 5, 2015 (Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo.)
Game 5: #1 Northwest Missouri vs. Winner Game 1          12 noon
Game 6: #4 Lindenwood vs. Winner Game 2                                 2:15 p.m.
Game 7: #2 Central Missouri vs. Winner Game 3                          6:00 p.m.
Game 8: #3 Missouri Southern vs. Winner Game 4                      8:15 p.m.

Saturday, March 7, 2015 (Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo.)
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6                     12 noon
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8                  2:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 8, 2015 (Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo.)
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10                1:00 p.m.