RSC Men's Basketball Championship Central: Feb. 20-26
RSC Men's Basketball Championship Central: Feb. 20-26
2018-19 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Feb. 20-26 at Campus Sites (All Times Eastern)
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**WVU Tech wins the RSC Men's Basketball Championship to earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Division II National Championship. IU Kokomo receives the RSC's second national bid as the RSC West Division champion since RSC regular-season champion WVU Tech also won the tournament.
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2018-19 River States Conference Men's Basketball Championship bracket and qualifiers are in place after the end of the regular season on Saturday. Eight teams will be vying for the conference title from Feb. 20-26 with the winner automatically qualifying for the NAIA Division II National Championship.
It is a very strong RSC bracket with four teams from the NAIA Division II Top 25 Poll and four squads with 20 or more wins on the season. The championship begins with the quarterfinals on Feb. 20 followed by the semifinals on Feb. 23 and the finals on Feb. 26.
WVU Tech, the No. 9 team in the country, is the No. 1 overall seed in the championship. It went all the way down to the final game, but the Golden Bears (26-4, 15-2 RSC) secured the RSC regular-season title and are guaranteed an automatic bid to nationals. The RSC East Division champs begin the playoffs by hosting No. 4 seed Brescia (Ky.) University (15-13, 11-7 RSC) from the RSC West.
Asbury (Ky.) University (20-9, 13-5 RSC) reached the 20-win mark on the final game of the regular season to clinch the No. 2 seed out of the RSC West. The Eagles host University of Rio Grande (Ohio) (12-18, 6-11 RSC), the No. 3 seed from the RSC East.
IU Kokomo, ranked No. 24 in the nation, won the RSC West Division title and the No. 1 seed in its half of the bracket with Thursday night's win. The Cougars (23-6, 13-5 RSC) host No. 4 seed Point Park (Pa.) University (9-17, 5-12 RSC) from the RSC East.
IU East, the No. 13 team in the country and the RSC champion the last two years, is the No. 2 seed from the RSC East. The Red Wolves (23-7, 15-2 RSC) also won 15 RSC games like WVU Tech but lost the tiebreaker. IU East hosts No. 3 seed IU Southeast (19-10, 12-6 RSC) of the RSC West. The Grenadiers are currently "receiving votes" toward the Top 25 poll.
The RSC Game Central presented by Stretch Internet will provide live streaming video broadcasts of all RSC Men's Basketball Championship games at RiverStatesConference.com/Stretch. Subscribe to watch live or on-demand for $7.95 per game or $19.99 for all seven games of the tournament. An RSC all-access pass is available for $49.99 for access to all RSC championship events streamed throughout the 2018-19 year.