GLASSBORO, NJ – The Rowan men's basketball team has earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament and will take on Susquehanna in the first round on Friday, March 4 at Christopher Newport University. Game time is 5 p.m.
NCAA Division III Tournament Bracket
Susquehanna (23-4) won the Landmark Conference title and earned the automatic bid. Christopher Newport (24-2), the Coast-to-Coast Conference champion, and will face CUNYAC champion Baruch (20-7) in the other first-round game at 7:30 p.m., with the winners advancing to Saturday's second-round game at 7:30 p.m.
It marks the Profs' second appearance in the last three seasons played, as they went to the 2019 NCAA Tournament after earning the NJAC's automatic bid as the conference champion.
The Profs, now 23-5, reached the championship game of the NJAC Tournament where they were edged by Stockton, 95-91. Prior to that loss, Rowan had won eight games in a row.
Rowan is led in scoring by All-NJAC First Team selection
Marcellus Ross, who is averaging 17.6 points per game, with
Andrew Seager, who received All-NJAC Honorable Mention, averaging 14.9 points per game.
Arian Azemi (13.9 ppg) and
Hafeez Melvin (12.8) are the team's other double-figure scorers.
This will mark the 14th all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament for Rowan, with the program owning a 30-12 record in NCAA Tournament games. In 2019, Rowan hosted and won its first-round matchup against Emerson, before falling to Nichols in the second round.
The NCAA Division III Tournament will continue the weekend of March 11-12 with the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 rounds at sectional sites. The Semifinals and Championship game will be played March 18-19 at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Arena in Fort Wayne, IN.
