Men’s Basketball Tournament Field Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. – The qualifiers for the 2017-18 Cascade Collegiate Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank, have been announced by the conference office. The tournament will feature the top eight teams from the regular season standings. Seeding was based on the regular season finish and the top four teams will host the quarterfinal round which begins this Wednesday at campus sites. Each round the tournament is re-seeded with the highest remaining seeds hosting the lowest remaining seeds.
As the outright regular season champion and the No. 1 seed CI secured the first of two AQ’s to the NAIA National Tournament. The Yotes finished CCC action 18-2.
The 2
nd automatic qualifier to the NAIA National Tournament will be awarded to the CCC Tournament Champion. If the tournament champion is also regular season champion College of Idaho, the 2nd AQ shall go to the team that is seeded second in the CCC tournament.
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, Feb. 21
#8 Northwest @ #1 College of Idaho
#7 Northwest Christian @ #2 Warner Pacific
#6 Corban @ #3 Oregon Tech
#5 Eastern Oregon @ #4 Southern Oregon
Semifinals – Saturday, Feb. 24
Highest remaining seeds host lowest remaining seeds
Championship – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Highest remaining seed host lowest remaining seed- ROOT SPORTS TV Broadcast
A full tournament preview will be published Wednesday morning on the CCC website.