Women’s Basketball Tournament Field Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. – The qualifiers for the 2017-18 Cascade Collegiate Conference Women’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 Tuesday at campus sites. Each round the tournament is re-seeded with the highest remaining seeds hosting the lowest remaining seeds.
Eastern Oregon University has secured the No. 1 seed and an Automatic Qualification to the NAIA National Tournament as a result of winning the regular season. The Mountaineers capped off senior night with a win and an undefeated conference slate at 20-0.
The 2nd automatic qualifier to the NAIA National Tournament will be awarded to the CCC Tournament Champion. If the Tournament Champion is also Eastern Oregon, the 2nd AQ will go to the tournament runner up.
Quarter Finals – Tuesday, Feb. 20
#8 Evergreen @ #1 Eastern Oregon
#7 Warner Pacific @ #2 Southern Oregon
#6 Corban @ #3 Northwest Christian
#5 College of Idaho @ #4 Oregon Tech
Semifinals – Friday, Feb. 23
Highest remaining seeds host lowest remaining seeds
Championship – Monday, Feb. 26
Highest remaining seed host lowest remaining seed- ROOT SPORTS TV Broadcast
A full tournament preview will be published Tuesday morning on the CCC website.