Samford earns seed to NCAA tourney

Samford earns seed to NCAA tourney

The Samford Men’s basketball team is headed to the Midwest Regional to the NCAA tournament March 16.

Samford earned a No. 13 seed and will play Big East Conference opponent No. 4-seed Syracuse at the Cleveland State Convocation Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

The game will be televised on CBS, but a starting time was not known by press time.

Samford (21-10) won the TransAmerica Athlectic Conference Tournament championship for the second straight year with a 78-69 win over Central Florida March4. Samford, which has won nine of its last 10 games, was a No. 14 seed in last year’s NCAA tournament and lost to Big East member St. John’s, 69-43.

Tickets for the Midwest Regional in Cleveland are sold out, but Samford was allotted 350 tickets for students and fans. For information, call 205-726-2050.