East Carolina and Towson are the first two to punch their ticket to the 2022 Men’s National Championship Tournament. Three more Regional Tournament Champion auto-qualifiers will be determined tomorrow along with three at-large bids to round out the field of 8 teams.
East Carolina defeated Florida State in the opening round game, 91-78 then defeated conference rival UNCW 63-57 to claim the South Atlantic Regional Championship. Towson defeated Virginia then top-seeded Radford 75-66 and 98-89 respectively to claim the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship.
The Great Lakes Regional Championship Game between #1 Purdue and #2 Notre Dame will tip off at 1:00pm CST. The North Atlantic Regional Championship will feature #1 Penn State taking on #6 Syracuse. That tip off will be at 10am EST. Finally, the New England Regional Championship will tip off at 10am EST and features #1 Boston College and #7 Bryant. The 3 Regional winners will automatically qualify for the 2022 NCBBA-M National Championship.
Check out the all 5 Regional Brackets HERE! Make sure to follow along with all the action on the REGIONALS PAGE.