NCAA Tournament Central

2/28/2023 8:01:00 PM

By: Casey Kropka

NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
First and Second Rounds
Friday - Saturday, March 3-4, 2022 | Alliance, Ohio
McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex

Tickets

All tickets will be digitally sold online https://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/2021/7/23/tickets.aspx
There will be NO cash sales at the gate
Ticket prices are $15 for adults and $10 for students
Each team has its designated sections
Friday's ticket gets you into both games

PREFERRED LODGING FOR FANS

Reference Mount Union/NCAA rate
Comfort Inn - Alliance (330) 821-5555
Holiday Inn - Canton/Belden Village (330) 494-2770

RESTAURANTS/ATTRACTIONS

VisitCantonStark.com

NCAA

FRIDAY, MARCH 3
Game 1	NYU Vs. Lancaster Bible	5:10 p.m.	Live Stats \| Video
Game 2	#3 Mount Union Vs. Anderson (Ind.)	7:40 p.m.	Live Stats \|Video \| Radio: 1310 AM WDPN (Alliance)
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Game 3	# 3 Mount Union Vs. Lancaster Bible	7:40 p.m.	Live Stats \| Video \| Radio: 1310 AM WDPN (Alliance)

Mount Union
Purple Raiders
Alliance, Ohio
Record: 25-2
Roster
Coaches
Schedule & Results
Statistics
Website

Anderson
Ravens
Anderson, Ind.
Record: 18-9
Roster
Coaches
Schedule & Results
Statistics
Website

NYU
Violets
New York, N.Y.
Record: 18-7
Roster
Coaches
Schedule & Results
Statistics
Website

Lancaster Bible
Chargers
Lancaster, Penn.
Record: 20-7
Roster
Coaches
Schedule & Results
Statistics
Website

POD PREVIEW

Mount Union is making its fifth overall and third straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
The Purple Raiders earned the OAC automatic bid defeating Marietta 95-80 and are 6-3 in tournament games. Mount Union has advanced to the round of 16 in three of its four previous appearances.

Anderson earned the HCAC automatic bid defeating Rose-Hulman 73-55 and is in the NCAA Tournament for the second time overall with its last appearance in 2010 and have a 1-1 overall record in tournament games.
Mount Union and Anderson (Ind.) have never met in men's basketball.

NYU received one of the 20 bids handed out and is making its 16th NCAA Tournament appearance but first since 2016. The Violets have a 20-16 record in the tournament, and was the 1993-94 National Runner-Ups.
NYU and Mount Union have faced each other just once in the 1983-84 season with NYU taking the victory.

Lancaster Bible earned the United East automatic bid defeating Penn. St.-Abington 87-76 and making its third-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2018 and looking for their first tournament win.
Lancaster Bible and Mount Union have never met in men's basketball.

DIRECTIONS TO MOUNT UNION

Several major highways bring you close to Alliance. Specific routes from major metropolitan areas are as follows:
FROM BUFFALO -- Take I-90 west to Erie, then I-79 south to I-80 west. Follow 80 west for 15 miles past the Ohio border to I-76 west (Akron junction). Follow 76 west to Exit 54 (Rt. 534). Follow 534 south to Rt. 62. Take 62 west into Alliance. The University is located on 62.
FROM CLEVELAND -- Take I-77 south to Canton, then Rt. 62 east. Take the Alliance exit. Turn right. The University will be on your LEFT (Clark Ave.) and is approximately 2.5 miles down 62 (State Street).
FROM COLUMBUS -- Take I-71 north to Mansfield, then Rt. 30 east to Canton. Follow I-77 north to Rt. 62 east. Take the Alliance exit. Turn right. The University will be on your LEFT (Clark Ave.) and is approximately 2.5 miles down 62 (State Street).
FROM NEW YORK CITY -- Take I-80 west to the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. Then follow directions as indicated in the Buffalo section.
FROM PITTSBURGH -- Take Rt. 60 north to Beaver Falls, then take Rt. 51 west to Alliance. Stay straight on this highway, although routes will change from 51 to 14 to 14A and 62 west into Alliance... OR Take the Pennsylvania turnpike west (I-76 west) to the Ohio Turnpike. Continue west on the Ohio Turnpike to Exit 16 (Rt. 7). Follow Rt. 7 south to Rt. 14 west. Take 14 west to combined Rts. 173 and 62 west which will lead into Alliance. The University is located on 62.
Printable campus map

PARKING

Parking on campus is FREE and will be available in the lots on either side of the football stadium on Hartshorn Street, the lot on the corner of State St. and Rockhill and lot just to the North of Mount Union Stadium. Click here for campus map (gym is 28b)

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