Pairings set for GNAC Men's Basketball Championship
March 4, 2013
Jamie Foland
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The Alaska men's basketball team will be making its first-ever trip to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship next week and the pairings have been officially set following the completion of the regular season on Saturday night.
The 2013 championship will take place March 7-9 in Lacey, Wash., at Marcus Pavilion on the campus of Saint Martin's University.
The Nanooks (15-11, 10-8 GNAC) earned the No. 4 seed for the tournament and will face the fifth-seeded Montana State Billings Yellowjackets (16-13, 9-9 GNAC) in the opening round on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. (PST).
The teams split the season series with Alaska taking an 80-73 win at home back on Dec. 1 and MSU Billings rallying for n 80-70 home victory on Feb. 28.
The victor will advance to the GNAC semifinals on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against the top-seeded Western Washington Vikings (26-1, 17-1 GNAC), whose only loss of the year came against Alaska on Feb. 21 in Fairbanks. The championship game will be played Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in a televised game on ROOT Sports, which is channel 36 for GCI Cable subscribers in Fairbanks.
Tickets are on sale now at a reduced price online at Eventbrite until Tuesday night at midnight (PST). Tickets will also be available at Marcus Pavilion on game days. You can follow along with live stats and live web streaming through the GNAC's Stretch Internet page.
Stay tuned to alaskananooks.com and gnacsports.com for more information throughout the week.