Coach Hixon has led his team to the NCAA Tournament in eight consecutive seasons

Amherst to Host Second Round of NCAA Tournament

By Ben Kaplan '09

February 26, 2007

AMHERST, MA - Despite losing to archrival Williams College in the NESCAC Championship game, the Amherst College men’s basketball team has drawn a number one seed and one of five first-round byes in the Division III NCAA Tournament. The Lord Jeffs will host games through the round of eight as long as they remain in the single-elimination tournament.

Amherst (25-2) will begin tournament play this Saturday at 7 p.m. against the winner of Thursday’s match-up between Widener University and King’s College. Tickets will be pre-sold Wednesday and Thursday between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the front lobby of Alumni Gym, and will also be available on game day at the door, which opens at 5 p.m.  The game will be broadcast live on the internet by Amherst’s campus radio station, WAMH.  

The Widener Pride (14-12) represent the Commonwealth Conference and earned an automatic bid thanks to a buzzer-beater win in their conference finals, while the Monarchs of King’s College (19-8) earned an automatic bid by winning the Freedom Conference title.

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