NCCU headed to First Four, will face North Dakota State in Dayton
Posted March 17, 2019 7:12 p.m. EDT
Updated March 19, 2019 4:19 p.m. EDT
Durham, N.C. — North Carolina Central University’s men’s basketball program is set to make its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time in school history, and the Eagles will once again head to Dayton, Ohio, to face North Dakota State in the First Four on Wednesday at UD Arena.
The game, the first of two on Wednesday, tips off at 6:30 p.m.
NCCU (18-15) NCCU (18-15) will represent the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for the third-straight year, having won the conference tournament with three straight victories last week in Norfolk.
They are the first MEAC program to win three straight men's basketball tournament titles since North Carolina A&T State won seven in a row from 1982-88.
In the First Four, the Eagles will face NDSU (18-15), who won the Summit League Tournament Championship after a 73-63 victory over Omaha on March 12 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
NCCU and NDSU have met once in program history, and that was back in 2007 when the Eagles first began their transition from Division II to Division I.
The winner of this game will move on to face No. 1 seed Duke in the East Region in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday night.
Wednesday’s game will be broadcast live on truTV, and will also be available online at ncaa.com.
