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2006
SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hosted by Saint Leo University - March
1-5, 2006
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TOURNAMENT
INFORMATION
MARCH
MADNESS COMES TO SAINT LEO
Saint Leo University will play host to the 2006 Sunshine State Conference
Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. The MArion Bowman
Activities Center will be the site of 16 games over a five-day period,
beginning with the opening-round games in both the men’s and
women’s divisions on Wednesday, March 1and ending with the respective
championship games on Sunday, March 5.
The
2006 edition marks the first time that Saint Leo will host the SSC
Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. After a seven-year
stay at the Lakeland Center from 1995 through 2001, the tournament
was moved back to campus sites in 2002. Previous hosts have been Florida
Tech (2002), Florida Southern (2003), Rollins (2004) and Barry (2005).
All
nine SSC men’s teams and all nine SSC women’s teams will
have a chance to compete for their respective conference championships.
Host Saint Leo will be joined by teams from Barry, Eckerd, Florida
Southern, Florida Tech, Lynn, Nova Southeastern, Rollins and Tampa
in the battle for SSC supremacy.
WHAT’S
AT STAKE
The 2006 SSC Men’s and Women’s Tournament champions will
receive the Sunshine State Conference’s automatic bids to the
2006 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships.
A total of eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams from
each of eight geographical regions will earn berths in the NCAA Tournament.
Men’s
and women’s tournament champions from the SSC, the Gulf South
Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference will
receive automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, which begins with eight
regional tournaments being held on yet-to-be-determined campus sites
from March 11-14 (men) and March 10-13 (women).
Teams
receiving the three automatic bids on the men’s and women’s
sides will join five other teams that will receive at-large bids to
the NCAA Tournament. Those teams will compete for the south region
championship and the opportunity to join other regional champions
in the NCAA Elite Eight. The Men’s Elite Eight will be held March
22-25 in Springfield, Massachusetts, while the Women’s Elite
Eight will take place March 22-25 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
TICKET INFORMATION
Single-day passes can be purchased by contacting the Saint Leo University
Athletic Department at (352) 588-8221. Single-day passes allow
the holder to see all games played on a single day (up to four) for
just $10. Students with a valid college ID and children ages 6-18
may purchase single-day passes for $5. Children under 6 will be admitted
free. Click here
for additional
ticket information and
here
for information VIP and Corporate Ticket Packages.
TELEVISED
GAMES
Sun Sports, formerly Sunshine Network, will once again be the television
home of the men’s and women’s championship games. Both championship
games will air LIVE on Sun Sports, Sunday, March 5. The men's championship
game will being at 1:00 p.m., followed by the women's championship
game at 3:30 p.m. Please visit www.sunsportstv.com
for additional information.
SCHEDULES,
RESULTS, STATISTICS AND MORE!
The Sunshine State Conference website will contain a plethora of schedule,
ticket and other interesting information that will be updated in the
days leading up to the tournament and throughout the five days of
tournament competition. Scores and tournament statistics will be updated
on the SSC website throughout the tournament.
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