Virginia Wesleyan Enters Tournament as Top Seed
FOREST, Va. --- Four ties had to be broken to
determine the pairings for the 2013 ODAC Men's Basketball
Tournament. That included a determination for the event's top
seed as Virginia Wesleyan College received top billing over
Hampden-Sydney College thanks to its head-to-head win over the
Tigers in regular season play.
Head-to-head action wasn't enough to separate Randolph College and
Randolph-Macon College, as that required the conference's second
step of tie-breakers. The Yellow Jackets will play out of the
third position, while the WildCats own the fourth seed as they go
in search of a third straight title game appearance. Both
R-MC and Randolph join VWC and H-SC in receiving byes through the
first round into the quarterfinals.
Lynchburg College and Guilford College are two of the four schools
that will play host to first round games on Tuesday, February
19. It took head-to-head tiebreakers to set the Hornets ahead
of the Quakers as the fifth and sixth seeds, respectively.
The other two first round hosts, seventh seeded Bridgewater College
and eighth seeded Washington and Lee University, also used regular
season results to split their tie.
Roanoke College's last-second victory over Eastern Mennonite
University on Saturday night locked up the 10th seed and a trip to
BC for the Maroons. EMU owns the ninth seed outright and will
travel down I-81 to W&L. Emory & Henry College
occupies the 11th position, which sends the Wasps to
Guilford. The newest ODAC program, Shenandoah University,
enters its first ODAC tournament as the #12 seed and will travel to
Lynchburg for its first round contest.
Tournament play begins on Tuesday, February 19, with four first
round contests at the previously mentioned 5-8 seeds. The
winners of those four games will join the top four seeds in Salem
at the Salem Civic Center for the quarterfinals on Friday, February
22. Semifinals will be on Saturday, February 23, followed by
the championship game on Sunday, February 24.
Listed below is the full schedule for the 2013 ODAC Men's
Basketball Tournament. For more information, visit any of the
participating schools' websites, or go to the ODAC tournament
website by clicking HERE. Don't forget to become a fan of the
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2013 ODAC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS AND
SCHEDULE - INTERACTIVE BRACKET
First Round - Tuesday, February 19 - at highest seeds
Game 1: #9 Eastern Mennonite at #8 Washington and
Lee - 7:00 p.m.
Game 2: #12 Shenandoah at #5 Lynchburg - 7:00
p.m.
Game 3: #10 Roanoke at #7 Bridgewater - 7:00
p.m.
Game 4: #11 Emory & Henry at #6 Guilford -
7:00 p.m.
Quarterfinals - Friday, February 22 - Salem Civic
Center
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. #1 Virginia Wesleyan -
1:00 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. #4 Randolph - 3:00
p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. #2 Hampden-Sydney -
6:00 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. #3 Randolph-Macon -
8:00 p.m.
Semifinals - Saturday, February 23 - Salem Civic
Center
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 - 6:00
p.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 - 8:00
p.m.
Championship - Sunday, February 24 - Salem Civic
Center
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 - 3:30
p.m.