MAC Men Get Top Seed For National Tournament

(Park Hills) The Mineral Area College men’s basketball team received the number one seed for the NJCAA national tournament as announced by Phil Constantino on the NJCAA livestream Sunday night…

The team and coaches got together to watch the selection show. Coach Luke Strege says it was a thrilling moment…

As stated the Cardinals enter the tournament as the only unbeaten team in the country at 23-0. MAC was ranked 2nd in the final regular season poll, but leaped to the top to start the national tournament. The committee chair Dean Myrick said MAC was the undisputed number one..

Coach Strege says they’ve put themselves in a great position…

The Cardinals will get a bye and then will begin play in the national tournament Tuesday, April 20th at 2:00 against either the host team number 16 Hutchinson, Kansas or 17th seed Kilgore. Hutchinson was the final at large selection…

MAC has gone to the National Tournament three previous times, in 1977, 2013 and 2015. The Cardinals are seeking their first ever win in the event. We’ll broadcast all the Cardinal games on J-98 The Boot.

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