Men’s Basketball Selected To Compete In ECAC Championship

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CHICOPEE, Mass. – The Elms College men’s basketball team was selected to compete in the 2009-10 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship tournament as the second seed in the eight-team field as announced by the organization on Monday.

Elms (21-6) will host No. 7 Curry College (15-13) on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. at Picknelly Arena. Curry suffered a heartbreaking 56-54 loss to Gordon College in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) Championship on Saturday.

Elms defeated Becker College in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship title game on Saturday and has now won six straight conference championships. The squad has also won 20 or more games in each of the last six seasons.