Men's Basketball Placed Eighth in 2024-25 GNAC Tournament, Hosting Mitchell on Monday
WINTHROP, Mass. – The Elms College Men's Basketball team has placed eighth to clinch a spot into the 2024-25 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Basketball Tournament, beginning on Monday, February 24th.
2024-2025 GNAC Men's Basketball Tournament Release - February 22, 2025
The Blazers will host the ninth seeded Mitchell College in the Play-In Round on Monday with a kickoff of 7 pm at Picknelly Arena. The winner will move onto the Quarterfinals to face off against the first seeded Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Tuesday, February 25th at 7:30 pm.
This game against Mitchell marks the first time that Elms will compete in the GNAC Men's Tournament in program history. This will also the Blazers first playoff appearence since the 2017-2018 season, and will be the first time that they will host a playoff game at Picknelly Arena since the 2014-2015 season.
The winners will advance to play in the GNAC Semifinals on Thursday, February 27th with the prevailing teams competing for the GNAC Championship on Saturday, March 1st. The winner of the GNAC Championship match will be named the 2024-25 GNAC Men's Basketball Champion and earn the conference's automatic qualification into the 2024-25 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship.
2024-25 GNAC Men's Basketball Tournament Schedule
Play-In – Monday, Feb. 24
(Hosted by higher seeds)
#7 Dean vs. #10 Anna Maria, 5 pm
#8 Elms vs. #9 Mitchell, 7 pm
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, Feb. 25th
(Hosted by higher seeds)
#1 Saint Joseph's, Maine vs. #8/9 Winner, 7:30 pm
#2 Lasell vs. #7/10 Winner, 7 pm
#3 Univ. of Saint Joseph, Conn. vs. #6 Rivier, 7 pm
#4 Albertus Magnus vs. #5 Norwich, 7:30 pm
Semifinals – Thursday, Feb. 27th
(Hosted by higher seeds)
Winner of Quarterfinals 1 vs. Winner of Quarterfinals 2, TBD
Winner of Quarterfinals 3 vs. Winner of Quarterfinals 4 TBD
Championship – Saturday, Nov. 9
(Hosted by highest remaining seed)
Winner of Semifinals 1 vs. Winner of Semifinals 2, TBD (Game 9)
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