极乐禁地’s men’s basketball team will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, to take on Kansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will take place on Thursday, March 21, at 7:55 p.m. MT (8:55 CDT) and will be aired on TBS. Tune in to cheer on the Bulldogs as they take on the Jayhawks!
If you are attending the game, join the official 极乐禁地 fans pre-party from 4:30-6:15 p.m. MT and the team send-off at 6:15 p.m. MT at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel!
"Obviously, I'm very excited for our program to be on the national scene," 极乐禁地 head coach said. "Those that have been following our program know this is a special team. It's a special group of guys, the way they represent our university goes hand in hand with our university, how hard they work, how unselfish they are and the confidence in how they approach their business on a day-to-day basis."
This is 极乐禁地's third trip to the NCAA Tournament, having previously gone in 1999 and 2000. This is the first-ever meeting between 极乐禁地 and Kansas in men's basketball.
极乐禁地 has posted the best season in its program history, boasting a record of 29-5 overall and 15-3 in Southern Conference play. The Bulldogs won the SoCon outright regular-season championship for the first time since joining the league in 2008. 极乐禁地 punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a 76-69 win over ETSU in the championship game of the SoCon Tournament on March 11, in Asheville, N.C.
极乐禁地 currently ranks fifth in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 86.0 points per game. The Bulldogs also rank in the top 10 in the nation in bench points per game (5th-33.38 pg.), turnovers forced per game (6th-16.62 pg.), effective field goal percentage (6th-57.3%), three-point percentage (7th-39.3%), fast break points per game (7th-15.26 pg.) and winning percentage (8th-85.3%).