Herd Men To Face Ohio In First Round of First Energy MAC Tournament

3/5/2005

The Marshall men's basketball team will travel to Athens, Ohio, to play the Ohio Bobcats in a first round MAC Tournament game at the Convo. Game time for the game is set for 9 p.m., and will be televised by ESPNU, according to Ohio's website, OhioBobcats.com.

The Herd, the #13 seed, and the Bobcats, the #4 seed, have faced each other twice this season, with Ohio claiming both meetings.

Here are the other pairings for next week's MAC Tournament.

First Energy MAC Tournament
Mar. 7 - Monday
at campus sites of higher seed
Game 1: No. 13 Marshall at No. 4 Ohio, tba
Game 2: No. 12 Central Michigan at No. 5 Kent State, tba
Game 3: No. 11 Eastern Michigan at No. 6 Akron, tba
Game 4: No. 10 Northern Illinois at No. 7 Buffalo, 7:00
Game 5: No. 9 Ball State at No. 8 Bowling Green , tba

No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Toledo and No. 3 Western Michigan receive byes

Mar. 10 - Thursday at Gund Arena
Game 6: No. 2 vs. Game 4 winner, noon
Game 7: No. 3 vs. Game 3 winner, 2:00*
Game 8: No. 1 vs. Game 5 winner, 7:00
Game 9: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 9:00*

Mar. 11 - Friday at Gund Arena
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 7:00 - FSN Ohio
Game 11: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 9:00* - FSN Ohio

Mar. 12 - Saturday at Gund Arena
Championship Game, 7:00 - ESPN2

*or 30 minutes following the end of previous game

all games will be broadcast in Cleveland by WKNR 850 AM and via Sirius Radio