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Eight men's basketball teams from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference travel on Friday to the 2019-20 NJCAA North Plains District Men's Basketball Tournament hosted by Anoka-Ramsey Community College February 28-March 1 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
The tournament will begin first round action on Friday, February 28 with games starting at 1:00pm. Winning teams in the quarterfinal round will advance to 4pm / 6pm semifinals on Saturday, February 29. The 2019-20 NJCAA North Plains District Championship game will be Sunday, March 1 at 5:00pm.
Daily ticket prices are $10 for adults, $7 for students.
Southern Division champion St. Cloud Technical & Community College (23-2) leads a strong contingent of Southern Division squads to Coon Rapids and are ranked No. 9 in NJCAA. Three of the four MCAC South programs are ranked nationally; SCTCC, No. 5 Rochester Community & Technical College (22-5 overall) and No. 13 Riverland Community College (23-4). The fourth MCAC Southern Division representative - Ridgewater College - brings a 16-9 record and a 2019-20 resume which includes wins over Riverland and Northern Division runner-up Northland Community & Technical College.
Central Lakes College, also nationally ranked at No. 11 with a 23-4 mark, ran through the MCAC Northern Division schedule unbeaten and have won their last 18 games. The Raiders fell to SCTCC 82-77 on December 14 and have not lost since that contest. Joining CLC in Coon Rapids are Northland CTC (17-10), Hibbing Community College (12-12) and Rainy River Community College (15-12). In 2018-19, Central Lakes claimed the North District title and advanced to the 2018-29 NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball National Championships, where they upset previously undefeated Suffolk County in the first round.
For information on brackets, game times, campus directions and more: https://www.arccgoldenrams.com/general/2019-20/releases/20200219oxdve6
Live-streaming of all contests by Anoka-Ramsey Community College is available at: at https://arccgoldenrams.com/multimedia/Blueframe_Live_Stream
NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball information is found at: https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2019-20/div3/index
All things MCAC Men's Basketball, please go to: https://www.mcacsports.org/sports/mbkb/index
NJCAA Basketball, including National Top 15 Poll and Player-of-the-Week releases can be found at: https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/index
The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, as well as select member colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin. The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions. The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.
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