{"id":75989,"date":"2017-03-06T09:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=75989"},"modified":"2017-03-06T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:50:55","slug":"wisconsin-stevens-point-st-norbert-host-quarterfinals-in-2017-division-iii-mens-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2017\/03\/06\/wisconsin-stevens-point-st-norbert-host-quarterfinals-in-2017-division-iii-mens-ncaa-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin-Stevens Point, St. Norbert host quarterfinals in 2017 Division III men’s NCAA tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
The two returning national finalists will host quarterfinal games in the 2017 Division III men’s NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n
The 12-team bracket, revealed Monday morning, gave four bids to Western teams — all of whom got first-round byes — and eight to Eastern teams.<\/p>\n
Defending national champion Wisconsin-Stevens Point and St. Norbert will host two of the quarterfinals on March 18, against Adrian and Augsburg, respectively.<\/p>\n
The eight Eastern teams will play first-round games on Saturday to complete the quarterfinal field.<\/p>\n
The first-round games played Saturday, March 11 are:<\/p>\n
• Salem State at Norwich, 7 p.m. EST
\n• Hamilton at Oswego, 7 p.m. EST
\n• Plattsburgh at Trinity, 7 p.m. EST
\n• Endicott at Hobart, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
The quarterfinal games that are set for Saturday, March 18 include:<\/p>\n
• Adrian at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 7 p.m. CDT
\n• Augsburg at St. Norbert, 7 p.m. CDT<\/p>\n
Adrian, Hamilton, Hobart, Oswego and Wisconsin-Stevens Point gained entry via at-large bids in Pool B (for teams in conferences without an automatic bid) or Pool C (all remaining teams).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 12-team bracket, revealed Monday morning, gave four bids to Western teams — all of whom got first-round byes — and eight to Eastern teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n