SCAC Announces 2013 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket

SCAC Announces 2013 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The SCAC office today announced the bracket for the 2013 men's basketball tournament, which will be begin Friday, Feb. 22 in Sherman, Texas. Tournament Bracket | Official Tournament Website | Hoops Weekly - Tournament Edition

Austin College is serving as host of this year's event.

Trinity University, who posted a 12-3 conference mark (18-7 overall), earned the top for this weekend's event. The Tigers are the defending champions, having won the program's sixth conference tournament title with a 61-50 victory over Centre College last year at Birmingham-Southern College.

Colorado College (11-4 SCAC / 15-10 overall) is the second seed and, along with Trinity, earned a first-round bye in this year's event.

Men's quarterfinal action gets underway on Friday evening as the No. 4 seed Southwestern University (6-9 SCAC / 10-15 overall) takes on Centenary College, the No. 5 seed. The Gents (5-10 SCAC / 9-14 overall) are making their SCAC tournament debut.

Friday's final quarterfinal contest will pit the No. 3 seed University of Dallas (8-7 SCAC / 14-11 overall) against the host school, No. 6 seed Austin College (3-12 SCAC / 6-19 overall)

Friday - Quarterfinals at Austin College
5 p.m. CT - #4 Southwestern vs. #5 Centenary
7 p.m. CT - #3 Dallas vs. #6 Austin College

Saturday - Semifinals at Austin College
5 p.m. CT - #1 Trinity vs. Winner of 5 p.m. Quarterfinal
7 p.m. CT - #2 Colorado College vs. Winner of 7 p.m. Quarterfinal

Sunday - Finals at Austin College
2:30 p.m. CT - Winner 5 p.m. Semifinal vs. Winner 7 p.m. Semifinal

For more information on the 2013 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament, click here for the official website.

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