By: Michael L. Damon
mdamon@jjay.cuny.edu
(212) 237-8322
CENTERVILLE, Mass.— After its best regular season in almost a decade, the John Jay men's basketball team has earned a postseason bid as the Bloodhounds have earned a spot into the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro Regional Championship.
John Jay, who currently stands at 15-13 overall record and finished in the runner up spot in the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) / Con Edison postseason championship, will be the No. 5 seed in the eight team tournament. The Bloodhounds will play at No. 4 seed College of Mt. St. Mary in Newburgh, N.Y on Wednesday at 8 p.m. If the Bloodhounds win that game, they advance into the semifinal where they will play the winner between No. 1 Richard Stockton College and No. 8 Sage College on Saturday. The championship game is Sunday.
The trip to the tournament is the first for the men's basketball program since the 2003-04 season. That year, the men finished 21-7 during the regular season and lost 80-68 in the quarterfinals to NYU.
The bid also marks the first postseason bid John Jay has gotten since the 2007-08 season when John Jay, via the automatic qualifier, won the CUNYAC championship to earn a spot into the NCAA Division III championship.
Here is a look at the eight team tournament:
Wednesday, February 27
No. 1 Richard Stockton College vs. No. 8 Sage College
No. 2 College at Old Westbury vs. No. 7 Baruch College
No. 3 New York University vs. No. 6 New Jersey City University
No. 4 College of Mt. St. Mary vs.
No. 5 John Jay College
Saturday March 2
No. 1 / No. 8 Winner vs. No. 4 / No. 5 Winner
No. 2 / No. 7 Winner vs. No. 3 / No. 6 Winner
Sunday March 3
Championship Game
