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2025 Men's Basketball East Regional Coming To Lumsden Gymnasium

Game times, tickets & additional information now available

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Men's Basketball | 3/10/2025 3:31:00 PM

2025 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball East Regional Bracket (quarterfinals)AMHERST, N.Y. - The 2025 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship East Regional will be held at Lumsden Gymnasium on the campus of Daemen University beginning Saturday, March 15 and concluding Tuesday, March 18 with the crowning of a regional champion. Game times, ticket sales and broadcast information for the East Regional were announced today.

The East Regional features eight qualifying teams representing the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, East Coast Conference and Northeast-10 Conference, and is one of eight regional tournaments that make up the early portions of the 2025 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship tournament. The full 64-team tournament field was revealed last night at ncaa.com. Daemen (27-0), the last remaining unbeaten team across all three NCAA divisions, was announced as the No. 1 seed and host for the East Regional after securing the program's first East Coast Conference championship

Each regional champion will advance to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship Elite Eight to be held March 25-29 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. 

The full schedule for the 2025 East Regional is... 
 
Saturday, March 15
12:00 p.m. Regional Quarterfinal No. 1 - #3 Southern New Hampshire vs. #6 Assumption
2:30 p.m. Regional Quarterfinal No. 2 - #2 Adelphi vs. #7 Dominican (N.Y.)
5:00 p.m. Regional Quarterfinal No. 3 - #1 Daemen vs. #8 Bridgeport
7:30 p.m. Regional Quarterfinal No. 4 - #4 Pace vs. #5 St. Thomas Aquinas
    
Sunday, March 16
5:00 p.m. Regional Semifinal No. 1 -  #2 Adelphi/#7 Dominican (N.Y.) vs. #3 Southern New Hampshire/#6 Assumption
7:30 p.m. Regional Semifinal No. 2 - #1 Daemen/#8 Bridgeport vs. #4 Pace/#5 St. Thomas Aquinas
    
Tuesday, March 185
7:00 p.m. Regional Finals - Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2

All ticket sales for the 2025 East Regional are conducted via Daemen's online ticket office, accessible by visiting daemenwildcats.com/tickets. No cash is accepted on site. All games feature ticket pre-sales for families of student-athletes, coaches and team personnel. Pre-sale tickets for Saturday's quarterfinal contests will be available beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 12. Quarterfinal round tickets will go on sale for the general public beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 13. In addition, the gymnasium will be cleared between each contest. All ticket sales are for single games only. 

Each game of the East Regional will also feature live stats and a live stream broadcast available on the ECC Network - the official digital streaming network of the East Coast Conference and Daemen University. Additional information can be found at the East Regional central web page.


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