The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team has moved on to the semi-finals/final of the
NCAA Division III championship tournament.
UW-Whitewater Post-Season Website
Final Four Pictures (Thursday March 15) available for purchase
team at elementary school, practice, Salem Civic Center, banquet
UW-W, 27-4, will face the Engineers of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 29-1, on Friday March 16 at 8:00 (Eastern) at the
Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. In the preceding semi-final game, the
Illinois Wesleyan University Titans, 23-7, will face the
Cabrini College Cavaliers, 30-1, at 6:00 on Friday March 16. Friday's winning teams will match up Saturday March 17 at 7:00 to play for the NCAA DIII national championship.
All-session ticket packages are available only prior to Friday, March 18 and are priced at $25 per package for adults and $12.50 per package for youth ages 2-college student and senior citizens. Tickets will also be sold on campus beginning Monday, March 12 until Wednesday, March 14 at 12:00 pm. The ticket office telephone number is 262-472-2222 or call Salem Convention Center 540-375-3004. Tickets can be picked up or sent to Salem will call.
For an updated 2012 NCAA Division III men's championship tournament bracket,
click here.
UW-Whitewater
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference...Overall record is 27-4 and 13-3 in conference...Head coach
Pat Miller is in his tenth year at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater... He has a record of 211-70 while at Whitewater... UW-W's fifteenth appearance in the NCAA DIII championship tournament and fourth appearance in the final four. Miller was also named WIAC Coach of the Year three times as the Warhawk head coach and named the 2012 NABC All-West District Coach of the Year. Senior forward
Chris Davis (Madison/East) was named the 2012 NABC All-West District Player of the Year.
Players to watch...
Chris Davis (Madison/East) (Sr, F, 6-6, Madison, WI) 22.2 PPG, 8.0 RPG, .554 FG%, .437 3PT%,1.7 APG,1.1 SPG
Alex Merg (Greendale) (So, G. 6-1, Greendale, WI) 5.7 PPG, 2.6 RPG, .376 FG%, .279 3PT%, 3.8 APG, 1.3 SPG
Alex Edmunds (Cedarburg) (Sr, F, 6-4, Cedarburg, WI) 9.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, .602 FG%, .4 APG, .5 SPG
Eric Bryson (Elkhorn) (So, G, 6-3, Elkhorn, WI) 8.9 PPG, 3.5 RPG, .538 FG%, .405 3PT%, 2.4 APG, 1.1 SPG
Luke Knoble (Boscobel) (Jr, F, 6-5, Boscobel, WI) 10.3 PPG, 5.0 RPG, .654 FG%, 1.1 APG, .6 SPG
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference...Overall record is 29-1 and 11-1 in confernece...Head coach Larry Anderson is in his seventeenth year at MIT...He has a record of 251-200 while at MIT...MIT's fourth appearance in the NCAA DIII championship tourament and first appearance in the final four. Senior center Noel Hollingsworth was named to the 2012 2nd-Team NABC All-Northeast District team.
Players to watch...
Noel Hollingsworth (Sr, C, 6-9, Salt Lake City, Utah/Judge Memorial Catholic) 17.5 PPG, 54.7 FG%, 45.1 3PT%, 6.9 RPG, 1.8 BPG
Mitchell Kates (Jr, G, 6-1, Colts Neck, NJ/Phillips Exeter Academy) 14.3 PPG, 51.4 FG%, 31.6 3PT%, 4.0 RPG, 5.4 APG, 2.3 SPG
Jamie Karraker (Sr, G, 6-4, Morgantown, WV/Phillips Exeter Academy) 13.0 PPG, 45.5 FG%, 43.2 3PT%, 2.5 RPG, 1.1 SPG
Will Tashman (Jr, F, 6-8, Atherton, CA/Menlo School) 11.4 PPG, 54.2 FG%, 9.5 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.8 BPG
Billy Bender (Sr, G, 6-5, The Woodlands, TX/Woodlands College Park) 9.8 PPG, 53.4 FG%, 45.0 3PT%, 5.5 RPG, 1.8 APG
Illinois Wesleyan University Titans
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin...Overall record is 23-7 and 10-4 in conference...Head coach Ron Rose is in his sixth year at IWU...He has a record of 106-61 while at IWU...IWU's twenty-first appearance in the NCAA DIII championship tournament and fourth appearance in the final four...1997 NCAA DIII national champions. Senior guard Jordan Zimmer was named to the 2012 NABC 1st Team All-Midwest Distrct team.
Players to watch...
Jordan Zimmer (Sr, G, 6-5, Delavan, IL) 15.5 PPG, 44.5 FG%, 42.1 3PT%, 2.5 RPG, 0.9 APG
Victor Davis (So, F, 6-5, Galesburg, IL) 10.8 PPG, 50.8 FG%, 29.3 3PT%, 4.9 RPG
John Koschnitzky (Sr, F, 6-6, Oak Forest, IL) 9.4 PPG, 39.4 FG%, 28.2 3PT%, 3.2 RPG, 1.1 APG
Kevin Reed (Jr, F/C, 6-7, Arlington Heights, IL/Prospect) 8.8 PPG, 59.8 FG%, 5.9 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.9 SPG
Eliud Gonzalez (Sr, G, 5-9, Oak Lawn, IL/Richards) 6.5 PPG, 43.1 FG%, 37.3 3PT%, 3.8 RPG, 5.5 APG, 1.8 SPG
Cabrini College Cavaliers
Colonial States Athletic Conference...Overall record is 30-1 and 18-0 in conference...Head coach Marcus Kahn is in his fourth year at Cabrini...He has a record of 101-19 while at Cabrini...Cabrini's eleventh appearance in the NCAA DIII championship tournament and first appearance in the final four. Senior guard Cory Lemons was named to the 2012 NABC 1st Team All-Middle Atlantic District team. Head coach Marcus Kahn was named the 2012 NABC Middle Atlantic Coach of the Year.
Players to watch...
Cory Lemons (Sr, G, 5-10, Wilmington, DE/Glasgow) 17.7 PPG, 48.6 FG%, 40.9 3PT%, 6.2 RPG, 6.5 APG, 1.8 SPG
Jermey Knowles (Jr, G, 6-1, Antioch, CA/Pittsburgh) 12.6 PPG, 45.5 FG%, 35.1 3PT%, 5.1 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.5 SPG
John Boyd (Sr, G, 6-3, Trappe, PA/Perkiomen Valley) 10.9 PPG, 35.0 FG%, 30.4 3PT%, 3.7 RPG, 0.8 APG, 1.1 SPG
Aaron Walton-Moss (Fr, G, 6-1, Camden, NJ) 11.7 PPG, 61.6 FG%, 8.7 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.6 SPG
Fran Rafferty (So, F, 6-4, King of Prussia, PA/Upper Merion) 9.7 PPG, 50.2 FG%, 39.1 3PT%, 5.0 RPG, 1.1 APG