Conference Carolinas Announces 2022 Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket
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GREENVILLE, S.C. – It has been quite a first season in Conference Carolinas for UNC Pembroke as the program has been ranked as high as No. 5 in the NABC poll and captured the 2021-22 regular season championship as well as the top seed in the conference tournament.
The Braves, who finished the regular season 25-2 overall and 22-2 in Conference Carolinas action, have won five straight games and have earned a bid to the tournament semifinals which will take place inside Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium on the campus of Wofford in Spartanburg, South Carolina on Saturday, March 5 at 12 p.m.
Emmanuel, the 2020-21 regular season champion, is 19-8 overall and 18-5 in league play as the No. 2 seed in the tournament. The Lions earn the second bye to the semifinals and will play at 2:30 p.m. on March 5.
By virtue of winning the regular season finale over Southern Wesleyan, Belmont Abbey enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed with a record of 19-9 overall and 17-7 in league play. The Crusaders will play on Friday, March 4 at 1:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals in Spartanburg. The Warriors (18-9, 16-7 CC) earned the four seed and will play in the other quarterfinal at 11 a.m.
Mount Olive is the fifth seed with a record of 15-12, 14-9 in league action. The will host eighth-seeded King (14-14, 11-13 CC) and ninth-seeded Francis Marion (12-14, 10-14 CC) for the first and second rounds on Sunday, Feb. 27 and Monday, Feb. 28. The first round will be played at 5 p.m. with the second round at 7 p.m.
With a win over Lees-McRae in the regular season finale, Barton (15-13, 13-11 CC) earned the No. 6 seed and the right to host the other first and second round site with the seventh-seeded Bobcats (14-13, 12-12 CC) and No. 10 Chowan (8-17, 8-15 CC) squaring off on Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. The winner will face the Bulldogs on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.
Fans can watch every game of the tournament live via the Conference Carolinas Digital Network and BlueFrame at conferencecarolinasdn.com. Information regarding the championship schedule, bracket and Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium are available
here.
2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Championship
First Round – Sunday, February 27
#10 Chowan vs. #7 Lees-McRae at Barton, 5 p.m.
#8 King vs. #9 Francis Marion at Mount Olive, 5 p.m.
Second Round – Monday, February 28
Winner of #7-#10 at #6 Barton, 7 p.m.
Winner of #8-#9 at #5 Mount Olive, 7 p.m.
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium - Spartanburg, S.C.)
Winner of #5-#8-#9 vs. #4 Southern Wesleyan, 11 a.m.
Winner of #6-#7-#10 vs. #3 Belmont Abbey, 1:30 p.m.
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium - Spartanburg, S.C.)
Winner of #4-#5-#8-#9 vs. #1 UNC Pembroke, 12 p.m.
Winner of #3-#6-#7-#10 vs. #2 Emmanuel, 2:30 p.m.
Final – Sunday, March 6 (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium - Spartanburg, S.C.)
Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2, 1 p.m.