SLU Billikens go to NCAA
By Earl Austin Jr.
Of the St. Louis American
The Saint Louis University Billikens will be participating in the NCAA Tournament for an unprecedented third consecutive year.
SLU drew a No. 5 seed and will play in the loaded Midwest Regional. The Billikens will play the winner of Tuesday night’s North Carolina State-Xavier game on Thursday night in Orlando, FL. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:20 p.m. The game will be televised on TNT.
The Billikens are one of six teams from the Atlantic 10 Conference to make it to the tournament. SLU won the Atlantic 10 regular season championship and will enter the tournament with a 26-6 record. However, the Billikens have lost four of their last five game heading into the NCAA Tournament.
Should the Billikens make it past North Carolina State or Xavier, they would advance to the third round on Saturday against either defending national champion Louisville or Manhattan.
The NCAA Tournament also returns to St. Louis with second and third round games taking place at the Scottrade Center on Friday and Sunday. On Friday, No. 1 seed Wichita State will take on either Cal Poly or Texas Southern in the Midwest Region at 7:20 p.m. That game will be followed by Kentucky and Kansas State. The winners will meet on Sunday.
The South Region second and third round games will also be in St. Louis this weekend. Kansas, the No. 2 seed will take on Eastern Kentucky and No. 7 New Mexico will take on No. 10 Stanford.
