On the heels of 22 wins and an appearance in the SoCon Tournament championship game, the Mountaineer men's basketball team has earned a bid to play in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The Mountaineers will host a first-round game on Wednesday, March 17 at 7 p.m. against Harvard in the Holmes Center. It is the fourth postseason appearance for Appalachian, as the squad played in the NCAA Tournament in 1979 and 2000, and most recently, in the 2006 National Invitational Tournament. The 16-team CIT is in its second year, as Old Dominion defeated Bradley to win the inaugural title in 2009. ASU has won 10 of its final 12 games on the season and currently sit at 22-12. The Crimson meanwhile are 21-7 and finished 10-4 in the Ivy League as they set record for most wins in program history, most conference wins, most home wins, and most road/neutral wins. it marks the first postseason tournament appearancefor Harvard since the 1945-1946 season. Both programs will be searching for their first ever postseason wins. The first round of games will be played March 16-18, followed by the quarterfinals on March 22. The semifinals are March 24-25 and the final is on March 30. The format for all rounds is single-elimination and all games will be on campus sites.
ASU to Host Harvard for CIT on Wednesday at 7pm
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