Falcons to Face William Patterson in NCAA Tournament

NEW HAVEN, Conn.- The Albertus Magnus College Men's Basketball team will face William Patterson, ranked No. 10 nationally on Friday at 8:00 pm.  The winner of this game will face the winner of DeSales (22-5) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (22-4) on Saturday at 7:00 pm.  The full NCAA Tournament bracket is located here. 

Albertus Magnus (22-6) will meet a William Patterson (25-2) team that features five starting seniors with a tremendous amount of experience in post season play.  This will be William Patterson's 14th appearance in the tournament, including trips to the 1999 Final Four and the 2001 national championship game.  Coach Oliver doesn't think that the younger Falcons will be overwhelmed.  "Anytime that you have seniors on the team it helps," Oliver said.  "But, the way I see it, is that we're young, but we're a unique young.  We've got a lot of sophomores who've played every single minute for the last two years."  "The're almost like seniors in terms of experience."

It will be the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Falcons who started their season preseason number one winning the regular season and postseason GNAC titles.  The 22-6 Falcons feature three All Conference selections including sophomore player of the year Ray Askew (Hamden, CT).  The game will have live stats located by clicking here.  The Falcons will also have a fan bus traveling to the game on Thursday afternoon.  Please contact the athletic department for details and to reserve your spot.

*Courtesy Albertus Magnus College Athletic Communications