Mar 9, 2008

Rams Earn #6 Seed in Upcoming NCAA Division II Northeast Regional

The Philadelphia University men's basketball team was named the #6 seed for the upcoming NCAA Division II Tournament. Head Coach Herb Magee's squad, which brings a 22-11 overall record into the Northeast Regional, will meet the third-seeded Golden Knights from the College of Saint Rose (22-7) in an opening-round contest at noon on Saturday, March 15th, on the campus of Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.

The Rams earned the bid by winning the 2008 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship, taking a 73-67 double-overtime decision from Holy Family University on Saturday, March 8th. Sophomore forward Malcolm Ingram led the way for Philadelphia University in the title game, finishing with 19 points, ten rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots while senior forward Jason Hickenbottom added 14 points and nine rebounds before fouling out.

The NCAA Tournament bid is the 23rd in Magee's illustrious coaching career that has spanned 41 years and continues an amazing season that saw his team open with an 0-5 record. The Rams posted a perfect 16-0 record in the CACC during the regular season and capped the conference campaign by winning the title. The victory over the Tigers was the tenth straight win for the Rams and the 16th in their past 17 games.

Magee's squad is led by Ingram, a CACC first-team All-Conference selection in his first year as a starter. The Philadelphia native leads the Rams in scoring and rebounding with 16.7 ppg and 8.4 rpg. Fellow sophomore Russell Frederick, the MVP of the CACC Tournament and a third-team All-Conference pick, ranks third on the team in scoring with a career-high 11.6 ppg while dishing out a league-best 166 assists.

Hickenbottom, meanwhile, is a two-time CACC All-Conference honoree and ranks second on the Rams in scoring this season with 13.0 ppg while his 6.5 rpg also ranks second to Ingram. Rounding out the All-Conference selections for Philadelphia University is junior guard Mike Dunn, whose game-tying three-point field goal at the end of regulation allowed the Rams to force overtime against Holy Family, which earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament despite the loss in the championship. A CACC honorable mention All-Conference pick, Dunn ranks fourth on the team in scoring this season with 10.9 ppg including a CACC-best 91 three-point field goals.

Northeast-10 Champion Bentley (30-0) is the top-seed in the Northeast Regional and will meet eighth-seed Merrimack (17-11) in another opening round game. The other two first-round games will feature fourth-seed LIU-C.W. Post (26-4) versus fifth-seed Bryant (17-12) and second-seed Assumption (22-10) versus seventh-seed Holy Family (21-9).

There will be eight Division II regional championship tournaments played throughout the country next week with each winner earning the right to play at the 2008 "Elite Eight" for the national championship in Springfield, Mass. The national quarterfinal games are set to get underway on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.


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