The UAFS men's basketball team finished the Heartland Conference regular season tied for seventh place with the St. Mary's Rattlers and clinched the No. 7 seed in next week's Heartland Conference Tournament.
Action in the eight-team, four-day tournament will begin on Thursday at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa, Okla. The Lions will play the No. 2 seed Dallas Baptist Patriots at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.
It will be the third encounter of the season between UAFS (10-18) and Dallas Baptist (21-9), which beat UAFS 97-89 on Jan. 19 at the Stubblefield Center and 101-91 on Feb. 9 at the Burg Center in Dallas.
That game and all of the Lions games in the tournament will be broadcast on KHGG-FM 101.1 and KHGG-AM 1580. Live statistics and live stream also will be available throughout the tournament.
St. Edward's (25-3), which is ranked No. 4 and No. 5 in the latest NABC and D2SIDA Top 25 polls, won the regular-season conference title and will be the No. 1 seed. The Hilltoppers will play No. 8 St. Mary's Rattlers (12-16) at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Lubbock Christian (20-8), which beat St. Edward's in Saturday's regular-season finale, will be the No. 3 seed and will play No. 6 seed Oklahoma Christian (10-16) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, and Newman (20-8) will be the No. 4 seed and will play No. 5 seed Rogers State (18-11) at 2:30 p.m. on Friday.
The complete tournament bracket and tournament information is available by visiting
Tournament Central.
Single-day tickets will be available for purchase at the UMAC for $15 for adults and $7 for students with a valid student I.D. Military personnel, with military identification, and children age 5 and under will be admitted free of charge. Tournament passes, which are good for all 14 games, will be $40. Ticket and tournament pass purchases at the UMAC box office are cash only.
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