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CNU Selected to NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

CNU Selected to NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Bracket

Christopher Newport, the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) champions, were selected to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship field beginning Friday (March 1).

CNU (21-6) starts its national title defense against Hobart (22-5) in Friday's first round hosted by Widener in Chester, Pennsylvania. 

Sixteen sites will host four teams for first- and second-round competition Friday-Saturday, March 1-2. Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites March 8-9. Winners of the four sectional championship games will advance to the semi-finals and finals March 14 and 16. All games, except the semi-finals and finals, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. The semi-finals and finals will be held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Captains are the defending national champion after defeating Mount Union 74-72 to win its first-ever national championship in program history.