The Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball team isn’t exactly headed to the postseason with a head of steam, But the Broncos will be trying to find a way to advance when they square off with Cal Baptist on Friday in an NCAA Division II regional first-round game at Western Oregon University.

The Broncos (22-7), the third-place team out of the CCAA, are the No. 6 seed while Cal Baptist (27-6) is the No. 3 seed and enters with momentum after winning the PacWest Conference Tournament.

“We have been in a shooting slump for like the last six weeks,” Cal Poly Pomona coach Greg Kamansky said. “The games we have won have been because we were doing some of the others things well like rebounding and playing defense. We just have to find a way. “

That game will be the first of the four quarterfinals and will be followed by No. 7 Chico State (22-7) vs, No. 2 UC San Diego (22-7), No. 5 Azusa Pacific (22-8) vs. No. 4 Seattle Pacific (22-8) and No. 8 Humboldt State (21-8) vs. No. 1 Western Oregon (27-3).

Humboldt State was the CCAA postseason tournament champion to earn the automatic berth while Western Oregon won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament and automatic bid.

Kamansky said he is glad to be playing a team other than one from his own conference.

“It gives it more of a real postseason tournament feel,” he said,
The semifinals are slated for Saturday with the championship game, which will determine an Elite Eight participant, on Monday.

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