Men's NCAA Tournament Games Announced
Loyola Marymount's fate from the West Coast Conference press release:
Loyola Marymount, which was ranked No. 15 in the most recently published NCAA Ratings Percentage Index, will be returning to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in school history. The Lions finished third in the WCC with a 10-8-2 overall record, marking Head Coach Paul Krumpe's fifth 10-plus victory season. The Lions will host Sacramento State (11-5-3) on Thursday, the official start date of first round play. The match start time is still to be determined. The winner of that match will move on to face No. 6 seed UCLA (10-3-4) at Drake Stadium on Sunday, November 22 at 5 PM.
Sacramento State is making its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
Said UCLA Coach Jorge Salcedo:
"We're excited to be a Top 8 seed in this year's tournament. Regardless of your seed or where you end the season, it's the beginning of a new season, and whichever team we play will be a very tough, challenging match. Both LMU and Sac State had good conference seasons. LMU has proven to be able to go on the road and win big games, and Sac State winning the MPSF conference has proven their quality as well."
The Bruins, winners of back-to-back Pac-10 titles, extended their streak of NCAA Tournament appearances to 27 years.
Tickets to the Nov. 22 game are $9 adults and $7 students/youth.
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Soccer is spread thin enough in this town. Most soccer fans here are Galaxy fans and will be locked into watching the MLS Cup at 5:30pm. You would think someone would have thought about that first. I really wanted to make this UCLA match but will now have to miss it. That's 6 of us. I think it's safe to assume there are dozens or hundreds more that will also be missing the match to watch the Galaxy. They need to fire whoever scheduled this the same day and time as the Cup.