March 4, 2009

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ROCHESTER, Mich. - After posting 20 wins for the first time in the Division I era and winning a league record 13 games, the Oakland University men's basketball team (20-11, 13-5) earned the No. 3 seed for the upcoming Summit League Tournament, March 7-10, in Sioux Falls, S.D. in the Sioux Falls Arena.

The Golden Grizzlies will take on No. 6 seed IPFW (13-16, 8-10) in the quarterfinals on Sunday, March 8. Game time is set for 9:30 p.m. and can be listened to on OU's student radio station WXOU-FM (88.3). Live stats will also be provided on ougrizzlies.com.

North Dakota State (23-6, 16-2) earned the top seed, Oral Roberts (16-14, 14-4) gained the No. 2 seed, No. 3 Oakland, No. 4 IUPUI (16-13, 9-9), No. 5 Southern Utah (10-19, 8-10), No. 6 IPFW, No. 7 South Dakota State (12-19, 7-11) and No.8 Centenary (8-22, 6-12).

The semifinals and finals will air on television. The semifinal contests on Monday, March 9, will be offered on ESPN Full Court on ESPN360, with the championship game to broadcast on ESPN2 this Tuesday, March 10.

To all donors, athletic administrators, alumni, teams, coaches, band, cheer/dance teams and parents of this event;
The pep rally/buffet lunch is confirmed for 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, March 7. It will be held in the Fontenelle Ballroom at the Sheraton Sioux Falls Hotel. This event will immediately procede the women's quarterfinals game at 2:30 p.m.

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