Scarlet Raiders Ready For NCAA Debut
Rutgers-Newark Basketball
3/5/2010 8:07:23 AM
MIDDLEBURY, VT -- At 11 a.m., Rutgers-Newark's men's basketball team will have its final walk through practice session for its NCAA Division III Championship Tournament regional debut tonight against Rhode Island College in Pepin Gym.
Tip-off is set fo 6 p.m. for the Scarlet Raiders and Anchormen before host Middlebury College takes on Gordon College in the 8 p.m. nightcap. The winners meet tomorrow night at 7 for the regional crown and the right to advance to sectional play. The losers pack their bags.
The Scarlet Raiders will gather for a buffet breakfast at historic Middlebury Inn at 9 a.m. before taking a short bus ride to the expansive Middlebury campus located on the other side of the postcard Vermont village.
Ninth-year head coach Joe Loughran led his squad through a quick 1-1/2 hour practice in Pepin Gym on Thursday before the team dined out at a local restaurant just a short walk in the crisp weather from the inn.
You can follow tonight's action by clicking on live video and play-by-play feeds (located in the Calendar section on the right side of this page).