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Round Three: Men's Basketball Hosts Chadron Tuesday

Kearney, Neb. - The Nebraska-Kearney men's basketball team will host Chadron State Tuesday night, February 28th, in an RMAC Tournament first round game.

Tip time is 7:00 p.m. for the 175th meeting between these two schools. After Chadron's 75-73 win Saturday night at home, UNK leads the series 111-63.

Both teams, along with Fort Lewis, ended the year with 13-9 league records. Thanks to a series of tiebreakers, UNK (15-11) got the four seed, Chadron (13-13) earned the fifth seed and FLC ended sixth.

Season tickets/passes are NOT valid for postseason play. All seating Tuesday will be general admission with the cost being $ 8.00 for adults and $ 4.00 for seniors (65 plus) and youth (under 23).

The winner of Tuesday's game advances to the RMAC Shootout in Pueblo on March 2-3 where it'll play either top-seed Colorado School of Mines or eight-seed Western State.

UNK is 23-13 all-time in the RMAC tourney, winning the event in 1998 and 2006. The Lopers have never lost a first round home game (14-0).

The complete bracket is HERE.
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