Charlotte 49ers news and notes:
-- Although the Atlantic 10 hasn't made it official, the 49ers have clinched a spot in the league's men's basketball tournament next week.
If Charlotte (currently tied for 11th with George Washington) finishes tied for 12th with either Fordham and Rhode Island, it holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with either of them. They also hold all the tiebreakers if they were to finish in any combination of a three-way tie for 11th with Rhode Island, Fordham or George Washington.
While it's likely Charlotte (13-14, 5-9) will finish somewhere in the 9-12 range in the standings (meaning they would have to play on the road in the first round next Tuesday), there's a remote chance the 49ers could finish eighth and thus get a home game.
But they would have to win their two remaining games (Wednesday at home against Duquesne; Saturday at Xavier) to do that, and get help from elsewhere.
-- 49ers junior forward Chris Braswell will be honored before the Duquesne game for scoring his 1,000th career point recently.
-- The sixth-seed 49ers face No. 11 Saint Louis in the first round of the Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament Friday 7:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia. Charlotte (16-11) and the Billikens (10-19) split their regular-season games, with the 49ers winning 61-52 in Halton Arena and Saint Louis winning 70-69 on Feb. 22.
The winner faces third-seed Dayton on Saturday.
-- Charlotte's softball team, off to an 8-5 start, is host to South Carolina (10-3) at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The 49ers, who went 4-1 in the 49ers Classic last weekend, have been getting strong play from freshman outfielder Alex Rogers, who is hitting .390. The 49ers are then off to San Diego, where they will play five-game tournament at San Diego State over the weekend.
-- Charlotte's baseball team, which played at Winthrop on Tuesday, is back home against Wagner this weekend. The 49ers haven't lost a series at home since February 2009. Charlotte, incidentally, isn't playing North Carolina this season because dates couldn't be worked out. The Tar Heels are expected to be back on the schedule next season.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Charlotte 49ers jockeying for tournament position
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Dave: Noticed big time there was no commentary on the UNC Charlotte and St. Bonaventure game......especially the incredibly bad officiating....what's up with the silence
FWIW, Scott didn't cover the Bona game as he was in Death Valley for the NC State @ Clemson game.
Yep, I was at Clemson-NC State. Back Wednesday for Duquesne. Thanks for asking.
DS
I only observations for the Charlotte-St Bona game was Andrew Nicholson and a ton of Bonnie fans.
Braswell is a Junior not a Senior.
when will this season end? enough already!
yawn...
Hard to be optimistic under this regime... Very disappointing.
Who the hell is that?
Dont you mean UNCC 49ers?
Is this a private school now?
Even when they revert back to the 1977 golden year they use the wrong name when it was called UNCC 49ers.
BULLY BULLY BULLY BULLY ....
Dates coudn't be worked out for Tar Heel baseball? Well, yes, in the sense that dates couldn't be worked out for Davidson basketball a few years back. Just once I want someone to be truthful and say "well, there's no advantage for us to play you this year. Come back when there is."
what a joke. oh wait... im the joke because uncc is really good. and im uneducated and work the drive thru.
Hey Anon 12:00,
No, the real reason you're a joke is because you keep coming on to a NINER blog trying to start something, and we'd just all like you to go mind your own business. I'm absolutely sick of idiots like you who say stuff like "UNCc iz rilly turibal n nobudee kairs ubout thim not evin stoodents, tin peeple com too they're gamms! LOL!"
And yet here you are, coming to post about something you claim you don't care about. So yeah, keep being an a-hole, and we'll keep pointing out how much of a hypocrite you are. Go the eff away please.
GO NINERS!
13-14, 5-9
;-)
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