March 5, 2006

Allenale, Mich. - Grand Valley State has been selected as the #2 seed in the NCAA DII Great Lakes Regional Tournament and will play #7 seeded Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Saturday (March 11) afternoon at St. Joseph's College in Renselaer, Ind. Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m. (ET). Tickets can be purchased through St. Joseph's College by calling (219) 866-6386. A first round victory by the Lakers would put them in the Great Lakes Regional semifinals Sunday (March 11) at 6 p.m. (ET). The Great Lakes Regional Championship is set for Tuesday (March 14) at 8 p.m. All of the action can be heard live via the radio. WBBL-AM 1340 (Grand Rapids), WEFC-FM 97.5 (Muskegon) and WMFN-AM 640 (Grand Rapids/Zeeland) will carry all of Grand Valley State's games.

Grand Valley State is making its sixth appearance in the NCAA DII Tournament, but its first since the 2000-01 campaign. The Lakers are 2-6 all-time in NCAA DII action. Grand Valley State, 27-3 overall, defeated Ferris State 80-58 Saturday night in the GLIAC Tournament Championship game in Allendale. GVSU captured its seventh GLIAC regular season championship and its fifth tourney title.

2006 NCAA DIVISION II MEN'S BASKETBALL

GREAT LAKES REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY, MAR. 11 (All Times ET)

1 p.m. - No. 3 Findlay (25-4) vs. No. 6 Quincy (21-9)

3:30 p.m. - No. 2 Grand Valley State (27-3) vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville (22-6)

7 p.m. - No. 1 Saint Joseph's (30-2) vs. No. 8 Ferris State (18-12)

9:30 p.m. - No. 4 Southern Indiana (25-6) vs. No. 5 Drury (21-8)

SUNDAY, MAR. 12

6 p.m. - UF/QU winner vs. GVSU/SIUE winner

8:30 p.m. - SJC/FSU winner vs. USI/DU winner

TUESDAY, MAR. 14

8 p.m. - Championship