Thunder Men's Basketball Earns Two Seed for Conference and Region Tournaments
The #6 ranked Thunder men's basketball team has completed their regular season with 19 wins for the second straight season. The Thunder claimed their seventh straight regular season Midwest Christian College Conference title, but lost the tiebreaker to Faith Baptist Bible College and are the two seed in the Midwest Christian College Conference Tournament. The MCCC Tournament seeds are as follows:
#1 Faith Baptist Bible
#2 Manhattan Christian
#3 Central Christian College of the Bible
#4 Ozark Christian
#5 Calvary
#6 Emmaus
#7 Barclay
Manhattan Christian College will head to Belton, Missouri for the MCCC Tournament, which is on the campus of Calvary University at Pyramid Athletic Center. The Thunder will play in the quarterfinal game against the seven seed Barclay on Thursday, February 19th at 12:00PM. Depending on the Thursday result, the Thunder will play against the three seed or the six seed on Friday, February 20th in the semifinal game at 4:00PM with a win or a consolation game at 12:00PM with a loss. The MCCC Tournament Championship game will be on Saturday, February 21st at 6:00PM.
The NCCAA Central Region Tournament will be hosted at the Howie's Activity Center on the campus of Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, Kansas. The Central Region Tournament seeds are as follows:
#1 Spurgeon
#2 Manhattan Christian
#3 Ozark Christian
#4 Central Christian College of the Bible
#5 Calvary
#6 Union Adventist
The Thunder will be the two seed for the Central Region Tournament and will receive a bye into the semifinal where they will play the winner of Ozark Christian and Union Adventist. The quarterfinal and semifinal games will be on Wednesday, February 25th and Thursday, February 26th, respectively. The Thunder will play on Thursday at 6:00PM. The championship game will be on Friday, February 27th at 4:00PM.
Head coach Jordan Strom is thrilled for postseason play, "I am thrilled for the opportunity to compete in the postseason. Our guys have put in a lot of work to get to this point and they couldn't be more excited to play for one another."
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