The Chico State men's basketball team will open the Elite Eight versus University of South Carolina Aiken Wednesday night at 6:30, PDT. It will be the last NCAA Championship Tournament quarterfinal of the day.
 
The winner will take on defending NCAA Champion Drury or West Liberty in national semifinal game Thursday at 6:30, PDT. The NCAA Division II Championship game is scheduled for Saturday at noon, PDT.
 
Chico State (25-7) is playing in the Elite Eight for the first time in program history having rallied from 13 points down in the final 2:34 to beat Cal State Stanislaus for the West Region title Monday.
 
USC Aiken (32-3) is making its second straight Elite Eight appearance. The Pacers, ranked 5^th in the nation, lost to eventual NCAA Division II Champion Drury in last season's national quarterfinals.
 
 
GAME COVERAGE
The home of the Wildcats, www.chicowildcats.com, features links to all streaming audio, video and stats on the home page and men's basketball schedule page.

Radio/Audio: All Chico State games will be broadcast in the Chico area on AM-1290 KPAY with The Voice of the Wildcats, Mike Baca, providing the descriptions. The games will also be streamed live HERE.
 
Television: Thursday's semifinal game will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network: channel 418 and 732 (HD) on Comcast in Chico; channel 221 on DirecTV in Chico; and channel 158 and 159 (HD) in Chico. Saturday's National Championship game will be broadcast on CBS.
 
Streaming Video: All seven games will be streamed live on NCAA.com/liveschedule.
 
Print: Travis Souders of the Chico Enterprise-Record will be in Evansville providing game stories, features, videos and podcasts online at www.chicoer.com/sports and in print.
 

SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: For up-to-the-minute analysis follow @ChicoWildcats, @WildCatsAD, @TravisSouders, @KPAYBacaSports and @Mbaca24.
 
Facebook: For photos and more like facebook.com/chicowildcats.
 
 
EVANSVILLE AND THE ELITE EIGHT
The "Elite Eight" started in March 1957 at Evansville's Roberts Stadium as the NCAA College Division Championship. The city of Evansville has hosted this championship 21 times in its 58-year history: First from 1957 to 1976 and again in 2002. The Ford Center will host the Elite Eight this year and next.
 
Basketball Hall of Fame inductees and NBA legends former Los Angeles Lakers head coach and the new president of the New York Knicks Phil Jackson, and former Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, played in this Elite Eight right here in Evansville. Sloan won back-to-back championships in 1964 and 1965.
 
 
2014 NCAA DIVISION II MEN'S ELITE EIGHT® BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 26, 27 and 29 • Ford Center • Evansville, Indiana • Host University of Southern Indiana
 
Quarterfinals –Wednesday, March 26 – on www.NCAA.com
10 a.m. PDT
No. 4 Southern Connecticut State Owls (30-2, #1 East Region seed) vs.
New Haven, Conn. (2nd Elite Eight / 5th NCAA appearance: 6-5)
No. 20 Central Missouri Mules (27-5, #2 Central Region seed) vs.
Warrensburg, Mo. (5th Elite Eight / 22nd NCAA appearance: 33-21 / 1984 NCAA Champions)
 
12:30 p.m. PDT
Tuskegee Golden Tigers (21-11, #8 South Region seed)
Tuskegee, Ala. (1st Elite Eight / 4th NCAA appearance: 4-4)
No. 1 Metro State Roadrunners (31-1, #1 South Central Region seed) vs.
Denver, Colo. (8th Elite Eight / 18th NCAA appearance: 41-15 / 2000 & 2002 NCAA Champion)
 
4 p.m. PDT
No. 8 Drury Panthers (28-3, #1 Midwest Region seed) vs.
Springfield, Mo. (2nd Elite Eight / 9th NCAA appearance: 12-7 / 2013 NCAA Champion)
No. 7 West Liberty Hilltoppers (29-3, #2 Atlantic Region seed)
West Liberty, W. Va. (4th Elite Eight / 6th NCAA appearance: 16-5 / 2013 NCAA Semifinalist)
 
6:30 p.m. PDT
No. 5 USC Aiken Pacers (32-3, #1 Southeast Region seed) vs.
Aiken, S.C. (2nd Elite Eight / 7th NCAA appearance: 10-6)
Chico State Wildcats (25-7, #4 West Region seed)
Chico, Calif. (1st Elite Eight / 11th NCAA appearance: 5 -15)
 
Semifinals – Thursday, March 27 – on CBS Sports Network
4 p.m. PDT
Southern Conn. St. / Central Mo. winner vs. Tuskegee / Metro St. winner
 
6:30 p.m. PDT
Drury / West Liberty winner vs. USC Aiken / Chico State winner
 
Championship – Saturday, March 29 –on CBS
12 p.m. PDT

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