Pairings Announced for 2010 SSC Women's Basketball Championship

With the final regular-season games completed, the pairings have been announced for the 2010 BlueCross and BlueShield of Florida Sunshine State Conference Women’s Basketball Championship.  The tournament will tip-off with quarterfinal games on Wednesday, March 3.  Nova Southeastern will host the semifinals and finals on Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7.

Tampa earned the top seed in the tournament, finishing the regular season with a 14-2 conference record and a 24-3 overall mark.  The Spartans will host No. 8 Nova Southeastern (11-16).  The Sharks and Eckerd both presented a 4-12 SSC record, but NSU earned the final tournament slot by sweeping the Tritons in the teams’ regular-season meetings.

Rollins (19-8) posted an 11-5 SSC mark to lock up the second seed.  The Tars will entertain No. 7 Florida Tech (14-13) in quarterfinal action.

Tallying a 10-6 record against conference opponents, Barry (19-8) earned the third seed.  The Buccaneers will host No. 6 Saint Leo (13-14).  The Lions shared the same 6-10 SSC mark with Florida Tech but gained the tiebreaker advantage by sweeping the Panthers in regular-season action.

The final quarterfinal host will be No. 4 Florida Southern (19-8), which concluded the regular-season conference schedule with a 9-7 record.  The Moccasins will face off with No. 5 Lynn (16-10) on Wednesday.  The Fighting Knights wrapped up the SSC schedule with an 8-8 record.

Quarterfinal winners will advance to Saturday’s semifinals, which will be contested at the Don Taft University Center on the campus of Nova Southeastern University.  The winner of the Barry/Saint Leo game will take on the Rollins/Florida Tech winner at 5 p.m.  The Tampa/Nova Southeastern winner will then square off with the Florida Southern/Lynn winner at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s semifinal winners will vie for the tournament title on Sunday at 3:30 p.m

Complete tournament coverage will be available on the SSC and NSU websites.

2010 BLUECROSS AND BLUESHIELD OF FLORIDA SSC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

QUARTERFINALS - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 (Campus Sites)
No. 8 Nova Southeastern at No. 1 Tampa, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Florida Tech at No. 2 Rollins, 5:30 p.m.
No. 6 Saint Leo at No. 3 Barry, 5:30 p.m.
No. 5 Lynn at No. 4 Florida Southern, 5:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS - SATURDAY, MARCH 6 (Hosted by Nova Southeastern)
Winner 3/6 vs. Winner 2/7, 5:00 p.m.
Winner 1/8 vs. Winner 4/5, 7:30 p.m.

FINAL - SUNDAY, MARCH 7 (Hosted by Nova Southeastern)
Semifinal Winners, 3:30 p.m.