Ferris State Men's Basketball Opens Postseason Play At Home On Tuesday Night

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's basketball squad begins its chase for a fifth consecutive Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament Championship at home on Tuesday (March 5) night as the Bulldogs take on the Northern Michigan Wildcats inside FSU's Jim Wink Arena.

The fourth-seeded Bulldogs, who have won the last four league tourney crowns, will face the fifth-seeded Wildcats in quarterfinal-round action beginning at 7 p.m. (ET).

Ferris State owns a current 20-11 overall record to date this season and placed second in the GLIAC North standings with a 12-8 conference record.

Meanwhile, NMU heads into the quarterfinal round with a 16-11 overall record and tied for third in the GLIAC North with an 11-9 league mark under former FSU head coach Bill Sall.

This season, Ferris State won both regular-season matchups, beating the Wildcats 62-59 on a late three-pointer on Jan. 12 in Marquette before scoring a 78-67 victory at home inside Wink Arena on Feb. 14.

Tuesday's game will be carried live by local flagship station Sunny 97.3 FM and the Bulldog Sports Network starting with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. (ET) with Rob Bentley and Sandy Gholston on the call.

In addition, the game will also be televised live by Ferris State Television and streamed live online with both live audio and video coverage at FerrisStateBulldogs.com.

Tickets for Tuesday's men's league tourney quarterfinal at home are on sale now and are available for purchase either in person thru the FSU Athletics Ticket Office or online at StarTickets.com.

Ticket prices for the league quarterfinal are $8 for adults or $2 for all students older than age five, including college students with identification.

All seats are general admission and no regular-season passes of any type such as the Division II Pass for Two will be accepted per league tournament regulations. All Rebounders Club members must also purchase tickets for postseason play per GLIAC policy.

The first 100 FSU students with a valid ID card will receive a free ticket starting one hour prior to game time at the ticket office while supplies last.

For additional information, please contact the FSU Athletics Ticket Office at (231) 591-2888.

Four quarterfinal-round games will be played on Tuesday with the winners advancing to the GLIAC Tournament Semifinals and Finals on Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10. As the number one seed, Davenport would host the league final four next weekend with a quarterfinal-round victory.

The winner of the GLIAC Tournament receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Tournament slated to be held March 16-19 at a campus site yet to be determined.

A year ago, Ferris State captured its second-straight league tournament title on its home floor as the Bulldogs began postseason play with three-straight GLIAC Tournament wins inside Wink Arena en route to a historic 38-1 national championship campaign. The Bulldogs will be making their fifth-straight GLIAC Tournament appearance this year.

The other first-round matchups in the GLIAC Tournament on Wednesday include top-seeded Davenport hosting eighth-seeded Northwood, third-seeded Parkside playing host to sixth-seeded Lake Superior State along with second-seeded Ashland hosting seventh-seeded Grand Valley State. As the number one seed, Davenport would host the GLIAC Semifinals and Finals in men's basketball next Saturday and Sunday (March 9-10) with a first-round win.

 This year will represent FSU's 19th overall GLIAC Tournament appearance. The Bulldogs made their 18th conference tourney appearance last year, including the 12th in the last 14 years, and won a fourth-straight league postseason crown. FSU is now 22-16 all-time in league tourney action. Prior to the last four years, FSU previously reached the GLIAC Tournament Championship game as the host institution in 2011 before dropping a 73-71 buzzer beater to Wayne State at Wink Arena. Ferris captured the 1997-98 league tourney title, which was its only previous GLIAC Tourney crown in school history before the past four years.