Ticket Info Announced For Ferris State's NCAA D2 Midwest Regional Men's Basketball Appearance

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Big Rapids, Mich. - Ticket information has been announced for this week's NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Midwest Regional Tournament for Ferris State University fans planning to watch the Bulldogs compete in Springfield, Ill.

The Bulldog men's squad will be the number five seed in the Midwest Regional and face fourth-seeded Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday (March 15) night at 8:30 p.m. (ET) in first-round action in Springfield. Missouri S&T earned the top seed and will host the eight-team Midwest Regional field set for March 15-18, but the event will be played on the campus of the University of Illinois-Springfield.

Tickets for the NCAA Regional Tournament can be purchased in advance online at UISPrairieStars.com or via a link from MinerAthletics.com. Prices are $6 for adult general admission seats or $5 for senior citizens (age 65+) or $4 for children 12 and under. A single ticket for Saturday will allow for admission to the two evening quarterfinal-round games. All online tickets are mobile or can be printed from home.

All Ferris State contests in the NCAA Tournament will be carried live by the Bulldog Sports Network and Sunny 97.3 FM. The veteran broadcast team of Rob Bentley and Sandy Gholston will call Saturday's opening-round game. The broadcast will air in its entirety both on the radio dial and online at FerrisStateBulldogs.com starting with pregame coverage at approximately 8 p.m. (ET) on Saturday. The game will also be streamed on a pay-per-view basis thru the NCAA's streaming parntership and additional details will be announced soon.

All coverage links will be available online at FerrisStateBulldogs.com.

Ferris State will be making its 18th all-time NCAA Division II Tournament appearance this weekend. On the men's side, the Bulldogs were one of four GLIAC member schools to earn berths in the regional field along with Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State. Host Missouri S&T is the top seed and will face eighth-seeded Malone with second-seeded LSSU taking on seventh-seeded Lincoln (Mo.). Finally, third-seeded MTU will square off against sixth-seeded rival NMU in the first round.

The winners will take part in the regional semifinal games on Sunday (March 16) evening with the championship game on Tuesday (March 18).

The single-elimination national tournament field includes eight regions of eight teams apiece. The Midwest Regional champion will advance to the NCAA Division Elite Eight with quarterfinal-round play on March 25 and the semifinals on March 27 in Evansville, Ind. This year, the national championship game will be contested on March 29 at the Ford Center in Evansville.

Ferris State has made 17 previous NCAA Tournament appearances, and this year will mark FSU's ninth trip to the big dance in the past 11 years. The Bulldogs reached the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Championship Game and the Sweet Sixteen of the national tournament in 2016 before making another regional semifinal appearance in 2017. The following year, in 2018, the Bulldogs claimed their first national championship while finishing with an all-time NCAA best 38-1 overall record after winning the Midwest Regional on their home floor at Jim Wink Arena. FSU also garnered a men's berth in 2020 before the COVID-19 cancellation and reached the regional semifinals in 2022 and 2023 before claiming the regional title and advancing to the D2 Elite Eight a year ago.

The Bulldog men's squad, which is currently 25-8 overall, reached the GLIAC Tournament Semifinals this past weekend in Houghton. FSU's 25 wins to date represents the Bulldogs' 10th 20-win campaign in the last 11 seasons with the lone exception coming in the 2020-21 COVID-shortened campaign.

Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com for additional postseason information as it becomes available.

Below are the Midwest Regional matchups:

Saturday, March 15
(3) Michigan Tech vs. (6) Northern Michigan | 1 pm ET
(2) Lake Superior State vs. (7) Lincoln (Mo.) | 3:30 pm ET
(1) Missouri S&T vs. (8) Malone | 6 pm ET
(4) Missouri-St. Louis vs. (5) Ferris State | 8:30 pm ET

Sunday, March 16
MTU/NMU winner vs LSSU/Lincoln winner | 6 pm ET
Missouri S&T/Malone winner vs UMSL/FSU winner | 8:30 pm ET

Tuesday, March 18
Regional Championship Game | 8 pm ET

All times are Eastern.