{"id":2825,"date":"2009-03-02T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T23:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2009\/03\/02\/george-fox-opens-womens-national-tournament-at-home\/"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:39:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:39:44","slug":"george-fox-opens-womens-national-tournament-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2009\/03\/02\/george-fox-opens-womens-national-tournament-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"George Fox opens women&#8217;s national tournament at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Fox received the lone first-round bye in the NCAA Division III Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Basketball National Tournament and will open the tournament with a home game <strong>Saturday, March 7<\/strong>, against the winner of a first-round game between Chapman University and Occidental College.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s game in the <strong>Wheeler Sports Center&#8217;s Miller Gym<\/strong> begins at <strong>7 p.m.<\/strong> Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students, children and seniors 55 and older. Advance tickets will go on sale in the George Fox athletics office on Wednesday and must be purchased in person. Tickets also will be available at the door. Regular season passes are not valid for the NCAA playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Campus station <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgefox.edu\/offices\/asc\/kfoxradio\">KFOX Radio will webcast<\/a> the game, and <a href=\"http:\/\/academic.georgefox.edu\/~sports\/xlive.htm\">LiveStats<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/media.georgefox.edu\/bruinsports.html\">live video streaming<\/a> also will be available.<\/p>\n<p>George Fox, ranked No. 2 in the USA Today\/ESPN\/Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Basketball Coaches Association poll and No. 3 in the D3hoops.com poll, is one of two remaining undefeated teams in D-III women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basketball. The Bruins will be making their third straight appearance in the national tournament, fourth in five years, and sixth in 10 seasons of NCAA eligibility. They have a 7-5 record in NCAA postseason play, reaching the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sweet 16\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in 2000, 2005, and 2008, and the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Elite 8\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins earned the Northwest Conference\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s automatic bid to the playoffs by winning the conference tournament with victories over Whitman College and the University of Puget Sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Fox received the lone first-round bye in the NCAA Division III Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Basketball National Tournament and will open the tournament with a home game Saturday, March 7, against the winner of a first-round game between Chapman University and Occidental College. 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