University of North Florida
East Tennessee State
North Florida Wraps Up Regular Season at Home vs. ETSU and Campbell
2/22/2010 2:46:47 AM | Men's Basketball
Cuka, Januska and Sparkes to be recognized Saturday at Senior Night
The Ospreys face ETSU on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:45 p.m. and
The men's games can be heard on AM 1320 WBOB and 103.7 FM in
North Florida is coming off a 66-60 win at
If UNF and Kennesaw end the season tied the Ospreys would earn the seventh seed in the upcoming General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Championships, March 3-6, in
ETSU is 15-14 on the year and 11-7 in league play, good for fifth place.
Mercer (10-8 A-Sun) sits two games ahead of UNF in conference play in sixth place but the Bears would own the tiebreaker over UNF if they ended tied by virtue of winning both match-ups this season.
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The winner of A-Sun Championship earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament. This is the first year that UNF is eligible for the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament after finishing its four-year reclassification period last year.
The eight A-Sun wins for UNF are its most league wins since joining the conference and Division I in 2005-06. The previous high was six set last year. The eight wins are also tied for the fourth most league wins in
“Obviously we are excited to conclude the regular season with two home games vs. two of the upper tier teams in the league,” said UNF head coach Matthew Driscoll. “We look at every game one at a time trying to compete for 40 minutes and get better in all we do. Senior nights are always special and we look forward to starting our traditions surrounding that last home game.”
Single-game tickets for UNF basketball games are $10 for adults and $8 for youth 17-and-under and senior citizens 55-and-older. Children 2-and-under and any current UNF student with a valid Osprey1 Card are admitted free. Student guest passes for those events are $5 and limited to one per student.
Tickets for the A-Sun Tournament are as follows:
Tournament Books
$75 (Adults) | $50 (Seniors 62 and older) | $50 (Students age 12-22 years or older with Valid
College Student ID) | $20 (Youth 6-11) | Free (Age 5 and younger)
Session Tickets
$15 (Adults) | $10 (Senior 62 and older) | $10 (Age 12-22 with valid college I.D.) | $5 (Ages 6-11) | Free (Age 5 and under)
You can order your tickets either online at MercerBears.com or by Phone at 478/301-5470. Tickets on sale day of game beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET and doors open one hour prior to first game of session.
