Men's Basketball Hosts Saints Francis U in NEC Tournament Opener
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team tips off the Northeast Conference Tournament on Wednesday night against Saint Francis U in Detrick Gymnasium. The top-seeded Blue Devils and eighth-seeded Red Flash will tip off at 7:00 p.m.
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The Blue Devils and Red Flash are meeting in the NEC Tournament for just the second time. SFU won last year's meeting in the quarterfinals, 83-69.
NEC TOURNAMENT TICKETS
• CCSU will host a home quarterfinal game on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 p.m.
• Tickets are on sale at CCSUBlueDevils.com/Tickets2023
• When purchased online, tickets are $12.00 for deluxe chairbacks, $10 for reserved chairbacks, $8.00 for adult general admission and $5.00 for senior and kids general admissions.
• Should the Blue Devils advance to the semifinals, tickets will go on sale to the general public at Noon on Thursday, March 7.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut hosts Saint Francis U in a rematch of last season's NEC Quarterfinals.
• CCSU won both meetings in the regular season and is the #1 seed, while the Red Flash earned the #8 seed.
• The teams will be reseeded following the quarterfinals, with the top two highest-seeded teams remaining hosting the semifinals.
WITH A WIN TODAY ...
• Central would win its 3rd straight against Saint Francis U.
• CCSU would win its 7th straight home game and 11th home game of the season.
• Central would win 20+ games for the first time since 2006-07 (22-12).
• The Blue Devils advance to the NEC semifinals for the first time since 2011.
• CCSU would improve to 10-0 all-time as the #1 seed in the NEC Tournament.
LOOSE ENDS...
• With 12 NEC wins, Central has its most league wins since going 16-2 in 2006-07.
• CCSU ranks 10th nationally, committing just 13.8 fouls per game.
• With 19 wins, CCSU has surpassed its win total from the previous 2 seasons combined. In 10 seasons prior since its last winning season(2010-11, 19-12) until Patrick Sellers was head coach, CCSU was 86-207 (.294).
• CCSU is 5-3 against NEC opponents in games decided by 5 points or fewer.
• Dating back to the 2021-22 season, CCSU has won 6 straight 1-point games. Its last one-point loss came on Jan. 21, 2022 in a 67-68 loss at SFU
• CCSU leads the NEC with 78 dunks, led by Kellen Amos (22) and Allan Jeanne-Rose (21).
• The Blue Devils have made 196 three-pointers on the season and can move onto the program's single-season top-10 list with a trio of three-pointers.
NOTABLES
• Central earned the top seed in the tournament and will be at home throughout the NEC postseason.
• CCSU won 10 home games for the first time since 2011-12.
• Central is 9-0 all-time in the NEC Tournament as the #1 seed.
• The Blue Devils are 1 of 3 NEC schools with 10+ home wins (Merrimack, Sacred Heart - 11).
• Patrick Sellers is guiding the Blue Devils into the NEC Tournament for the 3rd time and as the #1 seed for the first time since 2006-07.
• Sellers was an assistant at CCSU from 1999-2003, winning a pair of NEC titles with the program to advance to the NEC Tournament.
• He has been the NCAA Tournament 8 times with four different schools, including the 2009 Final Four with UConn.