The seeds were announced for the 2017 Elite Eight in Sioux Falls, South Dakota after the conclusion of the East Regional. The teams are reseeded after each regional is complete. Rollins (24-10) is the #8 seed and will take on top seed Fairmont State (32-2) on Wednesday at 1 PM Eastern time at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. You can catch the game on NCAA.com (video) and on the Geico Tars Sports Network at 91.5 FM WPRK and worldwide on RollinsSports.com with Jim "Shooter" Ferro and Nate Weyant.
Fairmont State won the Atlantic Region with a 86-80 win over Wheeling Jesuit in the final on Tuesday night. The Fighting Falcons only two losses came to West Liberty, including a 67-65 loss in the Mountain East Conference Championship Game. Fairmont State is in the Elite Eight for the second time in school history. They were #3 in the last poll of the regular season.
Rollins (24-10) has won 11 straight- after winning the Sunshine State Conference Tournament the Tars beat No.2 Valdosta State in overtime- #3 Delta State and then won the South Region crown by knocking off Alabama-Huntsville at Spragins Hall.
Here are the games and times of the Quarterfinal games on Wednesday:
#8 Rollins vs #1 Fairmont State 1 PM
#5 Colorado School of Mines vs #4 Bellarmine 330 PM
#7 Saint Thomas Aquinas vs #2 Northwest Missouri State 7 PM
#6 Chico State vs #3 Lincoln Memorial 930 PM
Semifinals March 22nd: 7 and 930 PM
NCAA DII National Championship Game: Saturday 3 PM
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