MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team has earned the No. 2 seed in the 2017 Elite Eight which begins next week at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Bearcats, 32-1, will play St. Thomas Aquinas, 28-5, on Wednesday, March 22 at 6 p.m.

Elite Eight Seeds
1 – Fairmont State
2 – Northwest Missouri State
3 – Lincoln Memorial
4 – Bellarmine
5 – Colorado School of Mines
6 – Chico State
7 – St. Thomas Aquinas
8 – Rollins

Wednesday, March 22
12:00 pm – Fairmont State vs. Rollins
2:30 pm – Bellarmine vs. Colorado School of Mines
6:00 pm – Northwest Missouri State vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
8:30 pm – Lincoln Memorial vs. Chico State

— Northwest Athletics —