Horizon League Champion UW-Milwaukee To Face Oklahoma in NCAA Tournament

March 13, 2006

Story courtesy of UW-Milwaukee sports information office.


The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball team will face Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.


The game will be played Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla. Milwaukee (21-8) earned the 11th-seed in the Minneapolis Regional, while Oklahoma is the sixth-seed. The winner of this game will advance to a second round game Saturday vs. either Florida or South Alabama.


The Sooners (20-8) finished the season with wins in 11 of their final 15 games, though they were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.


The Panthers (21-8) will be making their second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and their third appearance in the last four years. Milwaukee earned the berth by winning the Horizon League Tournament, beating Butler, 87-71, in the title game Tuesday night. UWM also won the regular season crown for the third-straight season and has won at least 20 games four-straight years.


The game will tip-off at 12:25 p.m. Eastern time.


Fans interested in placing their name on a waiting list for tickets to UWM's first round game should call the UWM Ticket Office at 414-229-5886. Priority will be given to UWM season ticket holders and students, with any remaining available tickets then made available to the general public.