X-Men basketball to face SMU in AUS quarter-finals
The StFX X-Men will play the Saint Mary's Huskies on Friday evening at 8:30 pm in the AUS quarter-finals at the Halifax Scotiabank Centre.
The 2017 Subway AUS Men's Basketball Championship will be hosted by the AUS conference office at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S., March 3-5, 2017.
The championship schedule is as follows: (seeding in brackets)
Friday, March 3
Quarterfinal #1: Acadia (5) vs. Memorial (4), 6:30 p.m.
Quarterfinal #2: StFX (6) vs. Saint Mary's (3), 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 4
Semifinal #1: Winner QF#1 vs. Dalhousie (1), 6:30 p.m.
Semifinal #2: Winner QF#2 vs. UNB (2), 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 5
Final: SF1 Winner vs. SF2 Winner, 4:30 p.m.
Final AUS standings: http://atlanticuniversitysport.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/standings.
All games of championship will be broadcast live on Fibe TV (on TV1—channels 1 and 401) and available via webcast at www.AUStv.ca.
For more information on the 2017 Subway AUS Basketball Championships, visit the event website at: www.AUSHoops.ca.
The AUS champion will advance to the 2017 Arcelormittal Dofasco U Sports Men's Basketball Final 8 championship, being hosted by Dalhousie March 9-12 at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S. As hosts, the Dalhousie Tigers receive an automatic berth in the national championship. Should the Tigers claim the conference title, the second Atlantic conference berth at nationals will be awarded to the AUS runner up.
For more information about the U Sports championship, please visit http://en.usports.ca/championships/mbkb/index.