UE-Hofstra tickets will be available through game time Tuesday at PAC Arena.

Plenty Of Tickets Remain For Tuesday's CBI Game

3/14/2011 4:06:26 PM

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A good number of tickets remain for Tuesday's post-season basketball game at USI's PAC Arena between the University of Evansville and Hofstra University. Tickets will remain on sale through the UE athletic ticket office at (812) 488-ACES until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, all tickets will be sold at PAC Arena. Gates open at 6:00. All seating is general admission, and all tickets are $15.

The 15-15 Aces will host the 21-11 Pride Tuesday at 7:05 CDT at the Physical Activities Center (PAC) on the University of Southern Indiana campus in the first round of the fourth annual College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen. Roberts Stadium is not available this week because of Disney On Ice.

Pairings for the 16-team CBI were announced Sunday night. First-round games take place Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by quarterfinals March 21 and semifinals March 23. Once the semifinals are completed, the CBI becomes a best two-out-of-three tournament, with games March 28, March 30, and if necessary, April 1. HD Net, which reaches 23 million homes, will televise four opening round games, two quarterfinal games, both semifinals, and all games in the finals.

Hofstra is led by All-America candidate Charles Jenkins, a senior guard who comes into Tuesday's game with 2,499 career points, second only in Division I to the 2,501 points of BYU's Jimmer Fredette. Jenkins is the nation's seventh leading scorer this season with a 22.9 average. In addition to leading Hofstra to a 21-11 record, Jenkins also led the Pride to a 14-4 record in the Colonial Athletic Association. Hofstra reached the semifinals of the CAA Tournament, losing 77-69 to Old Dominion. Hofstra's RPI is 86, according to the latest RealTimeRPI ratings. Evansville is 135.

This is the fourth year for the CBI. Past champions include Tulsa in 2008, Oregon State in 2009 and Virginia Commonwealth last year. One team from the Missouri Valley Conference has played in the CBI each year, including tournament runnerup Bradley in 2008, Wichita State in 2009 and Indiana State last year. Here's a look at past participants in the CBI:

2010 – Akron, Boston University, Charleston, Colorado State, Duquesne, Eastern Kentucky, George Washington, Green Bay, Hofstra, Indiana State, IUPUI, Morehead State, Oregon State, Princeton, Saint Louis (runnerup), Virginia Commonwealth (champion)

2009 – Boise State, Buffalo, Charleston, Green Bay, Houston, Nevada, Northeastern, Oregon State (champion), Richmond, St. John's, Stanford, Troy, UTEP (runnerup), Vermont, Wichita State, Wyoming

2008 – Bradley (runnerup), Brown, Cincinnati, Houston, Miami (Ohio), Nevada, Ohio, Old Dominion, Richmond, Rider, Tulsa (champion), Utah, UTEP, Valparaiso, Virginia, Washington

EVANSVILLE'S DIVISION I POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT HISTORY:
2009: Belmont 92, Evansville 76 (CollegeInsider.Com Tournament at Evansville)
1999: Kansas 95, Evansville 74 (NCAA Tournament at New Orleans, La.)
1994: Tulane 76, Evansville 63 (NIT at Evansville)
1993: Florida State 82, Evansville 70 (NCAA Tournament at Orlando, Fla.)
1992: UTEP 55, Evansville 50 (NCAA Tournament at Dayton, Ohio)
1989: Evansville 94, Oregon State 90 (NCAA Tournament at Tucson, Ariz.)
Seton Hall 87, Evansville 73 (NCAA Tournament at Tucson, Ariz.)
1988: Evansville 66, Utah 55 (NIT at Evansville)
Boston College 86, Evansville 81 (NIT at Evansville)
1982: Marquette 67, Evansville 62 (NCAA Tournament at Tulsa, Okla.)

Here’s a look at the Aces’ accomplishments in 2010-11. They are 15-15 this season, and finished 9-9 in the MVC.

*Finished four places higher than predicted in the MVC, in sixth place

*Swept regular season series vs. MVC Tourney champ Indiana State

*Defeated MVC regular season champion Missouri State

*Beat #23 ranked Butler, ending Butler's 14-game homecourt win streak

*UE was 4-2 against teams in the NCAA Tournament, with two wins over Indiana State, and one over Butler and Texas San Antonio. UE lost to Indiana State and North Carolina.

*9-9 MVC record was Evansville's best since 2000-01

*All-MVC and NABC All-District Player Colt Ryan, the league's #3 scorer

*MVC All-Bench Team member Ned Cox

*MVC Scholar-Athlete Pieter van Tongeren

*Marty Simmons fourth in MVC Coach of the Year voting

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