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Hope Men's Basketball Draws Mount St. Joseph In NCAA Tournament Opener

The Hope College men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 25th time in team history after receiving an at-large berth on Monday.

The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association-champion Flying Dutchmen will play Mount St. Joseph, Ohio in first-round action at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Tipoff time is 5:30 p.m. Central.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and students. They will go on sale at Augustana Friday at 4 p.m.

Click here for the men's bracket.

This is Hope's fifth postseason appearance in six years and 27th all-time. The Flying Dutchmen played twice in the College Division Tournament in 1959 and 1958.

Hope (23-3) and Mount St. Joseph (18-9) are facing each other for the first time.

The Lions advanced after winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title game against Rose-Hulman, Indiana 93-88 in overtime game last weekend in Defiance, Ohio.

The Flying Dutchmen, who have been nationally ranked all season, received one of 19 at-large berths in the 62-team men's field.

Host Augustana (26-1) will play Westminster, Missouri (12-15) tip off at 7:30 p.m. Central Friday.

Friday's winners meet on Saturday at 7 p.m. Central at Augustana.

Augustana qualified for the NCAA Tournament by being College Conference of Illinois-Wisconsin Tournament champions.

Westminster was the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament winner.

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