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Deshawn Cann and Purchase will play host to the conference final Sunday afternoon versus Yeshiva
Andreo Otiniano

Men's Basketball

Field Set for 2018 Skyline Conference Men's Basketball Championship

Deshawn Cann and Purchase will play host to the conference final Sunday afternoon versus Yeshiva
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Updated Bracket (PDF)

Preview of Championship Field

NEW YORK|
 With regular-season play now in the books, the six-team field is set for the 2018 edition of the Skyline Conference Men's Basketball Championship.

First-round action gets underway Tuesday (Feb. 20), with semifinals and final action set to take place Feb. 22 and 24, respectively.

Defending champion Farmingdale State College (18-7, 16-4 Skyline) is the top seed in the field, and earns a bye into Thursday's 7 p.m. semifinal round. Also earning the first-round bye after the conference's tiebreakers split a four-way tie for second place is second-seeded, Purchase College, SUNY (17-8, 13-7).

Head coach Brendan Twomey's FSC squad awaits the winner of Tuesday's 8 p.m., first-round contest between fifth-seeded Mount Saint Mary College (13-12, 13-7) and fourth-seeded Yeshiva University (15-10, 13-7) at YU's Max Stern Athletic Center.

Meanwhile, Purchase will take on the winner of Tuesday's 7 p.m. match-up featuring sixth-seeded SUNY Old Westbury (12-13, 11-9) and third-seeded College of Mount Saint Vincent (15-10, 13-7) from the Peter Jay Sharp Center in Riverdale, N.Y.

The winner of the championship earns the Skyline's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship.

2018 Skyline Conference Men's Basketball Championship

Seeds

1. Farmingdale State (18-7, 16-4 Skyline)
2. Purchase (17-8, 13-7)
3. Mount Saint Vincent (15-10, 13-7)
4. Yeshiva (15-10, 13-7)
5. Mount Saint Mary (13-12, 13-7) 
6. Old Westbury (12-13, 11-9)

First Round - Tuesday, Feb. 20

Old Westbury at Mount Saint Vincent - 7 p.m.
Mount Saint Mary at Yeshiva - 8 p.m.

Semifinals - Thursday, Feb. 22

Old Westbury/Mount Saint Vincent winner at Purchase - 7 p.m.
Mount Saint Mary/Yeshiva winner at Farmingdale State - 7 p.m.

Final - Saturday, Feb. 24 *


Semifinal winners, at highest remaining seed (time TBA)

* - accommodations will be made for religious observances