Men's Basketball | 03/07/24 | 8:37 PM

HELENA, Mont. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) revealed the 64-team brackets for both the Men's and Women's NAIA National Basketball Championship on Thursday evening. Both the Carroll Men and Women were selected to the 64-team fields for the first time since 2021-22.

The Fighting Saints are Marching, literally.

The Jerry Loendorf Event Room at the Carroll PE Center was full of smiles on Thursday night, as both the Men and Women heard their name called as one of the 64 participants in this year's NAIA National Tournaments.

Carroll is the only Frontier Conference school to have both a Men's and Women's qualify for a spot in the 64-team field.

The Carroll Men secured an at-large berth, drawing a nine-seed. A trip West to Caldwell, Idaho is in store for the Saints, who will match up with eight-seed Cornerstone (Mich.) in the First Round next Friday, March 15.

Rounding out the Caldwell pod is one-seed, and defending NAIA Champion, College of Idaho, who will play Jessup (Calif.) in the other First Round matchup.

The winners of each of those games will play on Saturday night with a trip to the final-site, Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO. on the line.

On the Women's front, the Saints will enter the tournament as a two-seed for the second straight season, hosting First and Second Round games at the PE Center right here in Helena.
Friday night, the Carroll Women will start their tournament off with a rematch against 15-seed Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), who they beat in Arizona earlier this season.

The seven-seeded Owls of Oregon Tech will play 10-seed Jessup (Calif.) in the other First Round game here in Helena next Friday.

The winners of each game will meet on Saturday night with a spot in the round of 16 and beyond in Sioux City, Iowa on the line.

Stay tuned to www.carrollathletics,com this weekend, as further information on game times, ticket sales, and more will be announced.