Jimmie Men’s BB Defeats Dordt, Headed to Nationals

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UJ Men’s Basketball

GPAC Quarter Finals

Jamestown 89 Dordt 68

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UJ) — The NAIA has announced the Opening Round matchups and sites for the 2021 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Tournament.

The University of Jamestown (20-8 overall) received an at-large bid and will be making their 11th appearance at the national tournament.

UJ is the second-seed in the three-team pod and will travel to Omaha, Neb., and face third-seed Bellevue (Neb.) in the 2020-21 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship Opening Round, presented by Ballogy, on Friday, March 12. They will be joined in Omaha Bracket B by LSU-Shreveport (16-1 overall), the winner of the Red River Athletic Conference regular season and postseason tournament.

The UJ-Bellevue winner will move on to face LSU-Shreveport on Saturday, March 13, with the winner of that game moving onto the 16-team final site from Mar. 18-23 at historic Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.

Jamestown’s last trip to the national tournament came in 2019, with the Jimmies advancing to the round of 16.

The Jimmies gets one of 11 at-large bids to the NAIA men’s basketball national championship tournament. Opening round starts March 12  in Omaha  taking on Bellevue University,of Nebraska.

The @Jamestown_MBB team has qualified for nationals! UJ is the #2 seed in the Omaha B bracket and will face Bellevue (Neb.) #GoJimmies #JimmiePride pic.twitter.com/oWOjxUsYfG

— Jimmie Athletics (@JimmieAthletics) March 5, 2021