GAME DAY INFORMATION

When: Saturday-Tuesday, Mar. 14-17, 2015

Where: Stephenville, Texas | Wisdom Gym

FOLLOW THE ACTION

Radio: Tarleton Sports Network on KTRL 90.5 FM | Listen Live

Pregame Coverage: Pregame Show begins 30 minutes before tip off

Web Stream: TarletonSports.com/ListenLive

Social Media: Facebook | Twitter

Live Stats | Game Notes

THE GAME
For the first time since 2008, the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament is back in Stephenville after Tarleton State secured the region's top seed with a 27-3 record and will open play in the NCAA postseason with a 6 p.m. Saturday tip off against St. Mary's.
 
THE BROADCAST
The game will have a live radio broadcast presented by the Tarleton Sports Network presented by North Texas Ford Dealers. The Voice of the Texans, Casey Hogan, will be back calling the play-by-play for Tarleton basketball this season. The broadcast can be heard on KTRL 90.5 FM in Stephenville and surrounding areas or online at TarletonSports.com/ListenLive. The pregame show will begin 30 minutes prior to tip-off.
 
A RECAP OF THE LSC TOURNAMENT
Tarleton State is coming off the Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament in Allen where the Texans advanced to the semifinal round for the sixth consecutive season. The Texans blasted Eastern New Mexico 80-50 in the opening round of the LSC playoffs before dropping a heartbreaker at the buzzer to Texas A&M-Commerce in Friday's semifinal round.
 
TEXANS IN THE BIG DANCE
Tarleton has qualified for the NCAA tournament for the 12th time in school history, including the sixth straight season. All 12 trips to the postseason have come since 2002.
 
TARLETON IN THE NCAA QUARTERFINALS
Tarleton is 8-3 all-time in the NCAA regional quarterfinal round, including a perfect 2-0 against the Rattlers of St. Mary's in the only two postseason meetings between the teams. Tarleton's first-ever NCAA playoff win came against St. Mary's on March 14, 2003. Tarleton has twice played St. Mary's in the first round and are 2-0 in those games.
 
TARLETON IN THE NCAA SEMIFINALS
The Texans are 4-4 in the second round of the NCAA tournament all-time, including two trips to the second round over the last three seasons.
 
TARLETON IN THE NCAA FINALS
Tarleton State has twice claimed the South Central Regional title, both coming in successive years in 2005 and 2006, to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight. Tarleton is 2-2 all-time in the finals and last played for the regional title in 2008.
 
TARLETON AS THE HOST
This marks the fourth time Tarleton State has hosted the NCAA playoffs and first time since 2008 - joining 2003 and 2004. Tarleton boasts an overall record of 5-3 when hosting the regional tournament.
 
POWERHOUSE REGION
As if hosting the NCAA regional wasn't already a tough enough task to accomplish, but the Texans did so this season in arguably one of the toughest regions in the nation. The eight teams playing in this tournament have a combined record this season of 193-47 for a winning percentage of .804. The South Central region enters the NCAA postseason with five teams ranked nationally in the NABC poll with another team receiving national votes.
 
TARLETON'S RECORD AT THE DANCE
Tarleton boasts an all-time record of 14-9 over their 12 trips to the NCAA regional tournament, since reaching the national postseason for the first time in 2002. The overall record, including Elite Eight appearances, is 15-11.
 
TARLETON'S HISTORY vs REGIONAL TEAMS
(2) Metro State: The Texans and Roadrunners have met just once in their history - a quarterfinal meeting in the 2013 regional tournament in Denver that Metro State won 65-76.
(3) A&M-Commerce: Tarleton leads the all-time series over the Lions 31-30 since the Texans joined the senior-college ranks in 1961 and have met once in the NCAA playoffs. Tarleton won the postseason meeting in 2005 in Commerce 75-70 to win the regional title.
(4) UCCS: Tarleton and Colorado-Colorado Springs have never played.
(5) Colorado Mines: Tarleton and Colorado Mines have never played.
(6) Angelo State: Tarleton trails the all-time senior-college era series against the Rams 36-32, but hold a 29-12 advantage under head coach Lonn Reisman. These conference rivals have never met in the NCAA playoffs.
(7) Midwestern State: Tarleton trails the all-time senior-college era series against the Mustangs 26-45 and 24-26 under head coach Lonn Reisman. The Texans and Mustangs have met three times in the NCAA Tournament with MSU winning all three.
(8) St. Mary's: Tarleton leads the all-time series against the Rattlers 11-4, including a 2-0 mark in the NCAA tournament.
 
REISMAN MOVES UP ALL-TIME WINS LIST
After starting the season No. 26 on the all-time wins list for Division II Head Coaches, Lonn Reisman is in sole possession of 18th on the Division II all-time wins list with 585.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton State will continue to play through the season as long as they win. The winner of this weekend's tournament will advance to the NCAA Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana.