2008-2009 GNAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2008-2009 GNAC Women's Basketball Playoff pairings are now available. The reigning 2008 GNAC tournament and regular-season champions Emmanuel College Saints are seeded first.

The Saints clinched first place with an outstanding 11-1 conference record and 18-7 overall record. The Saints only loss came to Emerson College (18-7, 10-2), who with the win over Albertus on Saturday tied for 2nd in conference play with Norwich (17-6, 10-2). The Lions defeated the Cadets in regular season play giving the Lions the 2nd place seeding in the tournament and the Cadets 3rd. The Cadets earned their third place seeing with a big win on the road against 6th placed Simmons (17-8, 8-4) on Saturday. #4 Johnson & Wales (14-11, 9-3) sealed the final home court for the first round with a 76-44 win over St. Joseph of CT (3-21, 1-11).

Rounding out the final four spots in the GNAC tournament are #5 Rivier (17-8, 8-4), #6 Simmons, #7 Suffolk (14-11, 6-6) and #8 St. Joe’s of Maine (13-12, 6-6).


2009 GNAC Women’s Basketball Bracket

2009 GNAC Women’s Basketball Playoff Schedule:

Tuesday, Feb. 24 – Quarterfinal Round
Game 1:    #8 St. Joe’s (ME) (52) at #1 Emmanuel (71), 6 p.m.
Game 2:    #5 Rivier (69) at #4 JWU (75), 7 p.m.
Game 3:     #6 Simmons (48) at #3 Norwich (74), 7 p.m.
Game 4:     #7 Suffolk (45) at #2 Emerson (74), 5 p.m.

Final four hosted by Emmanuel College
Friday, Feb. 27 - Semifinal Round
Game 5: #1 Emmanuel vs. #4 JWU, 5:30 p.m,
Game 6: #2 Emerson vs. #3 Norwich, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 28 - Championship, 3:00 p.m.