AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 2001-02 season and will host the South Atlantic Regional March 10, 11 and 13 in Christenberry Fieldhouse, the NCAA announced Sunday night.

The Jaguars (23-6) learned of their postseason fate during a Selection Show Party in a packed Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom on ASU’s Walton Way campus.

The Jaguars, regular-season champions of the Peach Belt Conference and a PBC Tournament semifinalist, will take on Elizabeth City State. The Vikings captured the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament title with a 63-60 victory over top-seeded Virginia Union Saturday night in Charlotte, N.C.

Game times for Saturday’s four first-round NCAA Tournament games are 12:00, 2:30, 6:00 and 8:30 p.m.

Top-seeded ASU will face No. 8 Elizabeth City State while No. 4 seed Armstrong Atlantic State will match up with No. 5 Wingate. No. 3 seed Clayton State will meet No. 6 Catawba and No. 2 Virginia Union, last year’s NCAA runnerup, will square off with No. 7 Lander, the Peach Belt Conference Tournament champion.

For tickets, call the ASU Athletics tickets office at 706-737-1626.

For more information on the 2007 NCAA South Atlantic Regional, visit the official website of ASU Athletics at www.aug.edu/athletics.

NCAA South Atlantic Regional
March 10, 11, and 13, 2007
Augusta, Ga.
Christenberry Fieldhouse

1. AUGUSTA STATE
2. Virginia Union
3. Clayton State
4. Armstrong Atlantic State
5. Wingate
6. Catawba
7. Lander
8. Elizabeth City State