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The Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team won the 2009-10 Big South Conference tournament title and returned to the NCAA tournament after a one-year hiatus.
The Winthrop softball team suffered two losses on day two of the JMU/Days Inn Invitational as it fell 2-1 to Fordham and 8-6 in eight innings against James Madison on Saturday.
Winthrop knew it was going to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Winthrop almost always goes to the tournament. The Eagles will play in their ninth in the last 12 seasons – same as North Carolina.
Winthrop dropped a 3-1 decision to Canisius on the final day of the Johnny Gill Memorial, Sunday afternoon at The Winthrop Ballpark.
Winthrop Eagles’ truest men’s basketball fans stood in line Sunday to purchase tickets that would take them as far as nine hours away to see the team play in the NCAA championship.
The Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team will play Arkansas Pine Bluff in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament. If they win, they become the No. 16 seed in the South region and will face Duke.
Winthrop coach Randy Peele has every right to bask in the glory that comes with a Big South Conference Tournament Championship.