{"id":663030,"date":"2026-03-17T14:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/663030\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:45:21","slug":"umw-mens-basketball-advances-to-ncaa-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/663030\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Men\u2019s Basketball Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/a>UMW Men\u2019s Basketball has advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals to take on the University of Chicago on Thursday, March 19, at 9 p.m. ET in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Photo by Carly Rehberg.<\/p>\n

The University of Mary Washington men\u2019s basketball team has advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament Quarterfinals. The team will take on the University of Chicago on Thursday, March 19, at 9 p.m. ET at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n

The winner will face either Trinity College (Connecticut) or Tufts University (Massachusetts) on Saturday, March 21, in the NCAA Semifinal in Fort Wayne. Mary Washington enters the national quarterfinals ranked fifth in the country.<\/p>\n

The Eagles are 27-3 heading into Thursday\u2019s contest after defeating Wisconsin-La Crosse 73-68 in the NCAA Sectional round in front of an energetic home crowd at Ron Rosner Arena in UMW\u2019s Anderson Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Mary Washington sophomore Kye Robinson scored a game-high 35 points and added 11 rebounds to lead UMW to the victory during a stand-out season that has seen him\u00a0recently garnering several accolades. He was named to the Bevo Francis Award Top 50 Watch List,\u00a0which is national recognition for the best players in small-college men\u2019s basketball. He was also named the 2025-26 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year after averaging nearly 25 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Eagles are making their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance, including their third in the last four years, and hosted NCAA tournament action for the second time in program history. UMW has a 9-3 record against opponents that advanced to the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Fans can find ticket details, streaming information and the latest game updates at UMWEagles.com<\/a>, which will continue to provide updates throughout the week.<\/p>\n

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UMW men\u2019s basketball players cheer from the bench during the Eagles\u2019 NCAA Tournament run. Photo by Kaitlyn Kimball. <\/p>\n

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UMW Head Coach Marcus Kahn talks with players during a timeout in the Eagles\u2019 NCAA Sectional win over Wisconsin\u2013La Crosse. Photo by Kaitlyn Kimball. <\/p>\n

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UMW sophomore Kye Robinson scored 35 points and added 11 rebounds to lead UMW to a 73\u201368 victory over Wisconsin\u2013La Crosse in the NCAA Sectional round. Photo by Kaitlyn Kimball. <\/p>\n

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UMW freshman guard Josh Sewordor drives to the basket during NCAA Tournament action at Ron Rosner Arena. Photo by Kaitlyn Kimball. <\/p>\n

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UMW sophomore Kye Robinson takes a shot during the Eagles\u2019 NCAA Tournament run this season. Photo by Kaitlyn Kimball. <\/p>\n

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UMW junior guard Kaden Bates drives to the basket during the Eagles\u2019 NCAA Tournament run. Photo by Kaitlyn Kimball. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UMW Men\u2019s Basketball has advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals to take on the University of Chicago on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,85123,2561],"class_list":{"0":"post-663030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-department-of-athletics","10":"tag-mens-basketball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116245058854485446","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}