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| MIT: 2014 NEWMAC Champions (Pic: Bob Ferrara) |
With the win, MIT earns an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA National Tournament. This is MIT's 6th straight NCAA appearance, 6th straight 20-win season, and 6th straight season of winning either the Regular Season or Tournament Championship.
MIT was led by the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player, 6'8" tri-Captain Andrew Acker. Acker, who has had a busy week off the court running on a presidential ticket for MIT's Undergraduate Association (MIT's undergraduate student body government), scored 19 points and hauled in 13 rebounds for his 13th double-double of the season (good for 10th all-time in MIT history for double-doubles in a season). Acker now has 267 rebounds this season, also good for 9th all-time in MIT history, just behind former All-American Will Tashman '13 (280).
6'8" tri-Captain Dennis Levene continued his great play with a 14-point 4-rebound performance, including 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, many of them down the stretch. Despite being plagued by foul trouble, 6'8" tri-Captain Matt Redfield scored 13 points in just 19 minutes of play, including two monster dunks and two blocks. The two blocks put Redfield at 63 for the season (1st all-time in MIT history) and 128 for his career (also 1st all-time in MIT history, passing Godfrey Innis '95).
Point-guard Ryan Frankel, who is averaging 14ppg and 4apg in the playoffs, registered 13 points and 7 assists on the night.
MIT will discover their 1st Round matchup in the NCAA Bracket tomorrow at 12:30pm EST.
