Making sense of GLVC tournament

Since the addition of two new teams (Maryville and Illinois-Springfield) this season, the Great Lakes Valley Conference has gone to a 5-team, 3-division format for basketball. The postseason tournament format also changed with 12 teams advancing to the championships. With just Monday's make-up games between Quincy and Southern Indiana left, here is a look at the tournament for both Greyhound teams.

Women's
UIndy earned the right to host first round and quarterfinal round games by grabbing the top seed in the GLVC East division. Missouri-St. Louis and Saint Joseph's will meet in the first round game Saturday with the winner advancing to play UIndy in the quarterfinals on Sunday. Game times are set for 1:00 p.m. EST both days. The winner of Sunday's game will advance to the semifinal round in Springfield, Ill. Mar. 6-7.

2010 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS FIRST ROUND (on campus sites)* SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 G1 1:00 PM #4N St. Joseph's vs. #3W Missouri-St. Louis (held at #1E Indianapolis)
G2 1:00 PM #4W Ky. Wesleyan vs. #3E (USI or NKU) (held at #1N UW-Parkside)
G3 12:00 PM #4E Bellarmine vs. #3N Quincy (held at #1W Drury)
G4 1:00 PM #2W Missouri S&T vs. #2N Lewis (held at #2E (NKU or USI)

QUARTERFINALS (on campus sites)* SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 G5 1:00 PM Winner G1 at #1E Indianapolis
G6 1:00 PM Winner G2 at #1N UW-Parkside
G7 12:00 PM Winner G3 at #1W Drury
G8 1:00 PM Winner G4 at #2E (NKU or USI)

SEMIFINALS (Springfield, Ill.) SATURDAY, MARCH 6 G9 NOON Winner G5 vs. Winner G6
G10 2:30 PM Winner G7 vs. Winner G8

CHAMPIONSHIP (Springfield, Ill.) SUNDAY, MARCH 7 G11 1:00 PM Winner G9 vs. Winner G10

Men's
The Greyhounds grabbed the four-seed in the GLVC East, meaning they will be shipped to the top seed in the GLVC West (Drury). UIndy will face Lewis on Saturday (4:00 p.m. EST) with the winner playing the Panthers at the same time Sunday. UIndy is making its first league tournament appearance since the 2004-05 campaign.

2010 MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS FIRST ROUND (on campus sites)
*All Game Times Local SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 G1 1:00 PM #4N UW-Parkside vs. #3W Missouri-St. Louis (held at #1E Ky. Wesleyan)
G2 1:00 PM #4W Missouri S&T vs. #3E Northern Kentucky (held at #1N QU or SJC )
G3 3:00 PM #4E Indianapolis vs. #3N Lewis (held at #1W Drury)
G4 1:00 PM #2N (SJC or QU) vs. #2W Rockhurst (held at #2E Bellarmine)

QUARTERFINALS (on campus sites) SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 G5 2:00 PM Winner G1 at #1E Kentucky Wesleyan
G6 1:00 PM Winner G2 at #1N (QU or SJC)
G7 3:00 PM Winner G3 at #1W Drury
G8 1:00 PM Winner G4 at #2E Bellarmine

SEMIFINALS (Springfield, Ill.) SATURDAY, MARCH 6 G9 6:00 PM Winner G5 vs. Winner G6
G10 8:30 PM Winner G7 vs. Winner G8

CHAMPIONSHIP (Springfield, Ill.) SUNDAY, MARCH 7 G11 3:30 PM Winner G9 vs. Winner G10

Stretch drive...

Coming into the stretch drive for winter sports and an exciting couple of weeks in store. Snapshots of where we sit heading into the final few weeks of the winter campaigns:

Women's Basketball: Team is ranked #4 in the nation, No. 2 in the Midwest Region heading into Saturday's regular season finale at Northern Kentucky. UIndy (24-2) will host a Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament first round and quarterfinal round game. Missouri St. Louis and Saint Joseph's will play Saturday, Feb. 27 at Nicoson Hall with the winner playing UIndy the following day at 1:00 p.m. in the GLVC quarterfinals. Winner heads to Springfield, Ill. for the semifinal/final rounds.

Men's Basketball: Can clinch GLVC East No. 3 seed with a win in the regular season finale at Northern Kentucky. The No. 3 seed travels to the top seed in the GLVC North, which will be either Quincy or Saint Joseph's and will play Missouri S&T in the first round. The East's No. 4 seed has to travel to Drury and will battle Lewis in the opening round game.

Swimming and Diving: Nine athletes are currently qualified to head to the NCAA Division II Championships in Canton, Ohio in March. Andrew Loshnowsky, Austin Biefnes, Guy Kogel, Justin Klopp, Meghan Donahue, Jaclyn Luscomb, Erica Smith, Maura Donahue and Alex Norris are the Greyhounds that have already punched their ticket to the national meet.

Wrestling: The Greyhounds head to Central Missouri to compete in the NCAA Super Regionals. There, they will wrestle for the right to advance to the NCAA Division II Championships set for Mar. 12-13 in Omaha, Neb. Two UIndy wrestlers are currently nationally-ranked in their respective weight class: Lynn Panko (285) and Alex Johns (125).

Track and Field: The track teams are gearing up for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Championships set for Frank Petretti Fieldhouse on the campus of Wisconsin-Parkside Feb. 26-27. The Greyhound women are the defending champions while the men finished second in the indoor meet in 2009.

Pink Zone Monday

The University of Indianapolis will be helping raise breast cancer awareness when it hosts a "Pink Zone" game in the regular season home finale Feb. 15. The UIndy women's basketball team will be decked-out in pink uniforms and fans wearing the most pink will be eligible for prizes. Donations will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Come out to Nicoson Hall Monday night to watch some great basketball and show your support!

Find more information on this event here.

He saw his shadow. So what?

Another busy week in UIndy athletics with winter sports hitting the home stretch in their seasons and yes, even SPRING SPORTS starting this weekend! Punxsutawney Phil (the groundhog) may have seen his shadow--meaning six more weeks of winter--but spring starts this week for athletics programs.

*UIndy softball travels to Arkansas Tech to open its season. The fifth-ranked Greyhounds will play four nationally-ranked teams in February despite not having the opportunity to play outside yet.

*The men's golf team will open Sunday at the GolfWeek Spring Invitational, a tournament which will feature a verytough field of top Division II programs.

*Hall of Fame festivities will take place Saturday on campus. Five individuals and two teams will be enshrined at a ceremony following the basketball doubleheader with Drury.

*Wednesday, Feb. 3 is "National Signing Day". It's the first official day of a signing period for the sports of football, soccer and track & field. Check athletics.uindy.edu for updates on signees Wednesday afternoon as they become available.