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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After winning its first Atlantic Sun Conference men\u2019s basketball tournament championship, Queens earned the No.15 seed in the West Region in the 2026 NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Championship, announced on the NCAA selection show on Sunday. The Royals will take on the No. 2 seed Purdue on Friday, March 20 in St. Louis, Mo with tipoff scheduled for 7:35 p.m. ET on truTV.<\/p>\n
Queens (21-13) earned the automatic bid after defeating Central Arkansas in the program\u2019s first-ever trip to the ASUN Basketball Championship game. The Royals are in just their fourth season as an NCAA Division I program after reclassifying in 2022 while becoming a full NCAA Division I member in July 2025.<\/p>\n
This will be Queens\u2019 first trip to the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n
Atlantic Sun Conference Men\u2019s Basketball
\n2026 NCAA Division I Men\u2019s Basketball Championship
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\nNCAA First Round \u2013 Friday, March 20, 2026\u00a0
\nNo. 15 Queens vs. No. 2 Purdue \u2013 St. Louis, Mo., West Region
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About the Atlantic Sun Conference<\/p>\n
The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), founded in 1978, is an NCAA Division I conference sponsoring twenty-two (22) sports and championships.\u00a0 Composed of twelve (12) destination-based institutions spread throughout the southeastern United States, ASUN members include Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), Bellarmine University (Louisville, Ky.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, Fla.), Jacksonville University (Fla.), Lipscomb University (Nashville, Tenn.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), the University of North Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.), Queens University of Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.), Stetson University (DeLand, Fla.), and the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.).
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