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HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. - The Division III Men's Basketball Tournament gets underway Friday afternoon, and the second-ranked Captains of Christopher Newport University open the 64-team tourney by playing the Rams of Farmingdale State University (NY). Tip off is scheduled for 4:50 p.m. at Hampden-Sydney College's Kirby Field House.

John Krikorian's squad is 24-3 and riding a nine-game winning streak. The Captains received an automatic bid to the tourney by winning the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, defeating UC Santa Cruz and Mary Washington last weekend in Santa Cruz, Ca. This will be the 26th NCAA appearance for the Captains in the 55-year history of CNU men's basketball, and the Captains will be appearing in their seventh-straight NCAA Tournament. Christopher Newport will be appearing in the NCAA's for the ninth time in 12 years under Krikorian. His squad advanced to the Elite 8 last season for the fourth time in program history, ending the campaign with a 27-3 final record.

Farmingdale State and Christopher Newport have never met before in men's basketball action. The Rams are Champions of the Skyline Conference, and have a 21-7 record this season. They advanced by beating Manhattanville College on Saturday in the Skyline title game.

Host school Hampden-Sydney will take on Emory University on Friday at 7:20 p.m. in the other opening-round game to be played at Kirby Field House. Friday's victors will advance to play Saturday evening at 7:20 p.m. in the round of 32.

A limited number of tickets are available for purchase and fans are encouraged to click on the link below to buy seats in advance. 

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Fans will need to put in the access code: NEWPORT. In the event any tickets remain on game day, they will go on sale at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Kirby Field House on the Hampden-Sydney campus.

All Captains games are broadcast live on the Christopher Newport/Pepsi Radio Network (Xtra 99.1 FM). The pre-game show will begin at approximately 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, and the link above will access the Captains call of the action.  A live video stream of the games will be produced by Hampden-Sydney and also available by clicking the link at the top of this story.

You can also access the complete CNU game notes package above, with stats, rosters, and team information. A tournament homepage has been set up, and can also be accessed with the link provided above, and live stats of the games can be found as well with the link above.