Bryant to face Wright St. Wednesday in NCAA Tournament

SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The 2022 Northeast Conference Bryant University men's basketball team will face Wright St. in the First Four of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Championships on Wednesday, March 16 in Dayton, Ohio.

Bryant claimed the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 70-43 victory over Wagner last Tuesday and will be competing in its first NCAA Tournament at the Division I level. The winner of Wednesday's game between the Bulldogs and Raiders will face Arizona, the No. 1 seed in the South Region, in San Diego on Friday. 

The Bulldogs enter the NCAA Tournament with a 22-9 record and feature the highest-scoring duo in the country in Peter Kiss (25.1 ppg) and Charles Pride (18.0 ppg). It will be the first-ever meeting between Bryant and Wright St.