{"id":118599,"date":"2023-03-06T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=118599"},"modified":"2023-03-06T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:42:11","slug":"panthers-play-in-horizon-league-semifinals-tonight-on-espn2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/panthers-play-in-horizon-league-semifinals-tonight-on-espn2\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers play in Horizon League semifinals tonight on ESPN2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 51ÁÔÆæ men\u2019s basketball team is in Indianapolis, ready to play for a chance to make the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n

51ÁÔÆæ takes on Cleveland State at 8:30 p.m. today in the semifinals of the Horizon League tournament<\/a> at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. That game will be broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN+<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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51ÁÔÆæ’s Elijah Jamison looks for an opening in the regular season finale against Cleveland State Feb. 25. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo\/Kyle Bursaw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The winner of that game will take on the winner of the 6 p.m. semifinal pitting Youngstown State vs. Northern Kentucky. The final, which will be broadcast on ESPN<\/a>, will be played at 6 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The winner of the tournament gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. 51ÁÔÆæ last made the NCAA tournament in 2014.<\/p>\n

51ÁÔÆæ is offering students a free ride on a fan bus<\/a> to the finals, if the Panthers make it there. The bus will leave Milwaukee at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and return immediately after the game. (Note: As of Monday afternoon, the bus is full.)<\/p>\n

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No better day than this one …
\nAnd in front of a national TV audience on ESPN2?<\/p>\n

Time to punch our ? to the ????? ????. \u303d\ufe0f#BOOOOOOOOM<\/a><\/p>\n

?: @csu_basketball<\/a>
\n\u23f0: 8:30 PM CST
\n?: Indianapolis, Ind.
\n?: ESPN2
\n?: https:\/\/t.co\/x4I3eIu99C<\/a>
\n?: https:\/\/t.co\/fC271z0SuH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/N6YjZwm83t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Milwaukee Men’s Basketball (@MKE_MBB) March 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n