It all comes down to this.<\/p>\n
The Brock Badgers men\u2019s basketball team face a must-win situation Saturday at 2 p.m. when it hosts the University of Toronto in an Ontario University Athletics quarter-final playoff game.<\/p>\n
The winner heads to the OUA Final Four while the loser will see their season come to an end.<\/p>\n
The Badgers men, ranked fourth in the country with a 15-4 record, earned a first-round bye and will host fifth-ranked Toronto (11-8), which knocked off Lakehead in the first-round Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s game is Brock\u2019s first quarter-final home game since 2008, which was the last time they won the national crown.<\/p>\n
The other quarter-final matchups, all being played Saturday, will see Laurentian (7) at Ottawa (2), McMaster (9) at Carleton (1) and Nipissing (6) at Ryerson (3).<\/p>\n
The 2017 men\u2019s national championships will be held March 9-12 in Halifax, where the Brock Badgers won their first national title 25 years ago.<\/p>\n
Tickets for Saturday\u2019s playoff games are $10 for adults and\u00a0$5 for seniors and non-Brock students. Tickets are free for Brock students and can be picked up at the Walker Complex welcome desk in advance.<\/p>\n
Free parking will be provided at Brock in Parking Lots B and S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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