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CIAA pairings out; St. Aug, Shaw men play Thursday

By Dane Huffman

Feb 23, 2009

The St. Augustine’s women tip off at 9 p.m.on Tuesday in Charlotte in the first day of a revamped CIAA Tournament format.

The tournament, at Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, will not begin Monday. Instead, there are two women’s games on Tuesday, including seventh-seeded St. Augustine’s against 10 seed Elizabeth City State at 9 p.m.

The men begin play on Wednesday, but the two Raleigh schools don’t play until Thursday. On Thursday, fifth-seeded St. Augustine’s plays fourth-seeded Bowie State at 1 p.m., and sixth-seeded Shaw plays Johnson C. Smith at 7 p.m.

Women: No. 8 Livingstone vs No. 9 Virginia Union, 7 p.m.
Women: No. 7 St. Augustine’s vs No. 10 Elizabeth City State, 9 p.m.

Women: No. 4 Virginia State vs. No. 5 St. Paul’s, 11 a.m.
Women: No. 3 Johnson C. Smith vs. No. 6 Shaw, 1 p.m.
Women: No. 1 Bowie State vs 8/9 winner, 3 p.m.
Women: No. 2 Fayetteville State vs 7/10 winner, 5 p.m.
Men: No. 7 Virginia State vs No. 10 St. Paul’s, 7 p.m.
Men: No. 8 Livingstone vs No. 9 Fayetteville State, 9 p.m.

Men: No. 4 Bowie State vs. No. 5 St. Augustine’s, 1 p.m.
Men: No. 2 Elizabeth City State vs 7/10 winner, 3 p.m.
Men: No. 3 Johnson C. Smith vs. No. 6 Shaw, 7 p.m.
Men: No. 1 Virginia Union vs 8/9 winner, 9 p.m.

Women: 1 p.m., semifinal
Women: 3 p.m., semifinal
Men: 7 p.m., semifinal
Men: 9 p.m., semifinal

Women's Championship, 5 p.m.
Men's Championship, 8 p.m.

Note: The men's quarterfinals, men's and women's semifinals and championship games will be televised on ESPN Classic and ESPN2. For more tournament information visit, www.ciaatourment.org.